# Con Hunley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Con_Hunley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Con_Hunley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Hunley > Source revision: 1351022842 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Conard Logan Hunley** (born April 9, 1945)[1] is an American [country music](/source/Country_music) singer. ## Life and career Hunley was born in [Knoxville, Tennessee](/source/Knoxville,_Tennessee), United States. After graduating from Central High School in Knoxville, Hunley began playing with local bands, maturing musically and gaining his first fans. Hunley joined the [Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) in 1965,[1] and spent most of his service on a military base in [Illinois](/source/Illinois), teaching aircraft mechanics. He played music in area clubs whenever possible.[1] After his tour of duty was finished Hunley returned to Knoxville and began performing weekly at a local nightclub (a dive called, "The Corner Lounge"), where he met businessman Sam Kirkpatrick, who formed the independent label Prairie Dust Records to showcase Hunley's talents.[1] After some minor success on the country music chart, Hunley caught the attention of [Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records), who signed him in 1978.[1] Hunley recorded five albums with Warner Bros., released several singles on [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records) and [Capitol Records](/source/Capitol_Records), and achieved more than 20 charted hits, including "Weekend Friend", "No Relief In Sight", and "[Oh Girl](/source/Oh_Girl)".[1] He toured throughout the U.S., playing large venues around the country with other musical acts, including [Alabama](/source/Alabama_(American_band)), the [Oak Ridge Boys](/source/Oak_Ridge_Boys), [Larry Gatlin](/source/Larry_Gatlin), [George Jones](/source/George_Jones) and [Tammy Wynette](/source/Tammy_Wynette). In 1986 Hunley had his final chart appearance with "Quittin' Time".[1] Hunley recorded no new music for over a decade after his last release for Capitol Records.[1] Hunley's long recording hiatus ended after signing with IMMI Records in 2004. He teamed again producer [Norro Wilson](/source/Norro_Wilson), the architect of several of his early Warner Brothers hits, and added his first new recorded product in twenty years, *Sweet Memories*, to his catalog. The album was selected by CMT.com as one of the top 10 albums of 2004. In early 2006, IMMI Records released *Shoot from the Heart*, another collaboration by Hunley and Norro Wilson. Hunley co-wrote two of the songs with songwriters Kim Williams and Larry Shell. Hunley participates in celebrity [golf](/source/Golf) tournaments around the country, and hosts one of his own each year in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, which has raised over a million dollars for charities benefiting underprivileged children. ## Discography ### Albums Year Album US Country Label 1979 No Limit 34 Warner Bros. 1980 I Don't Want to Lose You 29 Don't It Break Your Heart 51 1981 Ask Any Woman 59 1982 Oh Girl 56 2004 Sweet Memories — IMMI 2005 The First Time: From Studio B — 2006 Shoot from the Heart — 2011 Lost and Found: The MCA/Capitol Years — ### Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1976 "Misery Loves Company" — — Singles only "Loving You Is a Habit I Can't Break" — — 1977 "Pick Up the Pieces" 96 — "I'll Always Remember That Song" 75 — "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" 67 — 1978 "Cry Cry Darling" 34 33 "Week-End Friend" 13 28 No Limit "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" 14 20 1979 "I've Been Waiting for You All of My Life" 14 16 "Since I Fell for You" 20 42 "I Don't Want to Lose You" 20 — I Don't Want to Lose You 1980 "You Lay a Whole Lot of Love on Me" 19 19 "They Never Lost You" 19 — Don't It Break Your Heart "What's New with You" 11 — 1981 "She's Steppin' Out" 17 — Ask Any Woman 1982 "No Relief in Sight" 20 44 "Oh Girl" 12 26 Oh Girl "Confidential" 43 — 1983 "Once You Get the Feel of It" 42 — Singles only "Satisfied Mind" 84 — 1984 "Deep in the Arms of Texas" 75 — "All American Country Boy" 57 — 1985 "I'd Rather Be Crazy" 54 — "Nobody Ever Gets Enough Love" 49 — "What Am I Gonna Do About You" 48 — 1986 "Blue Suede Blues" 49 — "Quittin' Time" 55 — 2004 "Still" — — Sweet Memories 2005 "Only Time Will Tell" — — "She Ain't You" — — "Sweet Memories" — — 2006 "I Can't Make It Alone" — — Shoot from the Heart "That Old Clock (Just Keeps on Tickin')" — — "I Can See You With My Eyes Closed" — — 2007 "Hollow Man" — — "The Keys" — — 2010 "Victims of the System" — — Single only ## References 1. [Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer)) (ed.) (1993). *[The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)*. First ed. [Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing). p. 195. ISBN 0-85112-726-6. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.conhunley.com/) - [CMT:News "Top 10 Country Albums of 2004 Contemporary Superstars, Newcomers and Seasoned Veterans Make the List" December 28, 2004 Edward Morris Retrieved On 2009-04-09](https://web.archive.org/web/20050209004340/http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1495205/12282004/roberts_julie.jhtml) - [*Knoxville News Sentinel* "Con Hunley Led By His Heart" March 7, 2004 Wayne Bledsoe Retrieved On 2009-04-09](http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=list&p_topdoc=11) - [*Angrycountry.com* "Con Hunley: New Album After An Absence From Country Music" August 26, 2004 Christine Bohorfoush Retrieved On 2009-04-09](http://www.angrycountry.com/stories/267.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070609021129/http://www.angrycountry.com/stories/267.html) June 9, 2007 at the Wayback Machine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Con Hunley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Hunley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Hunley?action=history)). 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