{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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'''Derek George''' (born in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist currently signed to Spirit Music Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek George Renews Publishing Deal With Spirit/Fluid |url=https://musicrow.com/2022/08/derek-george-renews-publishing-deal-with-spirit-fluid/ |website=Music Row |date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> He is known for his work in Pearl River and Williams Riley, and his frequent collaborations with Bryan White.
==Musical career== In the 1990s, George was a member of the band Pearl River.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Edward|date=April 8, 1995|title=Nashville Scene|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22derek+george%22+%22bryan+white%22&pg=PA44}}</ref> After that band lost its recording contract, George and some of the other band members were recruited for Bryan White's road band. At the time, White was a merchandise vendor for Pearl River and was also a roommate of George's who had just begun his own music career.<ref name="augusta">{{cite web | url=http://old.chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/09/05/ent_214167.shtml | title=There will be lots of picking at Macon's Bluegrass Jam | accessdate=December 23, 2007 | last=Rhodes | first=Don | date=September 5, 1997 | work=The Augusta Chronicle}}</ref>
George also co-wrote and sang backing vocals for several songs on White's first three albums,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Borzillo|first=Carrie|date=January 27, 1996|title=Asylum's White: Mature Country|magazine=Billboard|pages=1, 124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7g4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22derek+george%22+%22bryan+white%22&pg=PA124}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Price|first=Deborah Evans|date=August 9, 1997|title=Bryan White in 'The Right Place'|magazine=Billboard|pages=24, 27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22derek+george%22+%22bryan+white%22&pg=PA24}}</ref> including the number 1 single "So Much for Pretending".
In 1996, George and White, along with Bryan Austin and Jeffrey Steele, appeared on the song "Brickyard Boogie" on Steve Wariner's ''No More Mr. Nice Guy''. This song was nominated for the Best Country Instrumental at the 1997 Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite news | title=Babyface Tops Grammy Nominations | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970107/2517543/babyface-tops-grammy-nominations | work=The Seattle Times | date=January 7, 1997 | access-date=February 20, 2009}}</ref>
George, White, and John Tirro also wrote Diamond Rio's 1997 single "Imagine That". While still a member of White's band in 2001, George signed with Windswept Publishing.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=July 14, 2001|title=Nashville Scene|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22derek+george%22+%22bryan+white%22&pg=PA55}}</ref>
Between 2009 and 2010, George was a member of the band Williams Riley.<ref name="musicrow">{{cite web | last=King | first=Christie | title=On the Music Row Cover | url=http://www.musicrow.com/2009/07/on-the-music-row-cover-williams-riley/ | work=Music Row | date=July 13, 2009 | accessdate=September 28, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, George produced Randy Houser's ''How Country Feels'' and Joe Nichols' ''Crickets''.
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