{{Short description|American country music trio}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = The Marcy Brothers | background = group_or_band | origin = Oroville, California, United States | genre = Country | years_active = 1983–1999 | label = Warner Bros.<br />Atlantic | past_members = Kevin Marcy<br />Kris Marcy<br />Kendal Marcy }}

'''The Marcy Brothers''' were an American country music trio formed in Oroville, California, in 1983 and disbanded in 1999. The trio consisted of three brothers: Kevin, Kris, and Kendal Marcy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-marcy-brothers-mn0000051615|title=The Marcy Brothers Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=AllMusic}}</ref> They released two albums for divisions of Warner Music Group and charted six singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Their highest hit was "Cotton Pickin' Time" at No.&nbsp;34.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>

==Music career== The Marcy Brothers' career started with some independent releases throughout the early 1980's but their major label debut album, ''Missing You'', was released on October 23, 1989, on Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division. The album peaked at No. 75 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and saw a total of five single charting, including their highest chart single, "Cotton Pickin' Time", which reached No.&nbsp;34 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in 1989.<ref name="Whitburn"/> Other single releases include "The Things I Didn't Say", "Threads of Gold", "You're Not Even Crying", and the title track.<ref name="Whitburn"/> Blake Shelton covered "Cotton Pickin' Time" on his 2004 album ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill''.

On July 9, 1991, the group released their self-titled third studio album on Warner Bros.' sister label, Atlantic Records. This album produced the singles "She Can" and "Why Not Tonight" before the trio exited the label and disbanded. Also included on the album was the Don Von Tress composition "Don't Tell My Heart", a song which would later become a five-week Number One on the country charts in 1992 when Billy Ray Cyrus recorded it under the title "Achy Breaky Heart".<ref>{{cite magazine | title= The Ones That Got Away| magazine=Country Weekly | date= April 6, 2009}}</ref> Kendal has since joined Brad Paisley's road band, the Drama Kings, in which he plays the banjo, keyboards, mandolin, and sings background vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicoer.com/2015/06/17/oroville-country-star-kendal-marcy-tours-with-brad-paisley-and-band/|title=Oroville country star Kendal Marcy tours with Brad Paisley and band|last=Robinson|first=Eugene|work=Chico Enterprise-Record|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Members== *Kevin Marcy - vocals, acoustic guitar *Kris Marcy - vocals, guitars *Kendal Marcy - vocals, guitars, mandolin, keyboards, piano

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! Peak positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="60"| US Country<br/><ref name="Country Songs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/1990-02-10/|title=Top Country Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=February 10, 1990|access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Growin' Up Country''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/19690504-The-Marcy-Brothers-Growin-Up-Country|title=Growin' Up Country – The Marcy Brothers (1983, LP)|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=Discogs.com|date=1983 }}</ref> | * Release date: November 17, 1983 * Label: KAM Productions * Producer: The Marcy Brothers | — |- ! scope="row"| ''Missing You'' | * Release date: October 23, 1989 * Label: Warner Bros. Nashville * Producer: Ron Haffkine | 75 |- ! scope="row"| ''The Marcy Brothers'' | * Release date: July 9, 1991 * Label: Atlantic Records * Producer: Nelson Larkin, Ron Reynolds | — |- | colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br />positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Country<br/><ref name="Whitburn"/> ! width="45"| CAN Country<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=The+Marcy+Brothers&ChartEn=Country+Singles&|title=The Marcy Brothers - Search results for "Country Singles"|work=RPM|date=17 July 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> |- | 1984 ! scope="row"| "Take It Like a Man"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12962960-The-Marcy-Brothers-Take-It-Like-A-Man|title=Take It Like A Man – The Marcy Brothers (1984, Single)|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=Discogs.com|date=1984 }}</ref> | — | — | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- | 1988 ! scope="row"| "The Things I Didn't Say" | 68 | — | align="left" rowspan="5"| ''Missing You'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1989 ! scope="row"| "Threads of Gold" | 52 | — |- ! scope="row"| "Cotton Pickin' Time"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-05-06.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=85|date=May 6, 1989}}</ref> | 34 | — |- ! scope="row"| "You're Not Even Crying" | 70 | — |- | 1990 ! scope="row"| "Missing You" | 79 | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1991 ! scope="row"| "She Can"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-06-29.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=77|date=June 29, 1991}}</ref> | 71 | 78 | rowspan="2" align="left"| ''The Marcy Brothers'' |- ! scope="row"| "Why Not Tonight"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-11-16.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=81|date=November 16, 1991}}</ref> | — | — |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:12em;"| Video ! Director |- | rowspan="2"| 1989 ! scope="row"| "Cotton Pickin' Time" | |- ! scope="row"| "You're Not Even Crying" |Robert Frey |- | 1991 ! scope="row"| "She Can" |Joe Pollaro |- |}

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