Kim Richey
Kimberly Kay Richey is an American singer and songwriter.
Early life
Kimberly Kay Richey was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on December 1, 1956. She grew up in Kettering, Ohio, graduating from Fairmont East High school in 1973.Career
Richey entered music in the 1990s, and secured her first recording contract with Mercury Nashville at the age of 37. She spent the next few years promoting her albums and touring with Wynonna Judd and others.Compositions
Her songs have been recorded by Trisha Yearwood, Radney Foster, and Brooks & Dunn.Recordings
Her May 1995 self-titled debut album was produced by Richard Bennett. It contained the singles "Just My Luck" and "Those Words We Said". Her follow-up album, Bitter Sweet, was produced by Angelo and released in 1997. It contained the single "I Know". Glimmer was released in 1999. Produced by Hugh Padgham, the album also features guitarist Dominic Miller. Rise was released in 2002 and was produced by Bill Bottrell. Her 2007 album Chinese Boxes was recorded in London and produced by Giles Martin. Wreck Your Wheels was released in 2010. It was produced by Neilson Hubbard in his studio. Released in 2013, Thorn in My Heart was again produced by Neilson Hubbard and features guest vocals from Trisha Yearwood. A limited edition version of the album was released in 2014 as Thorn in My Heart: The Work Tapes with only Richey on guitar and vocals. Edgeland was released March 30, 2018, and produced by Brad Jones. Edgeland includes three different tracking bands of Nashville's roots players. Like Thorn in My Heart, Edgeland was released on Yep Roc Records.Discography
Albums
EPs
- 2007: Little Record - promo EP containing non-album acoustic versions of "Chinese Boxes", "Drift", "Straight as the Crow Flies", "Mexico" and "A Place Called Home"
Singles
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
| 1995 | "Just My Luck" | Dani Jacobs |
| 1995 | "Those Words We Said" | Pamela Springsteen |
| 1997 | "I Know" | Luke Scott |
| 2000 | "The Way It Never Was" | Jude Weng |
| 2007 | "Jack and Jill" | Stephanie B. Keane |
Contributed vocals
- 1987: Bill Lloyd - Feeling the Elephant
- 1992: Radney Foster - Del Rio, TX 1959
- 1994: Bill Lloyd - Set to Pop
- 1994: George Ducas - George Ducas
- 1995: Radney Foster - Labor of Love
- 1995: Reba McEntire - Starting Over
- 1995: Rodney Crowell - Jewel of the South
- 1995: Trisha Yearwood - Thinkin' About You
- 1996: Jolene - Hell's Half Acre
- 1996: Keith Stegall - Passages
- 1996: Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Place in the World
- 1996: Tammy Rogers - Tammy Rogers
- 1996: Trisha Yearwood - Everybody Knows
- 1996: Various Artists - Rig Rock Deluxe
- 1999: Jon Randall - Willin'
- 2000: Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
- 2001: Brooks & Dunn - Steers & Stripes
- 2001: Will Kimbrough - This
- 2002: Darden Smith - Sunflower
- 2007: Honeyroot - The Sun Will Come
- 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World
- 2014: Jason Isbell - Southeastern
- 2015: Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds
- 2015: Dean Owens - ''Into The Sea''
Songwriting collaborations
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Collaborator |
| 1992 | Radney Foster | "Nobody Wins" | Del Rio, TX 1959 | Radney Foster |
| 1993 | Dixie Chicks | "Desire" | Shouldn't a Told You That | Steve Kolander |
| 1994 | Steve Kolander | "Can't Undo What's Been Done" | Steve Kolander | Steve Kolander |
| 1995 | George Ducas | "In No Time at All" | George Ducas | George Ducas |
| 1995 | Radney Foster | "If It Were Me" | Labor of Love | Radney Foster |
| 1995 | Trisha Yearwood | "Those Words We Said" | Thinkin' About You | Angelo |
| 1995 | Trisha Yearwood | "Believe Me Baby " | Everybody Knows | Angelo & Larry Gottlieb |
| 1997 | Patty Loveless | "That's Exactly What I Mean" | Long Stretch of Lonesome | Tia Sillers |
| 1997 | Mindy McCready | "You'll Never Know" | If I Don't Stay the Night | Angelo |
| 1998 | Suzy Bogguss | "From Where I Stand" | Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt | Tia Sillers |
| 1998 | Terri Clark | "I'm Alright" | How I Feel | Angelo & Larry Gottlieb |
| 1999 | Jim Lauderdale | "It's Just Like You" | Onward Through It All | Jim Lauderdale |
| 1999 | Mindy McCready | "Lucky Me" | I'm Not So Tough | Tommy Lee James & Jennifer Kimball |
| 1999 | Lorrie Morgan | "Here I Go Again" | My Heart | ' |
| 2000 | Terri Clark | "Last Thing I Wanted" | Fearless | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 2000 | Trisha Yearwood | "Where Are You Now" | Real Live Woman | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 2001 | Brooks & Dunn | "Every River" | Steers & Stripes | Angelo & Tom Littlefield |
| 2001 | Cyndi Thomson | "I'm Gone" | My World | Chuck Prophet |
| 2007 | The Greencards | "I Don't Want to Lose You" | Viridian | Mike Henderson |
| 2007' | The Greencards | "Travel On" | Viridian'' | Mike Henderson |