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Given
name: |
Kathleen
Alice Mattea |
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Birthplace: |
South
Charleston, West Virginia |
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Birth
date: |
June 21,
1959 |
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Parents: |
John &
Ruth Mattea |
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Brothers: |
Joe &
Mike Mattea |
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Married: |
February 14,
1988 to Jon Vezner |
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Family
heritage: |
Italian,
Welsh, Dutch, Cherokee |
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Height: |
5’ 6
3/4" |
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Hair: |
Brown |
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Eyes: |
Hazel |
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Hobbies: |
Sailing,
Cooking, Snow Skiing, Jogging, Gardening |
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Favorite
Color: |
Pastel Pink |
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Favorite
food: |
Italian |
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Nickname: |
Captain
Potato |
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Favorite
movies: |
"Das
Boot", "Star Wars", "Annie Hall" |
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College: |
University
of West Virginia, studied engineering |
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Previous
jobs: |
Tour guide
at the Country Music Hall of Fame, waitress, demo singer |
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Dream
Vacation: |
Ballooning
across the wine regions of France |
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Career
Fantasy: |
"I’m
living it!" |
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Instruments: |
Guitar,
Piano, Penny Whistle |
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Favorite
Guitar: |
Custom
black-stained maple 612-C Florentine cut-away Taylor guitar,
nicknamed Blackie |
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Charities: |
American Foundation for AIDS
Research
Comprehensive Care Center of
Nashville
Music City Cares AIDS Walk
National AIDS Candlelight March
S.A.V.E. AIDS Vaccine program
Second Harvest Food Bank
Taste of the Nation / Share Our
Strength
T.J. Martell Foundation
West Virginia Task Force on
Children, Youth and Families. |
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Record
Company: |
Narada
Productions, Inc.
4650 N. Port Washington Road
Milwaukee, WI 53212 USA
Phone: 414-961-8350
Fax: 414-961-8351
E-mail: friends@narada.com
Web: www.narada.com |
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Personal
Management: |
TBA
Entertainment Corporation
300 10th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37203
615-255-1326
Web: www.tbaent.com |
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Booking
Agency: |
International
Music Network
278 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Ph:978-283-2883
Fax:978-283-2330
Web: www.imnworld.com |
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Fan
Club: |
Kathy Mattea
Fan Club
P.O. Box 1776
Orem, UT 84059-1776 |
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Affiliations: |
CMA, ASCAP,
NARAS, ACM, AFTRA, AF of M |
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Top
10 Songs: |
- "Love at the Five &
Dime" (# 3, 1986)
- "Walk the Way the Wind
Blows" (# 10, 1986)
- "You're The Power" (# 5,
1987)
- "Train of Memories" (#
6, 1986)
- "Goin' Gone" (# 1, 1987)
- "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen
Roses" (# 1, 1988)
- "Untold Stories" (# 4,
1988)
- "Life as We Knew It" (#
4, 1988)
- "Come From the Heart" (#
1, 1989)
- "Burnin' Old Memories"
(# 1, 1989)
- "Where've You Been" (#
10, 1989)
- "She Came From Fort
Worth" (# 2, 1990)
- "The Battle Hymn of
Love" (# 9, 1990)
- "Few Good Things Remain"
(# 9, 1990)
- "Time Passes By" (# 7,
1991)
- "Walking Away a Winner"
(# 3, 1994)
- "Nobody's Going To Rain On
Our Parade" (#10, 1994)
- "455 Rocket" (#3, 1997)
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Awards: |
- 1988 CMA - Single of the Year
"Eighteen Wheels & A Dozen Roses"
- 1988 ACM - Single of the Year
"Eighteen Wheels & A Dozen Roses"
- 1988 ACM - Song of the Year
"Eighteen Wheels & A Dozen Roses"
- 1989 CMA - Female Vocalist of the
Year
- 1989 ACM - Top Female Vocalist
- 1989 ACM - Song of the Year
"Where’ve You Been"
- 1990 CMA - Song of the Year
"Where’ve You Been"
- 1990 CMA - Female Vocalist of the
Year
- 1990 Grammy - Best Country
Performance/Female
- 1993 Grammy - Best Southern
Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album "Good
News"
- 1997 CMA - Video of the Year
"455 Rocket"
- 1998 Nashville Music Award -
Country Album of the Year "Love Travels"
- 1998 Nashville Music Award - Video
Of The Year "I'm On Your Side"
- 2001 Minnie Pearl Humanitarian
Award
(TNN
& CMT Country Weekly Music Awards)
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Other
Honors: |
- 1994 Harvard AIDS Institute
Leadership Award
- Nitro Community Center Auditorium
is named in Kathy's honor
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Televison
& Movie
Appearances: |
Television
- ACM Awards
- Celebrity Cooking
- CMA Awards
- Good Morning America
- Nashville Now
- The Tommy Hunter Show
- Hee Haw
- Wired (BBC)
- Austin City Limits
- Hollywood Squares
- Celebrity Outdoors
- Crook & Chase
- New Country
- On Stage
- Music City News Awards
- The Pat Sajack Show
- The Tonight Show
- Oprah Winfrey
- The Today Show
- American Music Shop
- ShowBiz Today
- Rick Dees’ Into the Night
- Live With Regis & Kathy Lee
- CBS Nightwatch
- Home Show
- Lonesome Pines
- Larry King Special
- Hot Country Nights
- John Denver Christmas Special
- Country Music Hall Of Fame 25th
Anniversary Special
- Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Vicki
- Live at the Ryman
- Country in the Rockies
- Country in the Rockies II
- Riders Radio Theater: The
Christmas Show.
- Kathie Lee: Home for Christmas
- The Gladys Knight Show
- The Pat Bullard Show
- CBS Morning Show
- USA Live
- ESPY Awards
- BBC Song Roads
- Hello Darlin': Tribute to Conway
Twitty
- Politically Incorrect
- Prime Time Country
- Caryl and Marilyn
- A Century of Country Moment
- Billy Block's
Western Beat Revival
- Romance Classics' Southern
Comforts Film Festival
- Touched By An Angel (Fall 2000)
- The View
Movie
Theater
- Sing For The Cure - w/ the Baltimore
Choral Arts Society and The Baltimore
Symphony (2002)
- Vagina Monologues - National touring
company, Nashville performances (2002)
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