Holly Dunn
b. Holly Suzette Dunn, 22 August 1957, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Dunn's father was a preacher and her mother a professional artist, but they encouraged their children to sing and entertain. Dunn learned guitar and became a lead vocalist with the Freedom Folk Singers, representing Texas in the White House bi-centennial celebrations. After university, she joined her brother, Chris Waters (Chris Waters Dunn), who had moved to Nashville as a songwriter. (He wrote Sexy Eyes for Dr. Hook.) Together they wrote Out Of Sight, Not Out Of Mind for Cristy Lane. Amongst her other songs are An Old Friend ( Terri Gibbs), Love Someone Like Me ( New Grass Revival), Mixed Emotions (Bruce Murray, brother of Anne Murray) and That Old Devil Moon ( Marie Osmond). Dunn sang on numerous demos in Nashville. Her self-named album for the MTM label in 1986, and her own composition Daddy's Hands, drew considerable attention. ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE, was a traditional yet contemporary country album featuring Vince Gill and Sam Bush and it won much acclaim. However, MTM went into liquidation and Dunn moved to Warners. Her up-tempo You Really Had Me Going was a country number l and other country hits include Only When I Love, Strangers Again and That's What Your Love Does To Me. Her ‘greatest hits’ set, MILESTONES, aroused some controversy when she issued one of its tracks, the newly-recorded Maybe I Mean Yes, as a single. The song was accused of downplaying the trauma of date-rape, and Dunn was sufficently upset to ask radio stations not to play the record. Her career was restored to equilibrium with the low-key, but impressive GETTING IT DUNN in 1992. Dunn writes much of her own material and usually produces her albums with Chris Waters.