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Phil Vassar
Vassar performing in July 2007
Background information
Born	May 28, 1964 (1964-05-28) (age 43)[1]
Origin	Lynchburg, Virginia,  USA
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano, vocals
Years active	2000 - present
Label(s)	Arista Nashville (2000-2007) Universal South (2007-present)
Website	http://www.philvassar.com/

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Personal life

Phil was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia. He references this in his song "American Child." He attended James Madison University, but dropped out to pursue his music career. He is a brother of the Eta Kappa chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity. JMU redirects here. ... Theta Chi (ΘΧ) is an international college fraternity for men. ...

Phil was married to Julie Wood Vassar, who co-wrote two of Phil's singles: "That's When I Love You" and "The Woman in My Life." Her brother, Jeff Wood, is also a country music artist. Phil and Julie wed in 2002, and filed for divorce in the summer of 2007. They have one daughter together. Phil also has a daughter from a previous marriage.^[2].

In 2006, Vassar entered his second season as a judge on Nashville Star. Nashville Star is a television program broadcast on the USA Network in the United States and CMT in Canada. ...

Songwriter

Prior to signing with Arista Nashville in 2000, Vassar found considerable success as a songwriter, penning number-one hits for Jo Dee Messina, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw, as well as several songs for other artists. Vassar also co-owns a piano bar outside Nashville, Tennessee, where he performed his own material prior to signing a record deal.^{[citation needed]} Songs he's written include "My Next Thirty Years," "For a Little While," "Little Red Rodeo," "Right on the Money," "I'm Alright" and "Bye Bye." In his single "American Child," he wrote about his grandfather, who died in World War II. Arista Nashville is a record company which has the artists Keith Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Jypsi, Brad Paisley, Phil Vassar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Jo-Dee Marie Messina (born August 25, 1970 in Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American Country Music Singer-songwriter, who came to fame in the mid-1990s. ... For other persons named Alan Jackson, see Alan Jackson (disambiguation). ... For the song by Taylor Swift, see Tim McGraw (song). ... “Nashville” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Career

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In March 2007, he left Arista, and has since signed with Universal South.^[3] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Universal South Records is a record label that was started in 2001 by Universal Music Group. ...

Discography

Albums

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Singles

Vassar performing in July 2007

• ^A "Last Day of My Life" also peaked at #75 on US Pop 100, #72 on US Digital, and #1 on the Mediabase 24/7 country singles charts.
• ^B Current single.

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Links

• Official website
• Phil Vassar at MySpace

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