Biography

Mellons was born in 1965 in Kingsport, Tennessee. He has been a native of Nashville, Tennessee since the age of three. He entered in many talent shows in high school, and played at various clubs around Nashville to help perfect his skill, while working day jobs to pay the bills. In 1989, Ken earned a spot at a show called Country Music USA at Opryland USA, a theme park in Nashville. Later, he was signed to Epic Records in 1993. His debut, self-titled album produced a Top 10 single in "Jukebox Junkie", a song which also received ASCAP and BMI awards for surpassing one million spins on radio. His second album, Where Forever Begins, failed to produce any successful singles, and by 1997, Mellons left Epic Records.

Shortly after leaving Epic, Mellons signed to Curb Records. He released two non-charting singles and one album (The Best of Ken Mellons) during his six-year tenure with Curb. He became frustrated with the label and asked out of his record deal with them in 2003. Mellons then moved to the independent Home Records, releasing the album Sweet in 2004. The album featured "Paint Me a Birmingham", which became a Top 5 country hit for Tracy Lawrence in the first half of 2004. Mellons also co-wrote the songs "Honk If You Honky Tonk" on George Strait's "Honkytonkville" album and "I Bought The Shoes" on Dierks Bentley's self-titled debut album.

Mellons continues to perform throughout the US and recorded Rural Route in 2009.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Heat
Ken Mellons	Release date: August 23, 1994 Label: Epic Records	42	8
Where Forever Begins	Release date: November 14, 1995 Label: Epic Records	—	—
The Best of Ken Mellons	Release date: April 3, 2001 Label: Curb Records	—	—
Sweet	Release date: July 27, 2004 Label: Home Records	—	—
Rural Route	Release date: October 12, 2010 Label: Jukebox Junkie Inc.	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1994	"Lookin' in the Same Direction"	55	52	Ken Mellons
	"Jukebox Junkie"	8	6
	"I Can Bring Her Back"	42	49
1995	"Workin' for the Weekend"	40	40
	"Rub-a-Dubbin'"	39	65	Where Forever Begins
	"Stranger in Your Eyes"	55	89
1997	"Mr. DJ"	—	—	singles only
1998	"Ladies Night"	—	—
2003	"Paint Me a Birmingham"	54	*	Sweet
2004	"Climb My Tree"	—	*
2009	"Still They Call Me Love"	—	*	Rural Route
"—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1994	"Lookin' in the Same Direction"	Marc Ball
	"Jukebox Junkie"
	"I Can Bring Her Back"	Jeffrey Phillips
1995	"Rub-a-Dubbin'"	Jon Small
1998	"Ladies Night"	chris rogers

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