SHERRIE AUSTIN....ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COUNTRY SINGERS

I am over the moon because one of my favourite Country singers, Sherrie Austin, has registered on the forum. I am the proud owner of well-worn copies of three of Sherrie's albums, Words, Love in the Real World and Followin' a Feelin'. My favourite Sherrie track is Love Melts Even the Coldest Hearts.......which I was a little surprised did not become a single like several other tracks from the albums.

Some of you may know that at one time I was a DJ and many times was a Quizmaster. One of the questions I loved to ask was: According to the opening line of Sherrie Austin's song 'In the Meantime', Jeannie had big .....? what?
(The answer if you want to know is at the foot of this post.)



What Wikipedia has to say about Sherrie....

Sherrie Veronica Krenn (born August 28, 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer, known professionally as Sherrié Austin. Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colorhaus, which also featured Phil Radford. After leaving Colorhaus, she recorded one album in her native Australia before moving to the United States in pursuit of a singing career. There, she recorded four studio albums, and charted several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest-charting single was the #18 "Streets of Heaven" in 2003.



Austin got her start in music opening for Johnny Cash in Australia at the age of 14. She later moved to the United States where she took up acting. She is most known in America for playing the role of Pippa McKenna on The Facts of Life in the late 1980s. In 1991 she appeared as "Lady Penelope" on episode #20 of the first season of the TV comedy series Fresh Prince of Bel Air starring Will Smith. In the 1990s, she started a singing career, teaming up with Phil Radford in 1992 to form a duo called Colorhaus, which released one album, Water to the Soul.



Afterward, Austin moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. Her first solo contract was with Arista Nashville, with the album Words being released in 1997. It produced singles in "Lucky in Love", "One Solitary Tear", "Put Your Heart into It", and "Innocent Man". "Lucky in Love" and "Put Your Heart into It" both reached Top 40 on the country charts with a peak of #34 each.



Her second and final album for Arista was 1999's Love in the Real World, led off by the #29 "Never Been Kissed", which was followed by "Little Bird." After RCA acquired Arista Records, Austin's publishing company, Reynsong Publishing, formed Wrensong Entertainment and signed to Madacy Entertainment for her next album, Followin' a Feelin', which produced another single in its lead-off single, a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene".


Later, she switched to the independent Broken Bow Records label. Her fourth album of country music, titled Streets of Heaven, produced her biggest country hit in its title track. Following this single was "Son of a Preacher Man", a cover of the Dusty Springfield song, which was never included on an album.

Sherrie co-wrote Danielle Peck's 2007 single "Bad for Me", the title track to Blake Shelton's 2008 album Startin' Fires, George Strait's "Where Have I Been All My Life" off his 2009 album Twang, and Tim McGraw's duet, with wife Faith Hill, "Shotgun Rider" off his Let It Go album in 2007. Austin left Broken Bow in 2008.



Sherrie has kindly agreed to answer your questions if she can..........she is a lovely girl, please be nice to her!!

Oh.....and by the way.........Jeannie had big plans!

A question from me first please Sherrie.

Until reading your Wikipedia page now, I had not realised that you were once an actress. Why did you stop acting? Which was your bigger love, acting or music?

Hey, it looks like Mike has a crush on you Sherrie !!!

Did you like the song Mike said was his favourite, it wasn't strong enough to be a single?

Hi Sherrie, thanks for coming.

Have you ever travelled to the United Kingdom and done any concerts here?

OK., We know Love Melts etc etc. is Mike's favourite song of yours, but which songs are your own favourites?

Can I ask a few questions so we can see what makes you tick??

1 If you had not become a singer/composer what job would you have liked to do?

2 What hobbies do you pursue?

3.You always look so well dressed in photographs, which colours do you think suit you best?

4 In your private life are you a jeans or dresses type of girl?

5 Nighties or PJs?

6 Do you follow any sports?

7 Who are your favourite singers/groups (past or present)?

8 What are or were your favourite TV programmes?

9 What are your favourite films?

10. Do you prefer baths or showers?

11. What is your favourite perfume?

12 Who are your favourite actor and actress?

13 Who is your favourite comedian / funnyman?

14 What is your favourite joke?

15 Do you have any pets?

16 What is your favourite meal?

17 What is your favourite drink?

18 What would you like to be doing in 20 years time?

19 Are you married? If so is your husband in show biz?

20 Do your family and friends have any nickname or pet name for you??

Kendall Bard, who works with Sherrie, tells me that she is looking forward to doing this but she is out of town for 10 days. Keep the questions coming......

Sherrie, I should like to add the Colorhaus CD to my collection, is it still available for sale? What type of material did you do on it?

Are you featured on any DVDs??

Did you have to undergo formal vocal training or did it come naturally? Can you say which singers have been the greatest influence to you?

And I must say you look so sexy and slim, does it come naturally or is there a secret to it?

Hi Sherrie! Thanks for coming on here. I see you were born Krenn, did you just pluck Austin from the air or is there any special significance to the name?

You look really beautiful in the photos Mike has put on here. Do you have any more please? Sherrie or Mike?

Do you have any tattoos or piercings Sherrie? Where are they??

I agree with you Sam, you're a lovely girl Sherrie. I think you should be officially adopted as the website's own Country Singer. Mike, can we do that? That ok with you Sherrie??

DellBoy wrote:I agree with you Sam, you're a lovely girl Sherrie. I think you should be officially adopted as the website's own Country Singer. Mike, can we do that? That ok with you Sherrie??

Great idea Dell.........if Sherrie is willing!

play it again sam wrote:

You look really beautiful in the photos Mike has put on here. Do you have any more please? Sherrie or Mike?

Sure thing Sam....


























That should be another dozen I think. Sherrie, are there any stories behind any of them that you can tell us about? Do you have a favourite picture that I have not put on yet?

Were you involved in the writing of your 'big' songs? Did you write Mike's favourite?

Hi, do you still live in America? What part of the country?

How long is it since you left Australia? Do you miss being there?

My favourite country singers are Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Have they recorded any of your songs?

Hi!!

Great to see you are coming here.

If you look at actor Marc Ryan-Jordan's page you will see that he has been good enough to tell us his life story in one message. Any chance you could do something like that for us please?? That would be wonderful.

This gets you to Marc's page:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

At the moment we have a number of other Country singers doing this for us....Shelly Fairchild, Amy Dalley, Tift Merritt, Chelsea Crowell and the Rankin Twins. Do you know any of them? Do you have an open personal message for any of them?

Oh my gosh Sherrie Austin. We Looooove you.

We've been listening to you for years... "lucky in love" You have curly hair like us too. Fun times!!

Are you superstious? Are there things you do or wear for good luck?

Please tell us about some embarrassing moments when things have gone wrong??