Quick Facts
Biography
Kimberly "Kim" Richey is an American singer/songwriter.
Career
Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37.
Compostions
Her songs have been recorded by Trisha Yearwood ("Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"), Radney Foster ("Nobody Wins"), and Brooks & Dunn ("Every River").
Recordings
Her 1995 self-titled debut album was produced by Richard Bennett. It contained the singles "Just My Luck" and "Those Words We Said."
Her follow-up album, Bitter Sweet was produced by Angelo and released in 1996.
"Glimmer" was released in 1999. Produced by Hugh Padgham (XTC), the album also features guitarist Dominic Miller (Sting).
"Rise" was released in 2002 and wss produced by Bill Bottrell.
Her 2007 album Chinese Boxes was recorded in London and produced by Giles Martin.
Wreck Your Wheels was released in 2010. It was produced by Neilson Hubbard in his studio.
Released in 2013, "Thorn In My Heart" was again produced by Neilson Hubbard and features guest vocals from Trisha Yearwood. A limited edition version of the album was released in 2014 as Thorn in My Heart: The Work Tapes with only Richey on guitar and vocals.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Heat | US Folk | ||
| Kim Richey |
| 72 | — | — |
| Bitter Sweet |
| 53 | — | — |
| Glimmer |
| — | — | — |
| Rise |
| — | — | — |
| The Collection |
| — | — | — |
| Chinese Boxes |
| — | — | — |
| Wreck Your Wheels |
| — | — | — |
| Thorn in My Heart |
| 55 | 26 | 20 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | CAN AC | |||
| 1995 | "Just My Luck" | 47 | 36 | — | Kim Richey |
| "Those Words We Said" | 59 | 50 | — | ||
| 1996 | "From Where I Stand" | 66 | — | — | |
| 1997 | "I Know" | 72 | 71 | — | Bitter Sweet |
| 1999 | "Come Around" | — | — | 64 | Glimmer |
| 2000 | "The Way It Never Was" | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | "The Circus Song (Can't Let Go)" | — | — | — | Rise |
| 2007 | "Jack and Jill" | — | — | — | Chinese Boxes |
| 2013 | "Come On" | — | — | — | Thorn in My Heart |
EPs
- 2007: Little Record (Vanguard) - promo EP containing non-album acoustic versions of "Chinese Boxes," "Drift," "Straight As The Crow Flies," "Mexico," and "A Place Called Home"
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Just My Luck" | Dani Jacobs |
| "Those Words We Said" | Pamela Springsteen | |
| 1997 | "I Know" | Luke Scott |
| 2000 | "The Way It Never Was" | Jude Weng |
| 2007 | "Jack and Jill" | Stephanie B. Keane |
Contributed vocals to
- 1987: Bill Lloyd - Feeling the Elephant (East Side Digital)
- 1992: Radney Foster - Del Rio, TX 1959 (Arista)
- 1994: Bill Lloyd - Set to Pop (East Side Digital)
- 1994: George Ducas - George Ducas (Liberty)
- 1995: Radney Foster - Labor of Love (Arista)
- 1995: Reba McEntire - Starting Over (MCA)
- 1995: Rodney Crowell - Jewel of the South (MCA)
- 1995: Trisha Yearwood - Thinkin' About You (MCA)
- 1996: Jolene - Hell's Half Acre (Ardent)
- 1996: Keith Stegall - Passages (Mercury)
- 1996: Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Place in the World (Columbia)
- 1996: Tammy Rogers - Tammy Rogers (Dead Reckoning)
- 1996: Trisha Yearwood - Everybody Knows (MCA Nashville)
- 1996: Various Artists - Rig Rock Deluxe (A Musical Salute To The American Truck Driver) (Upstart Sounds)
- 2000: Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)
- 2001: Brooks & Dunn - Steers & Stripes (Arista Nashville)
- 2001: Will Kimbrough - This (Gravity)
- 2002: Darden Smith - Sunflower (Dualtone)
- 2007: Honeyroot - The Sun Will Come (Just Music)
- 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World (Proper)
- 2014: Jason Isbell - Southeastern (Southeastern)
- 2015: Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds (Scarlet Letter)
- 2015: Dean Owens - Into The Sea (Drumfire)
Songwriting collaborations
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Collaborator |
| 1992 | Radney Foster | "Nobody Wins" | Del Rio, TX 1959 | Radney Foster |
| 1993 | Dixie Chicks | "Desire" | Shouldn't a Told You That | Steve Kolander |
| 1994 | Steve Kolander | "Can't Undo What's Been Done" | Steve Kolander | |
| 1995 | George Ducas | "In No Time at All" | George Ducas | George Ducas |
| Radney Foster | "If It Were Me" | Labor of Love | Radney Foster | |
| Trisha Yearwood | "Those Words We Said" | Thinkin' About You | Angelo | |
| "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" | Everybody Knows | Angelo & Larry Gottlieb | ||
| 1997 | Patty Loveless | "That's Exactly What I Mean" | Long Stretch of Lonesome | Tia Sillers |
| Mindy McCready | "You'll Never Know" | If I Don't Stay the Night | Angelo | |
| 1998 | Suzy Bogguss | "From Where I Stand" | Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt | Tia Sillers |
| Terri Clark | "I'm Alright" | How I Feel | Angelo & Larry Gottlieb | |
| 1999 | Jim Lauderdale | "It's Just Like You" | Onward Through It All | Jim Lauderdale |
| Mindy McCready | "Lucky Me" | I'm Not So Tough | Tommy Lee James & Jennifer Kimball | |
| Lorrie Morgan | "Here I Go Again" | My Heart | (sole writer) | |
| 2000 | Terri Clark | "Last Thing I Wanted" | Fearless | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Trisha Yearwood | "Where Are You Now" | Real Live Woman | ||
| 2001 | Brooks & Dunn | "Every River" | Steers & Stripes | Angelo & Tom Littlefield |
| Cyndi Thomson | "I'm Gone" | My World | Chuck Prophet | |
| 2007 | The Greencards | "I Don't Want to Lose You" | Viridian | Mike Henderson |
| "Travel On" |
