William Clark Green
Quick Facts
Biography
William Clark Green is an American country music singer from Flint, Texas. He has released four studio albums and one live album.
Origin
Green is from Flint, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, but took six years to graduate as he concentrated on his music career. He currently lives in Eastland, Texas.
Music career
In 2008, Green recorded his first album while he was studying at Texas Tech in Lubbock. The album, titled Dangerous Man, was released on September 24, 2008. He followed this with his second album, Misunderstood, released in 2010.
2012: Rose Queen
In 2012, Green recorded his third album, Rose Queen, at Sixteen Ton Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and the album was released on April 30, 2013. It became his breakthrough album. The first single from the album was "It’s About Time" which became his first Top Ten song on Texas Radio. He had a No. 1 regional hit with the song "She Likes the Beatles," and the album yielded three top ten singles on the Texas country charts. According to Green, the album was inspired by the town of Tyler, Texas which has a local tradition called the Texas Rose Festival.
2015: Ringling Road
On April 21, 2015, Green released his fourth album, Ringling Road. The album debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 133 and the Top Country Albums chart at No. 18, with 4,600 copies sold in the US. The first single from the album was "Sympathy" which topped the Texas Music Chart. The second single was "Sticks and Stones". According to Green, the album was inspired by the town of Eastland, Texas.
Green contributed a song to Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay, an album released in early 2016 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, titled "Still Think About You," which is a co-write with Finlay.
A live album, Live At Gruene Hall, was released on September 23, 2016. It sold 1,100 copies in its debut week.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | US Heat | US Indie | ||
Dangerous Man |
| — | — | — | — |
Misunderstood |
| — | — | — | — |
Rose Queen |
| 34 | — | 6 | 41 |
Ringling Road |
| 18 | 133 | 1 | 12 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
---|---|---|---|
US Country | US Heat | ||
Live At Gruene Hall |
| 31 | 24 |