Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre.[2] As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb/Warner Bros. Records. His first charting single, "This Night Won't Last Forever", was covered in 1979 by Michael Johnson, whose rendition was a top 20 pop hit that year, and eventually also covered by the country group Sawyer Brown in the early 2000s.

Bill LaBounty
Background information
Origin	Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
Genres	Country, soft rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Warner Bros./Curb, Noteworthy

LaBounty was born in Wisconsin and raised in Idaho. He attended Boise State University where he founded his first band Fat Chance, which recorded one album for RCA Records.[1]

In the mid-1980s, LaBounty shifted his focus to country music and has co-written several songs for country music artists, including Steve Wariner's number one hits "Lynda", "The Weekend" and "I Got Dreams".[3] LaBounty signed to a songwriting contract with Curb Publishing in 2001.[4] Many of his songs were written with his wife, Beckie Foster.[5]

Discography

Albums

• Promised Love (1975, Warner/Curb)
• This Night Won't Last Forever (1978, Warner/Curb)
• Rain in My Life (1979, Warner/Curb)
• Bill LaBounty (1982, Warner/Curb)
• The Right Direction (1991, Noteworthy)
• Best Selection (2004, Columbia)
• Back to Your Star (2009, Chill Pill Records (US), T.a.c.s Records (Japan))
• Time Starts Now (2011, 4 CD boxset with unreleased tracks)
• Into Something Blue" (2014)

Singles

List of singles co-written by LaBounty

This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

• Brooks & Dunn – "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
• Robbie Dupree – "Hot Rod Hearts", "Brooklyn Girls"
• Michael Johnson – "This Night Won't Last Forever" (later covered by Moe Bandy and Sawyer Brown), "Trail to Your Heart (Sailing Without a Sail)"
• Lonestar – "Tequila Talkin'", "Heartbroke Every Day"
• Eddy Raven – "Sooner or Later"
• Sawyer Brown – "Used to Blue", "Heart Don't Fall Now", "This Night Won't Last Forever"
• Shenandoah – "I Want to Be Loved Like That", "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss)
• Tanya Tucker duet with Delbert McClinton – "Tell Me About It"
• Steve Wariner – "Lynda", "The Weekend", "I Got Dreams", "The Domino Theory", "Drive"
• Jimmy Buffett with Steve Goodman – "Where's the Party"
• Gino Vannelli – "Total Stranger"
• Ronnie Milsap – "She Loves My Car"
• Bobby Caldwell – "She Loves My Car"
• Van Zant – "You've Got to Believe in Love"
• Agnetha Fältskog – "Let It Shine"
• Randy Crawford – "Look Who's Lonely Now", Thsi Night Won't Last Forever, I Hope You'll Very Unhappy Without Me, In Real Life,
• Shaun Cassidy – "Lie to Me"

References

External links

• Bill LaBounty's official website
• Interview with Bill LaBounty on Yuzu Melodies