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Joel Feeney (born in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian country, pop music singer, songwriter and record producer.

Joel Feeney
Birth name	Joel Feeney
Origin	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Country, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, producer
Instruments	keyboards
Years active	1980 – present
Labels	MCA Canada, Universal Music

History

Joel Feeney commenced his recording career with the pop rock band The Front.[1] Feeney was also a producer on albums by other Canadian country singers including Family Brown, and worked as a session musician before releasing his debut album Joel Feeney and the Western Front in 1991. The album included songs written by members of The Front.[2]

Feeney's second album Life Is but a Dream was released in 1993 and was produced by Chris Farren. It received a positive review from the Ottawa Citizen which called it a "soft-spoken but intense set of songs".[3]

His most successful hit came in 1995 with "What Kind of Man", which topped the Canadian RPM country singles charts. This song also came from Life Is but a Dream.[4] He is also notable for co-writing LeAnn Rimes' 2005 hit "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense".[5]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
Joel Feeney and the Western Front	Release date: 1991 Label: Justin Entertainment
...Life Is but a Dream	Release date: 1993 Label: MCA Records
Joel Feeney	Release date: 1998 Label: Universal Music Canada

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[6]			Album
		CAN Country	CAN	CAN AC
1991	"It's a Beautiful Life"	23	—	—	Joel Feeney and the Western Front
	"Poor Billy"	71	—	—
	"Diamonds"	18	69	24
1992	"One Good Reason"	28	—	—
	"If Anything Could Be"	48	—	—
	"The Tennessee Hills"	26	—	—
1993	"Say the Word"	5	—	—	...Life Is but a Dream
1994	"By Heart"	13	—	—
	"Everything to Me"	11	—	—
	"Tears Don't Lie"	32	—	—
1995	"What Kind of Man"	1	—	—
	"Life Is But a Dream"	9	—	—
1998	"A Little Bit of Your Love"	12	—	—	Joel Feeney
	"Leslie's Wedding Day"	16	—	—
1999	"She Ain't Gonna Cry"	15	—	—
2000	"A Wonderful Life"	49	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			CAN Country
2000	"I Will"	Eli Barsi	75	Eli Barsi

Music videos

Year	Video
1991	"Diamonds"
1992	"If Anything Could Be"
1995	"What Kind of Man"
	"Life Is But a Dream"
1998	"A Little Bit of Your Love"
	"Leslie's Wedding Day"

Other albums

Finkleman's 45s The Doug Riley Sessions Live From The Montreal Bistro

This album was released by CBC audio in 2001

Song
"It's All Right"
"Rock & Roll Lullaby"
"Bad Boy" with Cal Dodd, Neil Donnell and Michael Dunstion

Finkleman's 45s The Doug Riley Sessions Live From The Montreal Bistro Vol. 2

This album was released by CBC audio in 2003

Song
"Storybook Children" with Sharon Lee Williams
"Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" with Maddy Willis
"Let it Be Me" with Maddy Willis
"Rock 'n' Roll Heaven" with Sheree Cerqua

References

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