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55-476: [REDACTED] Look up nite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nite may refer to: Jon Nite Night National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nite . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

110-584: A Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Reds fan. Rucker's mother died in November 1992 of a heart attack. His grief inspired two Hootie & the Blowfish songs: "I'm Goin' Home" and "Not Even the Trees." On April 21, 1995, his girlfriend, Elizabeth Ann Phillips, gave birth to Rucker's first child, a daughter, Carolyn Pearl Phillips. Rucker married Beth Leonard in 2000. Their first child, daughter Daniela Rose,

165-643: A record producer who has also produced for Brad Paisley and Trace Adkins . Rucker also made his Grand Ole Opry debut in July 2008. The single reached number one in September, making Rucker the first solo, African-American artist to chart a number one country hit since Charley Pride's " Night Games " in 1983. Learn to Live was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 6, 2009, and received

220-473: A "barrelhouse growl." Rucker said they "flipped" the formula of the all black band with a white frontman, like Frank Sinatra performing with Count Basie . Musically, he has sometimes been criticized or spoofed for not being "black enough". Saturday Night Live ran a sketch of Tim Meadows playing Rucker leading beer-drinking, white fraternity members in a counter-march to Louis Farrakhan 's Million Man March . He also received death threats for singing

275-486: A 2019 Grammy nomination for Best Country Song, an ACM Nomination for Country Song of the Year, and an NSAI award for Song of the Year following his work on Cole Swindell's chart-topping ballad "Break Up In The End". Nite's recent No.1s include: "I Hope" by Gabby Barrett, "What She Wants Tonight" by Luke Bryan, and "Living" by Dierks Bentley. Singles Darius Rucker Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966)

330-493: A 62-year-old music teacher, ran an open mic night and worked as a roadie. On February 1, 2024, Rucker was arrested in Williamson County, Tennessee on two misdemeanor drug charges and one misdemeanor vehicle registration violation. He was released after posting $ 10,500 bail. In a statement given to The Tennessean , Rucker's lawyer Mark Puryear claimed that Rucker was "fully cooperating with authorities related to

385-580: A bar in 1993 when Woods was 18. Rucker sang at the golfer's wedding with Hootie & the Blowfish and at his father's funeral. His interest in golf goes well beyond his relationship with Woods; he was a VIP guest of Team USA at the 2016 Ryder Cup , and he attended Arnold Palmer 's funeral shortly before the Cup. For the Undercover Boss series episode "Celebrity Undercover Boss: Darius Rucker", which premiered May 12, 2017, Rucker disguised himself as

440-669: A board member of the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital in Charleston, where his mother worked for over thirty years from the time Rucker was a child, and has helped raise millions of dollars to help build a new hospital. He also made a commitment to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital after touring the facility in 2008. Since then, Rucker has spearheaded an annual event resulting in over $ 1.6 million raised for St. Jude's to date. Headlining Co-headlining Supporting In November 2023, it

495-476: A deal with Edwin McCain and made a guest appearance on McCain's debut album, Honor Among Thieves . In regard to the future of Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker was quoted by CBS news as stating in late 2011, "I don't think we'll ever break up totally. We're Hootie & the Blowfish. ... We'll make another record and do another tour someday. I don't know when, but it will happen. There's one more in us." After

550-407: A dream at". Nite studied at Belmont University's music school from which he eventually graduated. As Nite began collaborating with different writers, he was introduced to Sony Music Publishing songwriter Ross Copperman , and they wrote their first song together, "Glass", which was cut by country duo Thompson Square and featured on their 2011 self-titled debut album. It became Nite's first hit as

605-528: A member of Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker has recorded seven studio albums: Cracked Rear View – 1994, Fairweather Johnson – 1996, Musical Chairs – 1998, Scattered, Smothered and Covered – 2000, Hootie & the Blowfish - 2003, Looking for Lucky – 2005 and Imperfect Circle - 2019, also charting within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 six times. All six albums feature songs that Rucker, Bryan, Felber, and Sonefeld wrote. As

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660-429: A minute in my life," he later told The Arizona Republic about the record. "I was listening to a lot of Notorious B.I.G. and Lauryn Hill at that time, and I wanted to make a neo soul record." He also said in the article that he doesn't anticipate recording an R&B-styled disc again. "Country music is my day job now. I'll probably do this till it's all over, but that album was a lot of fun." Rucker appeared on

715-561: A new single titled "Same Beer Different Problems" in April 2022. Later in the year, he confirmed that he would be releasing a new album which would feature a collaboration with Chapel Hart . Rucker subsequently announced that his seventh solo album, Carolyn's Boy , named after his mother, would be released in 2023. He featured on the single " To Be a Man " by Dax in October 2023. On November 7, 2016, Rucker told ESPN that he had become

770-475: A nomination for Best Country Solo Performance for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . At the awards ceremony on January 26, 2014, Rucker won, becoming only the third African American recording act (the first being Charley Pride , the second being The Pointer Sisters ) to win a vocal performance Grammy Award in a country music category. On August 25, 2014, Rucker released a new single titled " Homegrown Honey " to country radio and to digital retailers. It served as

825-502: A partner in MGC Sports, a sports agency that currently represents golfers (among them Steve Stricker and Kenny Perry ), football players, and coaches. He added that he was planning to reduce his performance commitments from 100 dates per year to about 30, and that he thought his experience in the entertainment business would be an asset to potential clients. Rucker will be able to work without restrictions for golfers, but because he

880-452: A platinum certification on August 7, 2009. The album's second single, " It Won't Be Like This for Long ", spent three weeks at the top of the country chart in mid-2009. Its follow-up, " Alright ", became Rucker's third straight No. 1 hit, making him the first singer to have his first three country singles reach No. 1 since Wynonna in 1992. The album's fourth single, " History in the Making "

935-460: A pop-star edition of the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in July 2001. He also portrayed a singing cowboy in a television commercial for the fast-food company Burger King , promoting its TenderCrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich in 2005. In the commercial, he sang a jingle set to the tune of " The Big Rock Candy Mountains ". In 2006 Rucker lent his voice to the track " God's Reasons " written by Dean Dinning and Joel A. Miller for

990-646: A sense of purpose that makes Rucker feel like a member of the country family, rather than calculating interloper." Rucker made visits to various country stations around the United States, explaining that he was aware that he was the "new kid on the block." Mike Culotta, the program director of Tampa, Florida , radio station WQYK-FM expected that Rucker would be "somebody who would have entitlement," but instead said that "Darius engaged everybody." When Rucker found that "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" went to number one, he cried. On November 11, 2009, Rucker won

1045-825: A songwriter, peaking at No. 15 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Alongside Copperman, Jon Nite forged his career and created his next few hits, including Dierks Bentley 's 2012 top five Country Airplay hit " Tip It On Back ". Nite has since scored a number of other hits writing with Copperman, including Luke Bryan 's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay No. 1 " Strip It Down ", A Thousand Horses ' Country Airplay chart-topper "Smoke", Keith Urban 's Airplay No. 1 " Break On Me ", Darius Rucker 's Airplay chart-topper " If I Told You " and Kenny Chesney 's Top 10 hit " Noise ". Another regular co-writer has been Jimmy Robbins . Together, they've written Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert 's " We Were Us " and Jake Owen 's " Beachin' " (co-written with Jaren Johnston). Both songs reached No. 1 on

1100-399: A ten-year hiatus, Rucker and the band announced that they would be touring with Barenaked Ladies in 2019 while also releasing a new album that same year. Their sixth studio album Imperfect Circle was released on November 1, 2019. In 2001, he made his solo R&B debut album, The Return of Mongo Slade, for Atlantic Records. Because of contractual changes, it was never released by

1155-636: Is a collaboration with Sheryl Crow on " Baby, It's Cold Outside ". May 30, 2015, Rucker headlined Philadelphia's famous XTU 31st Anniversary Show at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Christopher Bousquet named President of the Hootie fan club Rucker makes an appearance on Sister Hazel 's 2016 album, Lighter in the Dark . On January 6, 2016, Rucker announced that he was working on his fifth country album. The album's lead single, "If I Told You"

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1210-484: Is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish , which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan , Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber . The band released five studio albums with Rucker as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 . Rucker co-wrote most of

1265-507: Is inspired by Radney Foster 's solo debut album, Del Rio, TX 1959 . Its first single was " Come Back Song ," which Rucker wrote with Chris Stapleton and Casey Beathard . It was his fourth country number one as well as a NO. 37 hit on the Hot 100. The album's second single was " This ", which was released to radio in November 2010 and also reached No. 1 in the country chart. Rucker wrote it with Rogers and Kara DioGuardi . " I Got Nothin' "

1320-606: Is not registered with the NFL players' union , he initially will only be able to meet with NFL players under very limited circumstances. Rucker has hosted the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head since 2012. The three-day tournament annually hosts some of the top women's intercollegiate golf teams in the country. Rucker is an ardent South Carolina Gamecocks fan as well as

1375-609: The Billboard 200, supported by the singles " Homegrown Honey " and " Southern Style ". His seventh and eighth studio albums, When Was the Last Time (2017) and Carolyn's Boy (2023) followed thereafter. Rucker was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina . His single mother, Carolyn, a nurse at Medical University of South Carolina , raised him with his three sisters and two brothers. According to Rucker, his father

1430-658: The Country Music Association New Artist of the Year award (formerly known as the Horizon Award), making him the first African American to do so since the award was introduced in 1981. Only one other African American has won at the CMAs: Charley Pride, who won entertainer of the year in 1971 and male vocalist in 1971 and 1972. Rucker released his second country album, Charleston, SC 1966 , on October 12, 2010. The title

1485-638: The national anthem at the Outback Bowl in Tampa , Florida . On May 11, 2013, Rucker was the speaker at the commencement ceremony for the University of South Carolina in Columbia . Before his speech, he received an honorary doctorate of music. Rucker also sang the national anthem at the NBA finals on June 16, 2013. On December 6, 2013, it was announced that Rucker's version of "Wagon Wheel" had earned him

1540-566: The '90s was listening to my horrible first song and giving me a pep talk. I just got hooked. I started writing as much as possible." Following the judges advice, he moved to Nashville from Amarillo when he was 18 years old with his wife and baby, surviving on food stamps and living in a tiny apartment. He explained "I could be poor in Amarillo, Texas or I could be poor in Nashville and at least be close to something that potentially I could have

1595-633: The Country Airplay chart in May 2013. True Believers was released on May 21, 2013. The album's third single, " Radio ", was released to country radio on July 22, 2013. The album's fourth single, "Miss You", was released to country radio on February 3, 2014. On October 2, 2012, Rucker was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry . Halfway through his set at the Opry that night he answered questions from

1650-514: The End" by Cole Swindell lead Nite to receive a Grammy Nomination for Best Country Song, an ACM Nomination for Country Song of the Year, and an NSAI award for Song of the Year. Some of Nite's recent No.1s include: "I Hope" and "Pick Me Up" by Gabby Barrett, "Dancing in the Country" by Tyler Hubbard, "You Didn't" and "Lady" by Brett Young, "Knocking Boots" by Luke Bryan, and "Living" by Dierks Bentley. Nite

1705-535: The Hootie song "Drowning," a protest song against the flying of the Confederate flag above the South Carolina statehouse. Shortly after gaining a measure of fame, Felber and Rucker (who consider themselves best friends) moved into an apartment in Columbia, South Carolina . With Rucker's recognition as the frontman of a successful band came increased opportunities. In October 1995, he was asked to sing

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1760-495: The Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. His other collaborations with Robbins include David Nail 's Country Airplay chart-topping " Whatever She's Got " as well as Chase Rice 's " Gonna Wanna Tonight " and Michael Ray 's " Think a Little Less ", which both peaked at No. 2 on the Country Airplay charts. Alongside Josh Osborne, the pair also wrote Tim McGraw 's top five Airplay hit " Top Of The World ". Among

1815-548: The Last Time and it was released on October 20, 2017. Rucker appeared as a mentor on seventeenth season of The Voice for Team Blake . Rucker released Beers and Sunshine in August 2020 under Capitol Records, and released a "summer mix" version of the song in 2021. In 2021, Rucker contributed a cover of the Metallica song " Nothing Else Matters " to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist . Rucker released

1870-646: The audience which included a question from Brad Paisley . Paisley said: "I have two questions. One, are you still the worst poker player in the world? And two, would you like to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry?" Rucker accepted, and it became official on October 16. Rucker was a featured performer at the C2C: Country to Country festival in London on March 17, 2013, which was headlined by Carrie Underwood . On News Year's Day 2013. he sang

1925-527: The film The Still Life . In early 2008, Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as the beginning of a career in country music. His first solo single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (which he co-wrote with Clay Mills ) debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of May 3, 2008. It is the first single from his second album, Learn to Live . For this album, Rucker worked with Frank Rogers ,

1980-573: The first song by a Black artist to do so since Charley Pride in 1983. It was followed by three similarly successful singles: " It Won't Be Like This for Long ", " Alright ", and " History in the Making ". In 2009, he became the first Black American to win the New Artist Award from the Country Music Association , and the second Black person to win any award from the association. His third album, Charleston, SC 1966 ,

2035-669: The frontman, Rucker began to be called simply "Hootie" by fans, though the band title combines the nicknames of his college friends. Before his rise to fame, he lived in the basement of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of South Carolina, attempting to launch his career through the college bar scene. Rucker's signature contribution to the band is his baritone voice, which Rolling Stone has called "ingratiating," TIME has called "low, gruff, [and] charismatic," and Entertainment Weekly has characterized as

2090-406: The label. Hidden Beach Recordings , an independent label, acquired the masters from Atlantic and released the album as Back to Then in July 2002. The album included work from the production team of Jill Scott , and she made an appearance on the track "Sometimes I Wonder." The single "This Is My World" was featured in the 2001 comedy film Shallow Hal . In regards to the album, "That was just

2145-401: The lead single to his fourth country studio album, Southern Style , released on March 31, 2015. It reached No. 2 on the Country Airplay chart in April 2015. The album's second single, the title track, released to country radio on May 4, 2015. On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Rucker had completed his first Christmas album and that it would be released on October 27, 2014. Included

2200-665: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nite&oldid=1216171940 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jon Nite Nite's songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Gabby Barrett, Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Dan and Shay, Michael Ray, Brett Young, Darius Rucker, Dustin Lynch, and more. In 2019 "Break Up in

2255-544: The misdemeanor charges." Rucker released Life's Too Short: A Memoir ( ISBN   978-0-06323-874-9 ) in 2024. Rucker has regularly worked with charities that support sick and underprivileged children, via benefit concerts, volunteering, the World Golf Foundation's The First Tee Program, and the Hootie & The Blowfish Foundation which has raised nearly $ 4.5 million to provide funding to public education systems throughout South Carolina. He serves as

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2310-579: The national anthem at the World Series . Frank Sinatra invited him to sing at his 80th birthday party; he sang " The Lady Is a Tramp ." That same week, he made a voice cameo in an episode of the sitcom Friends . He also joined Nanci Griffith on the song "Gulf Coast Highway" for her 1997 album Blue Roses from the Moons , and sang backing vocals on Radney Foster 's 1999 album See What You Want to See . He encouraged Atlantic Records to agree to

2365-677: The national anthem for a game between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets on September 15. Rucker agreed to perform the song at the behest of personal friend and former Bills player Bruce Smith , whose jersey was being retired that night. He sang the national anthem again ahead of the Saints -Dolphins game held at London 's Wembley Stadium in October 2017, as part of the NFL International Series . Rucker

2420-409: The other artists Nite has had songs recorded by are Frankie Ballard , Lee Brice , Brett Eldredge , Love and Theft , Maddie and Tae , Chase Rice , Dallas Smith , Cole Swindell , Leah Turner and Waterloo Revival . His awards include a CMA Triple Play honor, which he received for writing three No. 1 hits in a calendar year ("Smoke", "Strip It Down" and "Break On Me"). Nite additionally earned

2475-496: The release of the album early in the year. The album's lead-off single, " True Believers ," made its chart debut in September. On October 12, 2012, Rucker told Broadway's Electric Barnyard that his album would also be titled True Believers . "True Believers" peaked at No. 18. Its second single is a cover of Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor 's " Wagon Wheel " (previously made famous by Old Crow Medicine Show ), featuring backing vocals from Lady Antebellum . "Wagon Wheel" reached No. 1 on

2530-422: The songs with the other members of the band. His debut studio album, an R&B record titled Back to Then (2002) was released through Hidden Beach Recordings . Six years later, Rucker signed to Capitol Nashville as a country singer and released his second album, Learn to Live (2008). Its first single, " Don't Think I Don't Think About It ", peaked at number one on Hot Country Songs chart, making it

2585-444: Was always his dream. Darius Rucker has been the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish since its formation in 1986. He met fellow band members Mark Bryan , Jim "Soni" Sonefeld , and Dean Felber while attending the University of South Carolina . Bryan first heard Rucker singing in the shower, and the two became a duo, playing R.E.M. covers at a local venue. They later recruited Felber and finally Sonefeld joined in 1989. As

2640-487: Was born on May 16, 2001, and their son, Jack, on October 27, 2004. The Hootie song "Where Were You" is about Rucker's strained relationship with his father, and was released only in Europe, where Rucker thought that his father would be unlikely to hear it. His country single "Alright" was inspired by his marriage. Rucker and his wife announced their divorce in 2020. Rucker is a friend of golfer Tiger Woods , whom he met in

2695-478: Was named the 2023 SESAC writer of the year. Born and raised in Amarillo, Texas , Nite first started songwriting after he saw an ad on TV for a songwriting competition which his friends "dared" him to enter. "I sent it in. They liked it. All the critiques were relatively encouraging, like maybe you should move to Nashville," he explained in a 2016 interview with Songwriter Universe . "Some kind songwriter back in

2750-518: Was never around, and Rucker saw him only before church on Sundays. His father was in a gospel band called The Traveling Echoes. Rucker has said that he had a typical Southern African-American upbringing. His family attended church every Sunday and was economically poor, and at one point, his mother, her two sisters, his grandmother and 14 children were all living in a three-bedroom house. But he says that he looks back on his childhood with very fond memories. His sister, L'Corine, recalled that singing

2805-520: Was released in September and peaked at No. 3. The singles also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 35, 36, 30 and 61. "You see a lot of people doing a one-off, saying, 'This is my country record.' But this is a career I'm trying to build. The people that say that they don't get it, I'll let the music speak for itself. I plan to do a lot of country records." —Rucker, Billboard , 2008 Billboard magazine said that "there's

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2860-631: Was released on October 12, 2010. The album included the number one country singles, " Come Back Song " and " This ". His fourth album, True Believers (2013), reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 , and spawned the singles " True Believers ", " Wagon Wheel ", and " Radio ". His first country Christmas album, Home for the Holidays (2014) reached number 31 on the US Billboard 200. His sixth album, Southern Style (2014) reached number 6 on

2915-673: Was released to country radio on July 5, 2016. It reached number one in the Country Airplay chart nearly a year later, and peaked at number four on the Hot Country Chart. Rucker also returned to the C2C: Country to Country festival in the UK in March 2017, where he was second on the bill to Reba McEntire . On May 29, 2016, Rucker performed the national anthem prior to the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 . Rucker also performed

2970-586: Was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on " Forever Country ", a mash-up track of " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", " On the Road Again " and " I Will Always Love You ", which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards . On July 24, 2017, Rucker released the second single from his upcoming album, titled "For the First Time." On July 26, 2017, he shared details of his fifth country album, titled When Was

3025-585: Was the album's third single, peaking at No. 18. Also included on the album is a duet with Brad Paisley titled "I Don't Care". Charleston, SC 1966 received a gold certification. On May 20, 2011, Rucker delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of the Medical University of South Carolina. On December 14, 2011, CBSnews.com reported that Rucker was working on a third country album with recording set to begin January 2012 followed by

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