Dan Roberts (singer)

Dan Roberts is a solo artist and songwriter. He has penned numerous Billboard chart songs including several for Garth Brooks.

Roberts teamed up with Brooks and Bryan Kennedy to write the number one hit "The Beaches of Cheyenne". Brooks signed Roberts and Kennedy to a two-year deal to open his world tour in 1996-97. The duo opened more Garth Brooks shows than any other opening act in Brooks' career. Following the tour, Roberts wrote an album for himself titled There's a Little Cowboy in All of Us. He followed this up with a second CD Cowhand.com, which charted on both Gavin and Billboard.

His third CD, Viva La Cowboy. received three Grammy nominations and featured two chart singles on the Texas Music Chart, "I'm the One to Call" and "Swingin' Till We Can't See Strait". It seems clear that this cowboy and his music are right at home under the Big Lone Star.

His music career and his life took on a whole new meaning after his daughter, Austin, fought and won a two-year battle with brain cancer. Dan and his wife Carol established the REFUSE TO LOSE FUND. The goal is to raise $4.5 million to purchase the same technology that saved his daughters life at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The Roberts are partnering with Cook Children's Medical Center to bring that technology to Fort Worth, Texas.

Roberts has had two more albums, Beyond the Brand and Family, Faith & Freedom, which he says is a tribute to the music that shaped his life. A compilation album, The Best Of, is his latest release.

Awards
He was awarded the Academy of Western Artists "Male Vocalist of the Year" in 2001 and "Entertainer of the Year" in 2002. Roberts won the 2004 Terry Awards Entertainer of the Year. In 2012 he received the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Best Western Album for his "Best Of" collection.

Unannotated references

 * http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Dan+Roberts&tab=songaswriterchartstab
 * http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/danroberts3
 * http://www.oldbootsmusic.com/biography.html
 * http://www.amazon.com/Viva-La-Cowboy-Dan-Roberts/dp/B00008ZGOK
 * http://www.lonestarmusic.com/DanRoberts