14 Facts About Cheryl Wheeler

Cheryl Wheeler was born on July 10,1951 and is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music.

Cheryl Wheeler has recorded thirteen folk albums to date and has toured extensively throughout the United States since the mid-1970s.

Cheryl Wheeler completed two years of community college and then transferred to Coker College in South Carolina.

Not long after leaving college, Cheryl Wheeler was hired at a steakhouse as a waitress.

In 1976, Cheryl Wheeler moved to Providence, Rhode Island, and began playing at folk clubs throughout New England, opening for artists such as Jonathan Edwards, Tom Rush, Jesse Winchester, and Gordon Lightfoot.

In 1983, Cheryl Wheeler released her first album, a four-song EP called Newport Songs, which is out of print.

In 2003, Cheryl Wheeler approved the production of a double disc album, No Previous Record, which contains songs that never made it onto a commercial recording.

Cheryl Wheeler's songs have been covered by a number of other artists in addition to Dan Seals and Suzy Bogguss.

Cheryl Wheeler has said she doesn't purposefully write for other people, but she appreciates when others cover her songs.

Cheryl Wheeler released the recording into the public domain to exempt radio stations from paying royalties, and Rounder Records ran a promotional campaign to donate money to the Brady Campaign each time the song was played on Adult Album Alternative radio stations.

In 2014, Cheryl Wheeler was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.

Cheryl Wheeler has toured extensively throughout her career, and her live concerts include both comedic and serious commentary in addition to the songs themselves.

Cheryl Wheeler has toured with the Christine Lavin-inspired tour "On a Winter's Night" and occasionally as part of Lavin's consortium Four Bitchin' Babes.

Cheryl Wheeler participated in a concert with fellow folk singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1988, the year before Colvin released her debut album.