27 Facts About John Rich

John Rich was born on January 7,1974 and is an American country music singer-songwriter.

John Rich was born in Amarillo, Texas; the son of Jim, a Baptist preacher, and Judy Overton Rich.

John Rich graduated from Dickson County Senior High in Dickson, Tennessee and after graduation moved to Nashville where he worked as a singer at Opryland USA.

John Rich co-wrote two of the band's singles: "Come Cryin' to Me" and "Say When", the former being a number-one single for the group.

In January 1998, John Rich departed from Lonestar, but was never officially replaced, causing Lonestar to continue as a four-piece band.

John Rich charted two singles for the label and recorded an album which did not see release until 2006.

John Rich co-wrote all of the duo's singles, primarily with Big Kenny.

John Rich's work included production for Gretchen Wilson, Keith Anderson, Jewel and John Anderson.

John Rich has a co-write on Taylor Swift's 2008 album, Fearless, titled "The Way I Loved You".

In 2011, John Rich recorded a song with heavy metal band Black Label Society, entitled "Darkest Days", featured on their compilation album, The Song Remains Not the Same.

In 2016, John Rich added his voice to a duet with Marie Osmond on her album Music Is Medicine with the song titled "Love This Tough".

In January 2009, John Rich released his third solo single on Warner Bros.

John Rich followed this song up with another single, "Shuttin' Detroit Down", recorded only one week before its release in January 2009.

John Rich promoted the song, which addresses the Chrysler and General Motors bailouts, at Michigan radio stations.

Country Done Come to Town was released as a single from John Rich Rocks in mid-2010 and was a minor chart success.

In 2007, John Rich hosted the first season of a reality show on Country Music Television called Gone Country, which featured celebrities such as Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick, singers Bobby Brown, Sisqo, Julio Iglesias Jr.

John Rich served as a judge on the 2008 version of Nashville Star on NBC along with Jewel, singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele, and host Billy Ray Cyrus.

John Rich was a candidate in the 2011 season of The Celebrity Apprentice, which premiered on March 6.

John Rich competed with Marlee Matlin in the live season finale, where he was declared the season winner, and received an additional $250,000 for his charity.

John Rich later released a campaign song on his website in support of presidential candidate John McCain in August 2008 called "Raisin' McCain".

John Rich performed in the closing ceremony of the Republican National Convention on September 3,2008.

John Rich endorsed the Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the special congressional election in Northern New York in 2009.

John Rich later declared his support for presumptive nominee Donald Trump following Paul's exit from the race.

In 2020, John Rich made headlines when he accused the Lipscomb Academy Dean of Intercultural Development Brittany Paschall of racist "indoctrination".

John Rich claimed the essay could harm white children and claimed "racism does not exist at this school based on my experience there".

In 2021, John Rich spoke at the Tennessee State Capitol in favor of HB 2666.

In 2023, John Rich removed Bud Light from his Nashville bar as a protest against Bud Light's support of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.