Country music singer, songwriter, and musician Billy Currington was born on
November 19, 1973, in Savannah, Georgia. Interested in country music at a young
age, while he was in high school, he auditioned for a spot at Nashville,
Tennessee-based theme park Opryland. Although he failed the audition, he still
moved to Nashville after graduating from high school. While working in the food
industry, he recorded his first songs and began to attract label interest.
Signing to Mercury Records in 2003, the released his self-titled debut album
that same year. The album’s first single, “Wal...