Born in Mississippi but raised in Texas, LeAnn Rimes took singing and dancing
lessons from the age of five and was soon appearing in local musical theatre
productions. Before she was in her teens she had begun to go on tour singing
country songs with her father Wilbur Rimes and would sing the American national
anthem at Dallas Cowboys football games. By the time LeAnn was 14 she'd released
three albums, before being offered a deal by the major label Curb and having her
first national hit in 1996 with Blue; a song written by Bill Mack which he
claimed Patsy Cline had intended to r...