Country music singer and songwriter Rodney Atkins – born in Knoxville, Tennessee
on March 28, 1969. His musical journey began while attending college at the
Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee where he met several
songwriters who inspired him to do the same. Rodney Atkins then moved to
Nashville, Tennessee in the mid-1990s in the hopes of landing a record deal. His
dream came true in 1996 when he signed to Curb Records the very same week they
signed young country singer LeAnn Rimes. After releasing his 1997 debut single
“In a Heartbeat” – which reached Num...