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The best performances come from
people who work well together. That would be a major understatement
for twin sisters Debbie and Carrie Moore. Having sung together all of
their lives, there is something really special about the close-knit
harmony they create. Adept at working with an audience and making them
part of their performance, Moore & Moore give the all out kind of show
that only comes from the heart.
Debbie
and Carrie hail originally from Belton, Missouri. It was easy to see
that these two were destined for musical careers. As young girls, they
were shy performers, resulting in hiding behind the family couch when
relatives tried to coax them to perform. To see them on stage today,
you would never guess that they would ever do anything else. They grew
up listening to old records and would memorize all the words. By the
time they were teenagers, they were performing in their church choir,
at weddings, talent shows and in numerous school groups. They wrote
their high school graduation song and were voted "Most Talented" by
their senior class. "We sang our senior class song at the Kansas City
Music Hall for graduation. After hearing the applause and seeing how
we could touch people through our music, we knew from that moment
on.... we were put on this earth to sing!"
After
playing clubs all over the United States and Canada, Debbie and Carrie
made the move to Nashville, Tennessee. "We were told that a lot of
people go back home after giving Nashville only a few months. We had
been living in an apartment about that long when a light bulb went out
in the ceiling. When we had to stack suitcases to change it, we knew it
was time to bring down the furniture and become Nashvillians."
It was a good move for Moore & Moore. In 1991, they
released their first single, "Out With The Old" which stayed at #1 for
seven weeks on the Independent Charts. This is still the longest
running #1 debut single in Independent Chart history. The accompanying
debut video won Video Challenge five nights in a row on The Nashville
Network's Video PM. There have been four Number One singles since that
release: "Steal Me A Heart", "Don't Come Knocking", "Break Down the
Walls" and "I Surrender". From 1991
until now, Moore & Moore have received several awards and nominations
from Indie Bullet, Airplay International, TNN/Music City News Awards,
BMI, NSAI and NATD and the Independent Music Awards. Their success has prompted appearances on WTBS's
Roots of Country with Robert Oermann, The Sally Jessy Raphael
Show and TNN's Nashville Now, Video Morning, Video PM, Country
Beat, Miller and Company, Music City Tonight, Club Dance, Wildhorse
Saloon Show, TNN Country News, The Statler Brothers Show and Prime Time
Country. I n 1994 they were
asked to go on tour as the opening act for the legendary Statler
Brothers. In 1995, they were honored to make their first appearance on
the world famous Grand Ole Opry. Moore & Moore toured with Jerry
Springer in 1995 and were featured on his country album, "Dr. Talk". In
1996, they performed in Korea and Japan for the military and received
the Award for International Duo of the Year. In 1997 they
toured Europe with the Bellamy Brothers and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
In 1999, they toured Australia and Europe. Debbie Moore co-wrote the
song "Wish You Were Here" with Bill Anderson and Skip Ewing recorded by
Mark Wills on Mercury Records. It went to #1 on the Billboard, R&R and
Gavin Charts in April 1999. Today, Moore & Moore continue to tour all
over the world (with a second tour of Denmark scheduled for December
2007) and have received numerous awards, including Country Duo
of the Year and International Entertainer of the Year. Moore
& Moore’s previous album, "Million Roses", (with special
guests, Bill Anderson, Shawn Camp, The Jordanaires and Jerry
Reed) received an Airplay Gold Record "for Radio Report Points and
Overall Industry Acceptance". Their
current album, "Meant To Be"
(with special guests, Jan Howard & Jeannie Seely, George "Goober"
Lindsey, Pirates Of The Mississippi and Johnny Rodriguez)
was nominated for the 2007 "Country Album Of The
Year" by the Independent Music Awards. Moore & Moore's new
single, "Find Me A Man
Like Goober" is getting rave reviews, including Music Row rave reviews,
including Music Row Magazine's Robert Oermann claiming "Their twin-like
vocal harmonies are absolutely perfect, and the bopping song is as cute
as the dickens." The accompanying video, featuring George "Goober"
Lindsey and cameos of 17 legendary artists, has been released and is
currently being added to country video outlets worldwide.
They have worked with the Gatlin Brothers, Alabama,
Marty Stuart, Chad Brock, Little Jimmy Dickens, The Oak Ridge Boys, Smokey Robinson,
Mark Chesnutt, Jim Ed Brown, Donny Osmond, The Temptations, Sam Moore,
Tom T. Hall, Johnny Rodriguez, JoDee Messina, Doug Kershaw, Ricky Van
Shelton, Holly Dunn, Stonewall Jackson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Michael
Peterson, Bryan White,
Porter Wagoner, Ricochet, Ty Herndon, Terri Clark, T.G. Sheppard, Kenny Chesney,
Confederate Railroad, Dierks Bentley, Jack Greene, Clay Walker, Aaron
Tippin and many others. With
a career that is definitely on the move, great things are most certainly
around the corner. The musical blend of voices that were born to sing
together, the sense of humor that only a sibling could get away with,
complimented by the best in upbeat country songs make for a really great
show. With Moore & Moore, you really want more and more!
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