Vince Vance & the Valiants

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Vince Vance & the Valiants
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Country Adult contemporary
Years active	1971–present
Labels	Malaco Waldoxy

Members	Vince Vance (Andy Stone) Kate Karlin (Haygood) Gerra Adkins Chrislynn Lee Lisa Layne Stephanie Nadolny Terry Bayless

Website	http://www.vincevance.com/

Vince Vance & the Valiants are an American country pop, rock and roll and novelty musical group from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The title character Vince Vance is portrayed by Andy Stone, the only permanent member of the group. He was born Andrew John Franichevich Jr. The remainder of the Valiants (or, if female, Valiantettes) are rotating musicians.

The group's most sustained hit record, and one that is uncharacteristic of their usual stylings, is the country ballad "All I Want for Christmas Is You",^[1] which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts on six separate occasions in the 1990s. As a novelty band, their best-known record was their 1980 version of the parody song "Bomb Iran", which narrowly missed the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981.^[2]

On November 20, 2010, Vince Vance was surprised during his performance at a "Louisiana Legends" fundraiser at New Orleans Rock'n Bowl venue, with induction into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding career, including the Christmas song "All I Want for Christmas is You" and his most current "I Am New Orleans".^[3]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
All I Want for Christmas Is You	Release date: 1989 Label: Waldoxy Records
I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans	Release date: February 20, 1996 Label: Waldoxy Records
Tamale Wagon	Release date: August 18, 1998 Label: Waldoxy Records
We Don't Run	Release date: April 8, 2003 Label: Waldoxy Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country	US Bubbling	Album
1980	"Bomb Iran"	—	101	single only (Paid Records)
1989	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	—	—	single only (Valiant Records)
1993	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-release)	55	—	All I Want for Christmas Is You (Waldoxy Records)
1994	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-entry)	52	—
1995	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-entry)	52	—
1996	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-entry)	49	—
1997	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-entry)	43	—
1999	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (re-entry)	31	—
2006	"I Am New Orleans"	—	—	I Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Waldoxy Records)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1989	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Steve Dunning

References

^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Vince Vance biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
^ Vince Vance looks back at 40 colorful years with the Valiants, Nola.com
^ "Louisiana Music Hall of Fame - VINCE VANCE". Louisianamusichalloffame.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

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