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Phil Stacey (real name - Joel Philip Stacey) is an American country music singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. He was born on January 21, 1978 in Richmond, Kentucky.
Stacey graduated from Wichita Northwest High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1997. He attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. He holds a degree in vocal performance from Lee, where he was a member of one of its auditioned choirs, Lee Singers, and part of that choir's internally-selected traveling ensemble, Second Edition.
Since American Idol, Stacey has performed as a special guest at Carnegie Hall with the New York Young People's Chorus, was a featured soloist (along with Melinda Doolittle) at Scott Hamilton's annual iceskating benefit, raised nearly $100,000 in a benefit concert for Greensburg, Kansas tornado victims, and sang at two different NFL football games (Titans vs Raiders & Jaguars vs Chargers). Stacey is scheduled to be the grand marshall of the Gator Bowl parade and will sing the anthem on January 1st for the Gator Bowl.
In late 2007, Stacey signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records. His first single "If You Didn't Love Me" was released to country radio on January 7, 2008; it was written by Jason Sellers, Wendell Mobley, and Rascal Flatts lead vocalist Gary LeVox. His self-titled debut album was released in April 2008. |