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{{Short description|American country music group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Baillie & The Boys
| image = Kathie & Michael 110 © Ash Newell Photography.jpg
| caption = Michael Bonagura (left) and Kathie Baillie (right) in 2017
| image_size =
| origin = [[New Jersey]], United States
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| years_active = 1987–2021
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Intersound Records|Intersound]], Synergy
| past_members = Kathie Baillie Michael Bonagura Roger McVay Lance Hoppen Alan LeBoeuf
}}
'''Baillie & the Boys''' were an American [[country music]] group. They were founded in 1987 by Kathie Baillie (lead vocals, guitar) and her husband, Michael Bonagura (background vocals, guitar), along with Alan LeBoeuf (bass guitar, background vocals). Not including Kathie Baillie's solo recordings, Baillie & the Boys have recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] charts (between 1987 and 1991).

After LeBoeuf's departure in 1988, Baillie & the Boys toured as a duo, with Lance Hoppen filling in as the third vocalist until Roger McVay was chosen as a replacement in 1995. Four years later, McVay departed and LeBoeuf rejoined. Although the trio has not charted a single since 1991, they continued to tour and record until 2012.

==Background==
Singers Alan LeBoeuf and Michael Bonagura were originally members of a [[New Jersey]]–based musical group called London Fog.<ref name="oldies">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Baillie-and-The-Boys.html |title=Baillie & the Boys Biography |accessdate=2007-08-08 |work=Oldies.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083633/http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Baillie-and-The-Boys.html |archivedate=2007-09-29 }}</ref> In 1977, Bonagura met singer Kathie Baillie after a friend sent him recordings of her work; Bonagura and Baillie married the same year.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1513/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Baillie & the Boys Biography |accessdate=2007-08-08 |last=Roland |first=Tom |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> Shortly afterward, Bonagura and Baillie joined up with LeBoeuf, forming the lineup for Baillie & the Boys. The trio toured throughout the state of New Jersey, and later moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], after a friend persuaded them.<ref name="allmusic"/>

The trio first found work singing harmony vocals on singles for [[Ed Bruce]], [[Dan Seals]], and [[Randy Travis]], and Bonagura co-wrote [[Marie Osmond]]'s single "[[There's No Stopping Your Heart (song)|There's No Stopping Your Heart]]".<ref name="allmusic"/> In 1987, Baillie & the Boys were signed to a record deal on the [[RCA Records]] label. Their self-titled album was released that year, producing three Top 20 singles on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Country Singles (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) charts. ''Turn The Tide'', their second album, was released a year later. It produced four consecutive Top 10 hits on the country charts, including "(Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone", their highest-charting single.

LeBoeuf left the group in 1988 shortly after the release of ''Turn the Tide''.<ref name="allmusic"/> Baillie & the Boys then toured as a duo, with their 1990 album ''The Lights of Home'' including only Baillie and Bonagura, although Lance Hoppen, formerly of [[Orleans (band)|Orleans]], filled in while the band was on tour with [[George Strait]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/04/16/after-a-few-interruptions-baillie-the-boys-are-back/|title=After A Few Interruptions, Baillie & The Boys Are Back|last=Hurst|first=Hawkeye|date=April 16, 1989|work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> The role was later filled by Roger McVay, who had toured with the band since 1992 but was not declared an official member until 1995.<ref>{{cite journal |date=1995-12-05 |title=Baillie & the Boys Is a Trio Again |journal=[[Country Weekly]] |volume=2 |issue=49 |pages=7}}</ref> McVay's first appearance as an official member was on the 1996 album ''Lovin' Every Minute''.

The group then went on hiatus before reuniting in August 1998 to perform a benefit concert in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], one year before McVay left. LeBoeuf again assumed the role of high harmony vocals, returning the band to its original lineup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1473995/20030716/baillie_the_boys.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509144031/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1473995/20030716/baillie_the_boys.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2007 |title=Back With The Boys |accessdate=2007-08-08 |work=CMT.com}}</ref> A fifth album, titled ''The Road That Led Me to You'', was released on an independent label in 2000.<ref name="oldies"/> Baillie also released a solo album, titled ''Love's Funny That Way'', on February 20, 2007. The title track of Baillie's solo album was released as a single shortly after. In December 2011, Baillie & the Boys released their latest album ''Unplugged'', through the New York-based SynErgy Entertainment label.

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! [[Top Country Albums|US Country]]
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Baillie & the Boys (album)|Baillie & the Boys]]''
| align="center"| 27
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Turn the Tide (album)|Turn the Tide]]''
| align="center"| 30
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Lights of Home]]''
| align="center"| 35
|-
| 1991
| ''The Best of Baillie & the Boys''
| align="center"|
|-
| 1996
| ''Lovin' Every Minute''
| align="center"|
|-
| 2000
| ''The Road That Led Me to You''
| align="center"|
|-
| 2007
| ''Love's Funny That Way'' (Kathie Baillie solo album)
| align="center"|
|-
| 2012
| ''Unplugged: Baillie & the Boys Live In Concert''
| align="center"|
|-
|2021
| ''B & B 93
| align="center"|
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]] <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/baillie-and-the-boys/chart-history/csi/|title=Baillie and the Boys - Hot Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
! width="45"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]] <ref>Peak chart positions for country singles of Baillie & the Boys in Canada:
* All singles except "Long Shot" – {{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Baillie+And+The+Boys&ChartEn=Country+Singles&|title=Baillie and the Boys - Country Tracks|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=February 6, 2019}}
* "Long Shot" – {{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+11-January+14%2C+1989.pdf|title=RPM 100 Country Singles|work=RPM|date=January 14, 1989}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1987
! scope="row"| "[[Oh Heart]]"
| 9
| 17
| align="left" rowspan="3"| ''Baillie & the Boys''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[He's Letting Go]]"
| 18
| 39
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Wilder Days]]"
| 9
| 7
|-
| 1988
! scope="row"| "[[Long Shot (Baillie & the Boys song)|Long Shot]]"
| 5
| 3
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Turn the Tide''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1989
! scope="row"| "[[She Deserves You]]"
| 8
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| "[[(Wish I Had A) Heart of Stone]]"
| 4
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I Can't Turn the Tide]]"
| 9
| 4
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
! scope="row"| "[[Perfect (Fairground Attraction song)|Perfect]]"
| 23
| 16
| align="left" rowspan="3"| ''The Lights of Home''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I|Fool Such as I]]"
| 5
| 7
|-
| 1991
! scope="row"| "[[Treat Me Like a Stranger]]"
| 18
| 16
|-
| 1996
! scope="row"| "Some Kind of Luck"
| —
| —
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Lovin' Every Minute''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
! scope="row"| "The God's Honest Truth"
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "You're My Weakness"
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Lovin' Every Minute"
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2000
! scope="row"| "The Road That Led Me You"
| —
| —
| align="left" rowspan="2"| ''The Road That Led Me You''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Moment"
| —
| —
|-
| 2006
! scope="row"| "One Thing"
| —
| —
| align="left"| ''Love's Funny That Way''
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Video
! Director
|-
| 1988
| "Long Shot"
| rowspan="2"| Bob Small
|-
| 1989
| "I Can't Turn the Tide"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tias.com/rca-great-video-hits-vol-1-415025.html|title=Rca Great Video Hits Vol. 1 - TIAS.com|accessdate=2015-02-08}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| "Perfect"
| Dave Bridges
|-
| 1991
| "Treat Me Like a Stranger"
| Bob Small
|-
| 1996
| "Some Kind of Luck"
| rowspan="2"| Tom Bevins
|-
| 1997
| "The God's Honest Truth"
|-
| 2006
| "One Thing"
| Ed Guthero
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181213110114/http://www.baillieandtheboysmusic.com/ Official website]
*[https://tseentertainment.com/baillie-and-the-boys/ Baillie & the Boys on TSE Entertainment]

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