Danielle Peck To Sing National Anthem At The Pocono 500
Big Machine Records recording artist and NASCAR fan Danielle Peck will perform the National Anthem for the 2007 Pocono 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Event at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 10.
 The most-played debut female country artist of 2006, Danielle’s self-titled first album debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top New Artist Albums chart. In fact, Danielle is one of only a handful of new female country artists, including Carrie Underwood and Gretchen Wilson, in the last three years to have her debut single enter the Top 15.
Danielle Peck was born in Jacksonville, N.C., the daughter of a U.S. Marine and grew up in Coshocton, Ohio. Her mother's side of the family traveled and sang in churches. Her father's parents and grandparents were steeped in country music, playing dances in the area. Peck could sing before she could talk and by the time she was 3, she would sit on a counter banging on pots and pans as her extended family played country music. The first song she learned to sing was Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues.
She wrote her first song before she was 10 and made cassette labels for her imaginary Danielle Peck records, complete with song titles and cover art. She sang in church both as a soloist and in the choir. At age 16, she joined a local band, the Neon Moon Band, and played bars around her hometown, as well as local summer fairs. At 18, her dad bought her a sound and light system that the family jokingly referred to as her 'college tuition.' When she graduated from high school, she hit the road leading her own band, adding regional fairs and festivals to the schedule.
After several years on the bar and festival circuit, Peck moved to Nashville, taking a job waiting tables and spending the rest of her time working on her songwriting. Soon after her Nashville arrival, she met publisher who recognized her talent and helped secure a songwriting deal with Barbara Orbison’s Still Working Music.
That release had to wait, however. Signed to a recording contract with DreamWorks Records by executive Scott Borchetta, Danielle's album was a casualty of that company's merger with Universal. Borchetta, however, wouldn't let his belief in her music die and when he later left Universal to form his own Big Machine Records, Danielle was one of his first signings.
That self-titled debut release, preceded by the chart-rocketing first single "I Don’t," reveals all the complexities associated with being a young woman making her way in a new millennium. As a songwriter, she's grounded enough to write a glowing affirmation like "Isn't That Everything," and honest enough to acknowledge the emotional despair of a breakup in "Fallin' Apart." In contrast, Danielle’s fun side peaks through on her Top 15 hit "Findin' A Good Man.” As a vocalist, she offers shades of her influences, sounding by turns as rooted in country as Reba McEntire or as slyly sexy as Shania Twain and Faith Hill. The sum of those seemingly divergent parts is, ultimately, a message, sound and style unique to Danielle Peck.
That self-titled debut release, preceded by the chart-rocketing first single "I Don’t," reveals all the complexities associated with being a young woman making her way in a new millennium. As a songwriter, she's grounded enough to write a glowing affirmation like "Isn't That Everything," and honest enough to acknowledge the emotional despair of a breakup in "Fallin' Apart." As a vocalist, she offers shades of her influences, sounding by turns as rooted in country as Reba McEntire or as slyly sexy as Shania Twain and Faith Hill. The sum of those seemingly divergent parts is, ultimately, a message, sound and style unique to Danielle Peck.
Big Machine Records opened September 1st, 2005 by music industry veteran Scott Borchetta, who serves as its President & CEO. The company is headquartered in Nashville, and its artist roster includes Taylor Swift, Jack Ingram, Jimmy Wayne, Danielle Peck, Dusty Drake and Sunny Sweeney. In May of 2006, Big Machine celebrated its first #1 single with Jack Ingram's "Wherever You Are". At the end of that year the label's three new artist releases--Jack Ingram, Danielle Peck and Taylor Swift--all made the Top 10 Most-Played New Artists of 2006 as monitored by Mediabase and reported by Country Aircheck Magazine. Jack Ingram was named the Most-Played New Artist of the Year by Country Aircheck Magazine. In less than eighteen months the label celebrated its first Gold certification with Taylor Swift's self-titled debut album. In March 2007, Big Machine Records shipped its one-millionth CD. The label is exclusively distributed by Universal Music Group Distribution.
The 2007 Pocono 500 weekend will include NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series practice and Weis Markets Bud Pole Qualifying as well as ARCA RE/MAX Series practice and qualifying on Friday, June 8.
On Saturday, June 9, two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series practice sessions and the Pocono 200, ARCA RE/MAX Series race, will highlight the day.
Gates will open on Sunday, June 10, at 9:00AM with pre-race activities beginning at 11:00 AM all leading up to the 2:00 PM start of the 26th annual Pocono 500.
For ticket please call 1-800-RACEWAY or online |
