Gary Allan

Allan has been married three times in his life. He got married to his first wife Tracy Taylor in 1987, but married again after getting a divorce. His second marriage to model Danette Day lasted only one year.

After getting divorce from his second wife, Allan got married for the third time to Angela in 2001. She committed suicide three years later.

Gary Allan was born in California to Harley and Mary Herzberg. He grew up in a musical environment, a talent that was especially supported by his mother. He was in his early teens when he started playing with his father.

At the age of 15, Allan got his first recording contract deal from A&M Records but his parents rejected the offer, persuading him to finish his school first. But he was more interested in music than in studies anyways.

He graduated from La Serna High School, Whittier, California, and continued to play in the bars during the night and also kept his band ‘Honky Tonk Wraglers’ alive.

In 1993, Allan was introduced to producer Bryon Hill by Jim Seal at a bar in California. Hill was very impressed by his talent and wanted to sign him on when he became the head of A&R at BNA Entertainment.

While struggling for his musical career, Allan started working at a car store and got noticed for his singing talent by a wealthy couple who gave him a check for $12,000. With the money he recorded more songs for demos.

In 1995, Decca signed Allan and the following year his first album, ‘Used Heart for Sale’ came out under the label. The Stereo Review named the album the ‘Best of the Month’. It included the hit single ‘Her Man’.

Allan’s second album, ‘It Would Be You’ released in 1998. He co-wrote the songs on the album and the title track became the greatest hit from the album. He was already labeled ‘Country Music’s Sexy Star’ by People Magazine.

Allan got into acting and appeared in the TV mini-series ‘Shake, Rattle & Roll’, in which he played the lead role of ‘Eddie Cochran’. He then took up a part in CBS TV series ‘Pensacola: Wings of Gold’.

Allan’s hit single ‘Nothing On but the Radio’ from ‘See If I Care’ is considered to be his greatest hit. It was his number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and won an ASCAP Award.