John Wesley Ryles
Biography
John Wesley Ryles (December 2, 1950 – November 2, 2025) was an American country music artist. He recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager and continuing through the 1980s. His recordings include the 1968 single "Kay", a top-ten hit on the Billboard country charts. From the late 1980s until his death, Ryles worked mainly as a session backing vocalist.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
John Michael Montgomery
1995
Who I Am
1994
Drive
2002
The Greatest Hits Collection
1995
Brand New Man
1991
Everything I Love
1996
Shania Twain
1993
Ride Me Back Home
2019
What I Do
2004
Under The Influence
1999
Last Man Standing
2018
The Great Divide
2002
Down The Road I Go
2000
When Somebody Loves You
2000
Me And You
1996
Waitin' On Sundown
1994
Honky Tonk Christmas
1993
Eagle When She Flies
1991
Loving Proof
1988
Wild-Eyed Dream
1987
What Locks The Door
1967
To All The Girls...
2013
Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings
2012
Freight Train
2010
Credited work
1,299 releases · 363 albums · active 1967–2024
- Performance · 1,495
- Other credits · 128
- Production · 2
Studios: Soundshop Recording Studios · Sound Stage Studios · The Castle Recording Studios · Masterfonics
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Alan Jackson (2)
- Brooks & Dunn
- Ricky Van Shelton
- Mark Chesnutt
- Aaron Tippin
- Toby Keith
- Terri Clark