Billy Dean

Billy Dean is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released eight studio albums, five compilation albums, twenty-eight singles, and three guest singles. His first three studio albums, Young Man, Billy Dean and Fire in the Dark, were all certified gold by the RIAA. His studio albums have accounted for more than twenty hit singles on the Billboard country charts, including eleven Top Ten hits.

Dean's highest-charting solo singles are "Only Here for a Little While", "Somewhere in My Broken Heart", and "If There Hadn't Been You". The latter and its followup, "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark", both reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Dean appeared on charity singles "One Heart at a Time" and "America the Beautiful".