Lionel Burke Cartwright (born February 10, 1960) is an American country music artist.
Cartwright was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, but was raised in Glen Dale, West Virginia.
[4] He was eventually spotted by Tony Brown, a producer at MCA Records, while performing in Knoxville, Tennessee.
[3] Cartwright's self-titled debut album was released in 1989 under the production of Tony Brown.
[3] Cartwright wrote nine of the album's ten songs, and played guitar, fiddle, piano and mandolin on it.
[5] In 1990, Lionel received a nomination for Top New Male Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music Awards, alongside Clint Black and Garth Brooks, losing to Black.
After the latter, he charted two more singles ("Be My Angel" and "Standing on the Promises") which were never included on an album, and left MCA in 1992.