Career
She released her debut album, the bluesy Bobbie Cryner, in 1993 on Epic Records. 63 on July 3, 1993; "He Feels Guilty," Number. 68 on November 20, 1993.
And "You Could Steal Maine," Number.
72 on May 14, 1994. Cryner left Epic Records for Master of Computer Applications Records to record her second album, Girl of Your Dreams. The album was produced by Tony Brown, head of Master of Computer Applications Records.
The second album featured a more straight-ahead, contemporary country. As with the first, Cryner wrote five of the songs on the album, with the other five coming from outside songwriters, including her cover of "Son of a Preacher Manitoba".
The album was heralded by the first single and video, "I Just Can"t Stand To Be Unhappy," which was written by noted songwriter Hugh Prestwood and entered the country charts on October 14, 1995.
lieutenant peaked at Number. 63 on the Hot Country & Tracks. The second single and video, "You"d Think He"d Know Maine Better," entered the charts on March 2, 1996 and peaked at Number.
56. A third single and video, Cryner"s autobiographical "I Didn"t Know My Own Strength," was released in late summer 1996.
Cryner left Master of Computer Applications in 1997. Cryner continued writing songs for other artists, including Trisha Yearwood"s "Real Live Woman" (#16), Suzy Bogguss" "Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt" (#75), and Lee Ann Womack"s "Stronger Than I American" Bobbie Cryner appeared briefly in the 1995 film Something to Talk About starring Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, and Robert Duvall.