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Julie Roberts (born February 1, 1979) is an United States|American country music singer. In 2004, she scored a Top 20 hit with the song "Break Down Here", which brought Roberts into country music stardom. In 2006, she did a remake of Saving Jane's "Girl Next Door (song)|Girl Next Door".
Biography
Early life and rise to fame
Julie Roberts was born in Lancaster, South Carolina in 1979. She began her life performing in pre-school plays. She also was in school choirs and performed in a rendition of "My Fair Lady" at a singing summer camp. Roberts began performing country music as a child. When she was in junior high and high school, she toured with her family, playing at festivals in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia. She also performed at area nursing homes (where she developed an appreciation for blues music); and worked at Carowinds (a theme park in Charlotte, North Carolina) and Dollywood. She also worked with 60 and 70 year-old men performing at nursing homes. Her influences include Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and Tanya Tucker.
She first attended University of South Carolina Lancaster|USC Lancaster in her hometown from 1997 to 1999 before graduating from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee with a degree in business administration. Roberts began working for Mercury Records, lat... read all