Sam O'Rourke

Samuel Antoin O'Rourke (born 4 March 1964) is a Irish-American singer, songwriter, and record producer, known for his work in country music. In 1987, he released a self-titled debut album under EMI, charting four singles in Ireland before moving to the United States in 1989. He found work as a session vocalist before starting a band called Brothers of the Sea, which recorded one studio album for and charted one single on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

He soon signed to and made his solo American debut with a second eponymous album in 1993. Certified platinum in the US by the RIAA, it produced his first number one on the Hot Country Songs chart with "Because Of You", written by O'Rourke and. "Just Like My Dreams", the lead single from his second US album Firestorm, was named by Billboard as one of the biggest country hits of 1996. After a short-lived tenure with Maverick Nashville, in 2002 he signed to and scored two no. 1 country hits from his fourth US album Irish Sea, the titular track and "Country Kid on a Losing Streak".

O'Rourke has recorded twelve studio albums (one of which was released only in Ireland and the UK), as well as one album with Brothers of the Sea. O'Rourke is a member of.

Early life
O'Rourke was born on 4 March 1964 in, ,. He is the son of Gráinne and Tristan O'Rourke. He was raised in, the county town of County Donegal. O'Rourke has stated that his guitar playing was influenced by rock guitarists of  and  of The Cars.

Personal life
O'Rourke met The Magnetism frontwoman Belle Wieth in December 2003 at the KQAR-FM Santa Fest in, and began dating two months later. They married on 14 August 2005 at in O'Rourke's birthplace of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.

In 2007, O'Rourke and Wieth had their first child together, Zoe, who was born on 1 July at in Nashville, Tennessee.

O'Rourke is a citizen of both Ireland and the United States.

Studio albums

 * Sam O'Rourke (1987)
 * Sam O'Rourke (1993)
 * Firestorm (1996)
 * Indignant (1998)
 * Irish Sea (2002)
 * Fortune Teller (2005)
 * Lots of Stupid Things to Deal With (2007)
 * The Hurting (2009)
 * Beautiful... Maybe (2011)
 * Where It Is (2013)
 * Throw (2016)
 * Glory for Nothing (2019)