Country Pop Bites: Deana Carter – March 15

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1997 Deana Carter waltzed to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "We Danced Anyway"?

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Here are 5 interesting truths about Deana Carter.

• She is the daughter of singer Fred Carter, Jr.
• She attended the University of Tennessee, majoring in Rehabilitation Therapy.
• After she graduated, she worked with recovering stroke and head injury patients. Although she found the work rewarding and worthwhile, she eventually realized that her first love was music, and decided to pursue the music career she left earlier.
• She dated music video director Chris Hicky and had a son during their relationship; Gray Hayes Hicky was born in September 2004.
• She has been a national spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation; her late father was a kidney transplant recipient.