Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall (guitar), Joe Smyth (drums), Jim Scholten (bass guitar), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keyboard), and Mark Miller (lead vocals). After King retired in 1981, the five members decided to form a band, first choosing the name Savanna before switching to Sawyer Brown, also the name a road near where they practiced. Sawyer Brown first gained national attention in 1983 when they participated on Star Search, a former television talent show on which they won the grand prize of $100,000 and a recording contract with Capitol Records (in association with Curb Records). Their first album, also titled Sawyer Brown, was issued in 1985; it included their first Number One single on the Billboard country musi

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