Ronald "Ronnie" Gene Dunn born June 1, 1953 in Coleman, Texas, USA) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer,songwriter, best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn . He sings lead vocals on the majority of the duo's songs . Ronnie began his musical career as a solo artist . He charted two minor singles on Churchill/MCA Records in 1983: "It's Written All Over Your Face" and "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" . In 1991 he and Kix Brooks formed Brooks & Dunn . They released their first album Brand New Man with their first four singles and was certififed 6x platinum by the RIAA during the same year . Brooks & Dunn have released 12 albums, five singles of which were written himself, & have released 2 Greatest Hits albums and a Christmas album . The two greatest Hits albums feature five songs that can't be found on any other album recorded. Dunn also charted again in 2006 as a duet partner on Ashley Monroe's single "I Don't Want To". He was also a duet partner on Lee Roy Parnell's 1994 cover of the Hank Williams standard "Take These Chains from My Heart", but was not credited on the charts. Dunn also co-wrote Shenandoah's 1995 single "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)." Ronnie Dunn has won over 20 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awards, including Country Music Songwriter of the Year twice. He was Billboard Magazine's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1996 and 2005. He also got an ACM for Top Vocal Event Of The Year in his music video Building Bridges with guest vocalists: Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow in 2005 for the Duo's "Hillbilly Deluxe" album, and Single Of The Year for his gospel song "Believe", co-written with Craig Wiseman. He is a member of both the Oklahoma and Arkansas Music Halls Of Fame. .