Deryle Hughes

Big Sky Music Presents “Shouldn’t Be Mine” by Deryle Hughes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Big Sky Music is excited to present “Shouldn’t Be Mine” by Deryle Hughes.

Hughes is a veteran of the central Florida music scene beginning with his earliest recordings in 1978 at the renowned Bee Jay Recording Studio with the tracks “I Found Freedom” and “How Nice It Was”. Hughes worked closely with engineer Bill Vermillion whose illustrious career includes albums by R&B and Funk greats Cameo, Florida based Southern Rockers Molly Hatchet and North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees Nantucket among many others. Deryle would go on to work on various projects through deals with CBS and Sony record labels as an artist and a producer.

Big Sky Music Presents “Shouldn’t Be Mine” by Deryle Hughes

Deryle Hughes has spent his career entertaining crowds all over America as the dynamic front man for the bands Big Shot, who recorded their self titled AOR album in 1992 and Simple Southern Boys who dropped two collections with the All Revved Up EP in 2009 and the Eyes On The Prize album from 2016. Due to the great deal of success of the Simple Southern Boys releases in Europe and the U.K., the Big Shot album received a remastered release by the Melodic Rock Classics label in 2022. All three titles are produced by Deryle Hughes and available online for streaming and download on Spotify and i-tunes.

Deryle has shared stages with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Journey, Foreigner, Eddie Money, Bad Company, Johnny Winter, The Georgia Satellites, just to name a few. His passion for singing and entertaining has never waned throughout his career even as he dealt with a devastating automobile accident that almost took his life. Deryle has overcome the odds and come out on the other side just as determined to keep making music as he was back in 1978.

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Hughes recently made the journey from Florida to Cabin Fever Studio Productions in Fayetteville, NC to work on a new project with studio founder Lynne O’Quinn and her team that includes engineer / bassist Tim Stewart, guitarist / vocalist John Wilson (BigTime Shine / BigTime Party Band) and drummer Cameron Dudley (Thomas Road, Whey Jennings and Coastline). During the sessions Deryle shared an unreleased recording of his song “Shouldn’t Be Mine”. It became apparent fairly quickly to O’Quinn and Wilson that the song should be presented to the Carolina Beach Music community as it has a tempo that would be attractive to shaggers across the East Coast and beyond. Hughes’ unparalleled vocal delivery alone is reason enough to simply listen to the song.

Big Sky Music humbly asks that you add “Shouldn’t Be Mine” to your playlist. This song has already charted on Beach Music Hall of Fame 2026 Inductee Pat Gwinn’s Top 10 Countdown and is getting spins on 130 affiliate stations. Thank you kindly for your support.

NOTE:The recording of “Shouldn’t Be Mine” by Deryle Hughes is owned by Big Sky Music. This promotional distribution is intended to be used strictly for Disc Jockeys to play on the radio over the air and/or internet and/or in public music venues. No permission is granted for it to be shared with any individual other than the recipient of this promotional release. No permission is given to recreate the song for distribution of any kind including in video format. Any and all violators will be subject to legal action.

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