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The first song he wrote is titled \"Fly Away\", and it appears on his studio debut album. He says that it was only after the urging of his teacher (who had listened to this song) that he was convinced to take up music professionally.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile in college, Ross opened a show for Phil Vassar in front of a crowd of 5000.[citation needed] After winning a few competitions, Copperman earned a 40-date US college tour.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe toured the US for around a year and tried selling his independent album Believe, and eventually succeeded in doing so with Phonogenic/RCA records.[citation needed]\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first single he released in the UK, \"As I Choke\", managed to be the most popular iTunes Single Of The Week in the UK, notching up 36,457 downloads in a one-week period.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis second single, and the one that made him known was \"All She Wrote\", entered the UK top 40 in May 2007, and was featured in a couple of instances in TV in the USA.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third single, \"Found You\", was released a few months later.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Ross+Copperman","playStationPath":"/stations/269118470/play","stationId":269118470,"bioPath":"/music/Ross+Copperman/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Ben+Rector","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b9e/b9e091ff47e182b410b10ec79820d97b_md.jpg","artistName":"Ben Rector","artistId":302925,"station_id":379739759},{"musicPath":"/music/Tristan+Prettyman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e45/e45adae099e5832371f7a4ef069febad_md.jpg","artistName":"Tristan Prettyman","artistId":11175,"station_id":113295812},{"musicPath":"/music/Susie+Suh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c81/c81a3e8105720e2afba0bc9fe56e1c40_md.jpg","artistName":"Susie Suh","artistId":100946,"station_id":280763421},{"musicPath":"/music/Oren+Lavie","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d0f/d0fb895c1cf94a0c4309442e9f8cae61_md.jpg","artistName":"Oren Lavie","artistId":10467,"station_id":113292503},{"musicPath":"/music/Gabrielle+Aplin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/79b/79bf7cc0a840e505d8509802d9b213ef_md.jpg","artistName":"Gabrielle Aplin","artistId":250302,"station_id":360172736},{"musicPath":"/music/Haux","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/81b/81b3316cc2b22adc1dcd880332aed277_md.jpg","artistName":"Haux","artistId":391571,"station_id":397631577},{"musicPath":"/music/Kari+Kimmel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/85c/85cf6ed670f511f1d3db7f51ebd84981_md.jpg","artistName":"Kari Kimmel","artistId":13535,"station_id":113744741},{"musicPath":"/music/Jason+Walker","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb7/bb7d88b3aad0897540f7ba78030d29ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Jason Walker","artistId":55232,"station_id":259461708},{"musicPath":"/music/Before+You+Exit","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/931/931e4584dff72062d44c786e7637c858_md.jpg","artistName":"Before You Exit","artistId":309533,"station_id":381843607},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Calling","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d37/d371d7a061342a725b4450ad5ad3132e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Calling","artistId":9782,"station_id":113306253},{"musicPath":"/music/Jason+Reeves","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/008/008919c8f2947a8b374d872189c0daca_md.jpg","artistName":"Jason Reeves","artistId":75450,"station_id":266438345},{"musicPath":"/music/Mads+Langer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1db/1db4448f7380f1441f95f829db718c5d_md.jpg","artistName":"Mads Langer","artistId":312067,"station_id":382637413},{"musicPath":"/music/Sara+Bareilles","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/434/434f6a1ff6931ffd731c3abe4b5f59ee_md.jpg","artistName":"Sara Bareilles","artistId":10642,"station_id":113272333},{"musicPath":"/music/Dermot+Kennedy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/40f/40f2f312bc94e326c08aff5de05e0f56_md.jpg","artistName":"Dermot Kennedy","artistId":339565,"station_id":395705352},{"musicPath":"/music/Dean+Lewis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/31a/31a5a3e10091d63c7c4079886598c73b_md.jpg","artistName":"Dean Lewis","artistId":350472,"station_id":392352032},{"musicPath":"/music/Matt+White","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/221/2219d77a6d1e6f01e2870e8ef93c4fda_md.jpg","artistName":"Matt White","artistId":79678,"station_id":267583124},{"musicPath":"/music/Daniel+Powter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b05/b0576fb4a48504f30ee90111cc452f0a_md.jpg","artistName":"Daniel Powter","artistId":4885,"station_id":113261862},{"musicPath":"/music/Jason+Mraz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2d4/2d46e5cf4ea3bbaa032d1d7c5506190b_md.jpg","artistName":"Jason Mraz","artistId":1396,"station_id":113262023}]}