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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 13, 2011 10:02:46 GMT -5
1. STILL BAREFOOT: Jake Owen continues to have the top country song in America with Barefoot Blue Jean Night. He becomes the first artist since Kelly Clarkson to have a first #1 be a multi week #1. She did it earlier this year when she collected her first #1 with Jason Aldean on Don't You Wanna Stay, a three week #1. 2. THEY CAN: The Eli Young Band scores their first top ten in Crazy Girl (at #10). It is the oldest title in the top ten at 30 weeks. They become the second group on Republic Nashville to land a top ten after the Band Perry (If I Die Young and You Lie). 3. COUNTRY FAST: Chris Cagle has the fastest climbing song of the week as Got My Country On moves nine to #49. 4. 1984 REVISITED: Blake Shelton debuts at #57 with his version of Footloose. The original was a #1 pop hit for Kenny Loggins in 1984. 5. CAMPBELL'S LAST STAND: It was sad to hear that Glen Campbell is battling Alzheimer's Disease. His last studio CD, Ghost On The Canvas debuted at #6 last week. Godspeed, Glen! 6. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, and 1986: 2006: Me And My Gang-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2001: Pull My Chain-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 1996: Blue-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1991: No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1986: Montana Cafe-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros. 7. JONES' 80: George Jones celebrates his 80th birthday this week. In honor of the Possum's birthday, we will be ranking his top 80 hits (ALL 79 top tens, plus one #11 hit). For #1 and #2 hits, weeks at those positions will be first, followed by weeks in the top 40. For positions #3-#11, their stay in the top 40 will determine their ranking. Ready? 1. Tender Years-1961-7-32 2. She Thinks I Still Care-1962-6-23 3. White Lightning-1959-5-22 4. Walk Through This World With Me-1967-2-19 5. We're Gonna Hold On-with Tammy Wynette-1973-2-14 6. Near You-with Tammy Wynette-1977-2-12 7. The Grand Tour-1974-1-14 8. He Stopped Loving Her Today-1980-1-13 9. I Always Get Lucky With You-1983-1-13 10. Golden Ring-with Tammy Wynette-1976-1-12 11. Still Doin' Time-1981-1-10 12. The Door-1975-1-10 13. Yesterday's Wine-with Merle Haggard-1982-1-10 14. I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool-with Barbara Mandrell-1981-1-08 15. She's My Rock-1984-3-15 (#2) 16. When The Grass Grows Over Me-1969-2-17 (#2) 17. I'll Share My World With You-1969-2-16 (#2) 18. The Window Up Above-1961-1-34 (#2) 19. A Good Year For The Roses-1971-1-13 (#2) 20. Tennessee Whiskey-1983-1-13 (#2) 21. Loving You Could Never Be Better-1972-1-12 (#2) 22. Two Story House-with Tammy Wynette-1980-1-11 (#2) 23. I'm Not Ready Yet-1980-1-11 (#2) 24. The Race is On-1964-#3 25. We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds-with Melba Montgomery-1963-#3 26. A Girl I Used To Know-1962-#3 27. The One I Loved Back Then The Corvette Song-1986-#3 28. You've Still Got A Place In My Heart-1984-#3 29. Her Name Is-1976-#3 30. As Long As I Live-1968-#3 31. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes-1985-#3 32. Once You've Had The Best-1974-#3 33. Shine on Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me-1983-#3 34. Just One More/Gonna Come Get You-1956-#3 35. Why Baby Why-1955-#4 36. You Comb Her Hair-1963-#5 37. Your Heart Turned Left And I Was On The Right-1964-#5 38. Four-O-Thirty Three-1966-#5 39. A Picture Of Me Without You-1972-#5 40. Same Ole Me-1982-#5 41. I Can't Get There From Here-1967-#5 42. I'm A One Woman Man-1989-#5 43. Aching, Breaking Heart-1962-#5 44. Southern California-with Tammy Wynette-1977-#5 45. Love Bug-1965-#6 46. I'm A People-1966-#6 47. Treasure Of Love-1958-#6 48. The Ceremony-with Tammy Wynette-1972-#6 49. She's Mine-1970-#6 50. If Not For You-1969-#6 51. What My Woman Can't Do-1973-#6 52. We Didn't See A Thing-with Ray Charles and Chet Atkins-1984-#6 53. We Can Make It-1972-#6 54. Bartender's Blues-1978-#6 55. Not What I Had In Mind-with the Jones Boys-1963-#7 56. If My Heart Had Windows-1967-#7 57. Who Shot Sam-1959-#7 58. Nothing Ever Hurt Me Half As Bad As Losing You-1973-#7 59. Right Won't Touch A Hand-1971-#7 60. Color Of The Blues-1958-#7 61. Mabelline-with Johnny Paycheck-1979-#7 62. You Gotta Be My Baby-1956-#7 63. What Am I Worth-1956-#7 64. A Few Ole Country Boys-with Randy Travis-1990-#8 65. Take Me-1966-#8 66. The Right Left Hand-1987-#8 67. Say It's Not You-1968-#8 68. If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me Her Memory Will-1981-#8 69. We Loved It Away-with Tammy Wynette-1974-#8 70. Things have Gone To Pieces-1965-#9 71. Take Me-with Tammy Wynette-1972-#9 72. Somebody Wants Me Out Of The Way-1986-#9 73. Where Does A Little Tear Come From-1964-#10 74. Sometimes You Just Can't Win-1971-#10 75. Wine Colored Roses-1986-#10 76. C.C. Waterback-with Merle Haggard-1982-#10 77. These Days I Barely Get By-1975-#10 78. Don't Stop The Music/Uh, Uh, No-1957-#10 79. Yearning-with Jeanette Hicks-1957-#10 80. Waltz Of The Angels-with Margie Singleton-1962-#11 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Guess who scored their biggest hit during his 30th birthday? Geoge Jones with Tender Years. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1961: 1. TENDER YEARS-GEORGE JONES-MERCURY 2. I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline-Decca 3. My Ears Should Burn When Fools Are Talked About-Claude Gray-Mercury 4. Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson-RCA 5. Under The Influence Of Love-Buck Owens-Capitol 6. Walk On By-Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury 7. Heartbreak U.S.A.-Kitty Wells-Decca 8. Hello Fool-Ralph Emery-Liberty 9. I Went Out Of My Way-Roy Drusky-Decca 10. Signed, Sealed, And Delivered-Cowboy Copas-Starday
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Sept 19, 2011 16:21:01 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Take A Back Road" Rodney Atkins Greatest Gainer No. 8 "God Gave Me You" Blake Shelton Hot Shot Debut No. 57 "Wanna Make You Love Me" Andy Gibson Debut No. 59 "That Girl" Kevin Fowler Debut No. 60 "Drink Myself Single" Sunny Sweeney
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 20, 2011 10:34:24 GMT -5
1. RODNEY'S ROAD TO #1: Rodney Atkins collects his sixth #1 hit in Take A Back Road. Like Dierks Bentley a few weeks ago, Atkins has not seen the top since 2009 when It's America became his fifth chart topper. 2. FINALLY!: After sixteen weeks on the charts, Lauren Alaina collects her first top 40 hit in Like My Mother Does (at #40 this week). The runner-up at this year's American Idol show has been very patient. In the meantime, the winner, Scotty McCreery started his career with a major hit, I Love You This Big-#15. He is on the chart for the second time with The Trouble With Girls (at #43). This is a re-entry into the top 40 for her. 3. KEEP ME FAST: The Zac Brown Band has the fastest climbing song of the week as Keep Me In Mind moves up eight to #31. 4. SOME CD NEWS: Let us get caught up on some country albums chart happenings: 1. George Strait collects his 24th #1 CD with Here For A Good Time. It sold 91,000 copies during its first week. Strait has the most #1 hits and #1 CDs in country music history. With #1 CDs in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, he becomes the first artist to have chart topping CDs in four consecutive decades. 2. Taylor Swift's Speak Now CD is spending its first week out of the top ten (at #11). It spent its first 45 weeks in the top ten. It took her last CD, Fearless nearly two years to vacate the top ten (97 weeks to be exact). So far, Speak Now has sold 3.7 million copies. 5. #1 HITS: These were the top songs in 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, and 1986: 2006: Brand New Girlfriend-Steve Holy-Curb 2001: What I Really Meant To Say-Cyndi Thomson-Capitol 1996: So Much For Pretending-Bryan White-Asylum 1991: Leap Of Faith-Lionel Cartwright-MCA 1986: Got My Heart Set On You-John Conlee-Columbia 6. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Red Foley dominated the country music charts during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the first of three generations of music stars as Pat Boone became his son-in-law thus Debby Boone is his granddaughter. These are his ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. Smoke On The Water-1944-13-27 2. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy-1950-13-20 3. Birmingham Bounce-1950-4-15 4. Goodnight Irene-with Ernest Tubb-1950-3-15 5. New Jolie Blonde New Pretty Blonde-1947-2-16 6. Tennessee Saturday Night-1949-1-40 7. One By One-with Kitty Wells-1954-1-34 8. Shame On You-1945-1-14 9. Mississippi-1950-1-13 10. Midnight-1953-1-10 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: What do the following artists have in common? Rodney Crowell, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Katy Perry. They all released CDs that would contain a quintet of chart toppers. Janet had five r&b #1s off her Control CD between 1986-1987. Her brother Michael had five #1 pop hits off his Bad CD between 1987-1988. Perry just celebrated chart topper #5 off her Teenage Dream CD. However, we are here to discuss the feat Crowell achieved exactly 22 years ago this week when his fifth release off his Diamonds & Dirt CD became his fifth (and final) #1, Above And Beyond. Crowell moved to Nashville in 1972. He met songwriters Mickey Newbury, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt. He was spotted at a club by Jerry Reed and was signed to Reed's publishing company. He was with Reed for a little over two years. Then Emmylou Harris invited Crowell to join her Hot Band in 1975. He blossomed as a songwriter during this time and wrote quite a few hits which will be discussed later on. He was in the Hot Band for a little over two years. He met Rosanne Cash in 1976 whom he married in 1979 (How cool was it for him to say, 'My father-in-law is Johnny Cash'?). He signed his first record deal in 1978 with Warner Bros. Records (the same year John Anderson joined the label). His first appearance on the country chart was Elvira (yes, THAT Elvira-#95 in 1978). He made a second appearance on the charts with Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I (#90 in 1979). Stangley enough, his first top 40 hit occurred on the pop charts in 1980 when Ashes By Now hit #37. That song was a top ten for Lee Ann Womack in 2001 (#4). After being an artist and songwriter, he became a producer when he produced Cash's first gold album, Seven Year Ache. He saw his name at the top of the charts with the three releases off that album (Seven Year Ache, My Baby Thinks He's A Train, and Blue Moon With Heartache). By this time, he enjoyed songwriting successes with the following hits: 1. No Memories Hangin' Round-Rosanne Cash and Bobby Bare-1979-#17 2. Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight-Oak Ridge Boys-1980-#1 3. I Ain't Living Long Like This-Waylon Jennings-1980-#1 Then, Crowell had top 40 success on the country chart as an artist with Stars On The Water (1981-#30-later recorded by George Strait) and Victim Or A Fool (1982-#34). During this time, he produced the second album for Cash called Somewhere In The Stars. Crowell found his name on three charts as Bob Seger took Shame On The Moon to #15 country, #2 pop, and #1 adult contemporary in 1983. Crowell was dropped by Warner Bros. in 1983 after releasing a trio of albums (Ain't Living Long Like This-1978, But What Will The Neighbors Think-1980, and Rodney Crowell-1981). A fourth album was supposed to be released in 1982, but was rejected by the label. However, it was a pair of Warner Bros. acts that Crowell benefitted from when Crystal Gayle took 'Til I Gain Control Again to #1 in 1983 and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band made Long Hard Road The Sharecropper's Dream a chart topper in 1984. Undeterred, he sat label-less for three years. He signed to Columbia Records in 1986. His debut for the label, Street Language was released that year. 1987 saw When I'm Free Again become his third top 40 country hit (#38). Two more singles were released, but fared poorly. He literally had the last laugh when Somewhere Tonight, a Crowell composition became the final chart topper in 1987 for Highway 101. Also, in 1987, two significant events took place: 1. He produced Cash's Kings Record Shop (he took a break from producing her Rhythm & Romance CD). It produced a quartet of chart toppers: a. The Way We Make A Broken Heart-1987 b. Tennessee Flat Top Box-1988 c. If You Change Your Mind-1988 d. Runaway Train-1988 2. He went to work on his historic Diamonds & Dirt CD. The CD was produced by Crowell and Tony Brown. The first single, It's Such A Small World was a duet with Cash and it hit #1 in 1988, making them the first pair of spouses to have a #1 since George Jones and Tammy Wynette with We're Gonna Hold On in 1973. The next three singles all hit the top of the charts: 1. I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried-1988 2. She's Crazy For Leavin'-1989 3. After All This Time-1989-Grammy Award for Best Country Song When title #3 hit #1, Crowell became the first artist in country music history to write, produce, and sing on a quartet of #1s from a single album. The fifth single release, Above And Beyond was actually the FIRST song cut for the CD. The songwriter, Harlan Howard (who also wrote Somewhere Tonight), predicted a top five hit for the song. He was at first disappointed when so many records were released from Diamonds & Dirt. Crowell was quite familiar with the song as it was a #3 hit for Buck Owens (himself enjoying a resurgence of popularity at the time, thanks to his #1 duet with Dwight Yoakam in 1988 called Streets Of Bakerfield) in 1960 when Crowell was ten. Crowell's version was finally released in June, hitting #1 in September. Thus, Crowell went five for five with his Diamonds & Dirt CD (his ONLY gold CD so far). Crowell NEVER hit #1 again as an artist, but released two more successful CDs for Columbia. They are: 1. Keys To The Highway a. Many A Long & Lonesome Highway-1990-#3 b. If Looks Could Kill-1990-#6 c. My Past Is Present-1990-#22 d. Now That We're Alone-1991-#17 2. Life Is Messy a. Lovin' All Night-1992-#10-later recorded by Patty Loveless (#18 in 2003) b. What Kind Of Love-1992-#11 While he was on the charts with the Life Is Messy CD, his marriage to Cash ended. I find it ironic that their top 40 chart lives were over by the time 1992 ended. Crowell stayed on Columbia until 1994. He then signed to MCA Records where he released his first CD for them called Let The Picture Paint Itself. However, it was the second CD for MCA that Crowell could have had a big hit. The CD was called Jewel Of The South and it contained his version of Please Remember Me. Instead, Tim McGraw took home a #1 hit with it in 1999 (Crowell's version hit #69 in 1995). His last chart appearance during the 1990s was I Walk The Line Revisited with his ex father-in-law Johnny Cash (#61 in 1998). It was the same year Crowell remarried, this time to another female singer, Claudia Church. During the 21st century, Crowell released a quartet of CDs. The last one was called Sex And Gasoline in 2008. He reeled in a #1 hit in 2005 for writing Making Memories Of Us for Keith Urban. He produced a CD for Chely Wright in 2010. This year, a book was published called Chinaberry Sidewalks. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 23, 1989: 1. ABOVE AND BEYOND-RODNEY CROWELL-COLUMBIA 2. Let Me Tell You About Love-the Judds-RCA 3. Give Me His Last Chance-Lionel Cartwright-MCA 4. I Got Dreams-Steve Wariner-MCA 5. Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA 6. I Wish I Had A Heart Of Stone-Baillie and the Boys-RCA 7. Living Proof-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 8. Finders Are Keepers-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros. 9. High Cotton-Alabama-RCA 10. Say What's In Your Heart-Restless Heart-RCA
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 20, 2011 11:57:34 GMT -5
2. FINALLY!: After sixteen weeks on the charts, Lauren Alaina collects her first top 40 hit in Like My Mother Does (at #40 this week). The runner-up at this year's American Idol show has been very patient. In the meantime, the winner, Scotty McCreery started his career with a major hit, I Love You This Big-#15. He is on the chart for the second time with The Trouble With Girls (at #43). I think she reached #40 several weeks ago and then fell back. EDIT: I was right. She hit #40 the week of August 27, 2011. Took her five weeks to get back to it though, apparently.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 20, 2011 12:56:07 GMT -5
2. FINALLY!: After sixteen weeks on the charts, Lauren Alaina collects her first top 40 hit in Like My Mother Does (at #40 this week). The runner-up at this year's American Idol show has been very patient. In the meantime, the winner, Scotty McCreery started his career with a major hit, I Love You This Big-#15. He is on the chart for the second time with The Trouble With Girls (at #43). I think she reached #40 several weeks ago and then fell back. EDIT: I was right. She hit #40 the week of August 27, 2011. Took her five weeks to get back to it though, apparently. Took me awhile to find the Billboard Country Update for that one. You are correct. Lauren Alaina was at #40 while Lady Antebellum was #1 with Just A Kiss. I will amend my post.
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Post by RobbyFlorida on Sept 20, 2011 14:09:15 GMT -5
Another former Rodney song to covered but not a single (should have) "Please Remember Me" as a duet with Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville off Neville's 1997 album, "To Make Me Who I Am.
In my opinion, both the duet and Rodney Crowell's versions' vocals are so much better than McGraw's
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 21, 2011 10:12:30 GMT -5
Another former Rodney song to covered but not a single (should have) "Please Remember Me" as a duet with Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville off Neville's 1997 album, "To Make Me Who I Am. In my opinion, both the duet and Rodney Crowell's versions' vocals are so much better than McGraw's Great post here, robnj! I watched both videos last night and was saying to myself that it is a shame that Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville did not have Please Remember Me as a single. It would have been a major pop and adult contemporary hit like they had with All My Life and Don't Know Much, both Grammy winners. I downloaded the Rodney Crowell version on Monday just to compare his version with Tim McGraw's. I am with you by saying the vocals on the Crowell version are superb (he always did sound great on his records). It is just too bad that Crowell was on MCA during the 1990s when they were promoting such acts as George Strait, Vince Gill, and Mark Chesnutt.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Sept 21, 2011 11:26:08 GMT -5
Another former Rodney song to covered but not a single (should have) "Please Remember Me" as a duet with Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville off Neville's 1997 album, "To Make Me Who I Am. In my opinion, both the duet and Rodney Crowell's versions' vocals are so much better than McGraw's Ive already got both of these versions in my collection.While I agree that Rodneys version is better then Tims (Though I do enjoy Tims), I disagree that the Ronstadt / Neville version is superior. I LOVE Linda Ronstadt but I've never been able to enjoy Aaron's voice. That whispery yodel thing he does always sounded so forced and annoying to me. Now if Ms. Ronstadt had recorded a solo version , Id have a much better opinion of that...
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Sept 26, 2011 17:13:08 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Take A Back Road" Rodney Atkins Greatest Gainer No. 25 "Keep Me In Mind" Zac Brown Band Hot Shot Debut No. 54 "Change" Josh Thompson Debut No. 57 "Merry Go Round" The JaneDear Girls Debut No. 58 "Nineteen" Billy Ray Cyrus Debut No. 59 "Care" Kid Rock Featuring Martina McBride Debut No. 60 "Underdog" The Lost Trailers
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Post by mairy on Sept 26, 2011 17:26:54 GMT -5
Billy Ray Cyrus back in chart. When did that happen for the last time?
And why are they listing Martina McBride on "Care" if the single version features Angaleena Presley?
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Post by josephmorgan on Sept 26, 2011 20:26:50 GMT -5
Billy Ray had "Ready, Set, Don't Go" around '08. It wasn't a hit right away, but when he duetted with his daughter, Miley, it became a top five hit.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 26, 2011 20:31:09 GMT -5
Billy Ray had "Ready, Set, Don't Go" around '08. It wasn't a hit right away, but when he duetted with his daughter, Miley, it became a top five hit. Lol, yeah, and he's had 3 chart entries since then. One, Somebody Said a Prayer, was a minor Top 40 hit. Its nice to see him back on the chart. I'm a fan of his... shame radio doesn't seem to really want to play anything he releases.
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Post by Marv on Sept 26, 2011 21:23:29 GMT -5
That's really infuriating to me as well; 'Ready, Set, Don't Go' should have been a much bigger hit, IMHO.
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Post by someguy on Sept 27, 2011 0:00:07 GMT -5
Billy Ray Cyrus back in chart. When did that happen for the last time? And why are they listing Martina McBride on "Care" if the single version features Angaleena Presley? The Martina version is probably the one getting the airplay, so she's getting credited. Both Billboard and AllAccess list the song as Kid Rock f/ Martina (and TI on Billboard), so maybe the version getting released has been changed? Not too sure.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2011 0:35:07 GMT -5
^I don't know...the ad we saw last week clearly stated that it was featuring Angaleena Presley. And tonight's ad for "Care" in Country Aircheck says the same thing.
Maybe the Martina version is indeed getting some spins, but that's not the version that was sent out to radio. I kinda doubt that Republic would allow the Martina version to go out to radio, as they wouldn't want to take the focus off "I'm Gonna Love You Through It", which is really just starting to get going.
Anyway, "Care" had just 18 total spins on all monitored stations this past week. So did Josh Thompson's "Change", which probably got most (if not all) of its spins from KEEY Minneapolis, the only station to add it so far. I'm guessing it is Josh's new single, but so far the only source I can find is Wikipedia, and it doesn't have a source listed.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 27, 2011 9:36:11 GMT -5
1. LONGER ROAD AT #1: Rodney Atkins is spending his second week at #1 with Take A Back Road. He has now spent 15 weeks at #1 with his six chart toppers. They are: 1. If You're Going Through Hell Before The Devil Even Knows-2006-4-the year's biggest hit 2. Watching You-2007-4-the year's biggest hit 3. These Are My People-2007-1 4. Cleaning This Gun Come On In Boy-2008-2 5. It's America-2009-2 6. Take A Back Road-2011-2 so far 2. 14 FOR 14: Taylor Swift is still perfect as far as getting top tens are concerned. This week, her 14th single release is her 14th top ten as Sparks Fly lands at #10 this week. 3. A TIE: We have a two way tie for those songs making the largest moves on the chart this week (each going up six): 1. Keep Me In Mind-Zac Brown Band-#31 to #25 2. Wanna Make You Love Me-Andy Gibson-#57 to #51 4. NINETEEN IS HIS 31ST: Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Buena Vista debut with Nineteen (at #58). It is his 31st single to chart since Achy Breaky Heart was a #1 in 1992. It is his first time on the chart since A Good Day peaked at #59 in 2009. 5. TWICE THE MARTINA: Martina McBride is already on the chart with I'm Gonna Love You Through It (at #31). Now, she debuts at #59 with Kid Rock with Care. 6. A 40S LOOK: These were the chart topping songs during the last week of September during the 1940s: 1944: Smoke On The Water-Red Foley-Decca 1945: You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often-Tex Ritter-Capitol 1946: Wine, Women, And Song-Al Dexter-Columbia 1947: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette-Tex Williams-Capitol 1948: Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-RCA 1949: Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me-Wayne Raney-King 7. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Tim McGraw is the king of Curb Records despite what is going on between them. That means that Jo Dee Messina is the queen of the label. These are her ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 or #2 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. That's The Way-2000-4-26 2. Stand Beside Me-1999-3-28 3. I'm Alright-1998-3-27 4. Bye-Bye-1998-2-28 5. My Give A Damn's Busted-2005-2-23 6. Bring On The Rain-2002-1-31 7. Lesson In Leavin'-1999-7-32 (#2) 8. Burn-2001-1-24 (#2) 9. Heads Carolina, Tails California-1996-1-14 (#2) 10. Downtime-2001 (#5) 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Garth Brooks started from scratch in 1989 with his self-titled debut CD. He was a middling success story when CD #2 came out in 1990 called No Fences. However, after that CD ran its course, Brooks became the hottest act in country music. When he released his third CD in 1991, he became the hottest artist in music period. It was called Ropin' The Wind and it became the first country CD to debut at #1 on BOTH country and top 200 charts. It did so 20 years ago this week. The CD produced five top five hits: 1. Rodeo-1991-#3 2. Shameless-1991-#1 3. What She's Doing Now-1992-The CD's biggest hit and the second biggest hit of Brooks' career. I wonder what could be his biggest (oh, yeah!). 4. Papa Loved Mama-1992-#3 5. The River-1992-#1 A sixth song from the CD, Against The Grain made a chart appearance as well (#66). The CD is Brooks' second best selling CD (at over 14 million sold). It spent 33 weeks at #1 on the country chart and 18 weeks at #1 on the top 200 chart. As a bonus, I will be providing BOTH charts where Brooks debuted at #1. This is what they looked like:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 28, 1991: Last week-This week-Title-Artist-Label
Country Albums ** 01. ROPIN' THE WIND-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 1. 02. No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol 2. 03. It's All About To Change-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros. 4. 04. Backroads-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 7. 05. Garth Brooks-Garth Brooks-Capitol 6. 06. Don't Rock The Jukebox-Alan Jackson-Arista 3. 07. High Lonesome-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 5. 08. Trisha Yearwood-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 8. 09. Put Yourself In My Shoes-Clint Black-RCA 9. 10. Rumor Has It-Reba McEntire-MCA
Top 200 ** 01. ROPIN' THE WIND-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 1. 02. Metallica-Metallica-Elektra 2. 03. Unforgettable...With Love-Natalie Cole-Elektra 5. 04. C.M.B.-Color Me Badd-Giant 4. 05. Luck Of The Draw-Bonnie Raitt-Capitol 6. 06. Cooleyhighharmony-Boyz II Men-Motown 10.07. Gonna Make You Sweat-C+C Music Factory-Columbia 9. 08. Time, Love, And Tenderness-Michael Bolton-Columbia 11.09. Out Of Time-R.E.M.-Warner Bros. 3. 10. Roll The Bones-Rush-Atlantic
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Oct 3, 2011 17:59:13 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Made In America" Toby Keith Greatest Gainer No. 15 "Tattoos On This Town" Jason Aldean Hot Shot Debut No. 50 "Reality" Kenny Chesney Debut No. 51 "Camouflage" Brad Paisley Debut No. 53 "Home" Dierks Bentley Debut No. 56 "Alone With You" Jake Owen
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Post by musicbuff78 on Oct 4, 2011 5:27:56 GMT -5
Wow...how thrilling....not ONE female listed...............
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Post by Arabella21 on Oct 4, 2011 6:06:29 GMT -5
Wow...how thrilling....not ONE female listed............... Try to imagine it happening now where the only men in the Top 30 were in groups or on duets, and the rest was all solo female artists or female groups, because of a matter of "bad timing". Can you even think of enough female artists right now to fill up that many chart slots all at the same time?
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 4, 2011 7:18:54 GMT -5
Wow...how thrilling....not ONE female listed............... I don't understand this. Care to explain? ???
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 4, 2011 11:19:43 GMT -5
1. AMERICAN MADE #1: Toby Keith collects his 20th #1 hit with Made In America. He now has chart toppers in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. This is his fourth chart topper with either 'America' or 'American' in the titles. Those are: 1. Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue The Angry American-2002 2. American Soldier-2004 3. American Ride-2009 4. Made In America-2011 In the meantime, he joins one list and moves up in another: Most #1 hits-minimum of 20: 1. George Strait-44-1982-2009 2. Conway Twitty-40-1968-1986 3. Merle Haggard-38-1967-1988 4. Ronnie Milsap-35-1974-1989 5. Alabama-33-1980-2011 6. Charley Pride-29-1969-1983 7. Eddy Arnold-28-1947-1968 8. Alan Jackson-26-1991-2010 9. Dolly Parton-25-1971-2006 10. Reba McEntire-25-1983-2011 11. Sonny James-23-1957-1974 12. Tim McGraw-23-1994-2011 13. Willie Nelson-22-1975-2003 14. Buck Owens-21-1963-1988 15. Kenny Rogers-1977-2000 16. Tammy Wynette-20-1967-1977 17. Brooks & Dunn-20-1991-2005 18. Kenny Chesney-20-1997-2011 19. Toby Keith-20-1993-2011 Most weeks at #1-minimum of 52: 1. Eddy Arnold-145 2. Webb Pierce-111 3. George Strait-84 4. Hank Williams, Sr.-82 5. Buck Owens-82 6. Johnny Cash-69 7. Tim McGraw-68 8. Sonny James-66 9. Kenny Chesney-65 10. Marty Robbins-63 11. Alan Jackson-60 12. Jim Reeves-58 13. Merle Haggard-57 14. Hank Snow-56 15. Toby Keith-53 16. Conway Twitty-52 2. HIS 74TH: George Strait lands his 74th top five hit this week with Here For A Good Time (at #5). Not only does he have more #1 hits than anyone else, but his top five totals are more than Conway Twitty (66) and Eddy Arnold (64), the others in the top three. 3. YOUNG'S FAST AGAIN: You by Chris Young was the fastest climbing song a couple of weeks ago. He does it again this week by going up six to #30. 4. SHORT TITLES: We have eleven one worded titles on this week's chart. They are: 16. Easy-Rascal Flatts and Natasha Bedingfield 25. Fish-Craig Campbell 29. Amen-Edens Edge 30. You-Chris Young 34. Tough-Kellie Pickler 50. Reality-Kenny Chesney-Hot Shot Debut 51. Camouflage-Brad Paisley 53. Home-Dierks Bentley 55. Bulletproof-Steel Magnolia 58. Change-Josh Thompson 59. Underdog-The Lost Trailers 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping songs in 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, and 1986: 2006: Give It Away-George Strait-MCA 2001: What I Really Meant To Say-Cyndi Thomson-Capitol 1996: Living In A Moment-Ty Herndon-Epic 1991: Where Are You Now-Clint Black-RCA 1986: Always Have, Always Will-Janie Frickie-Columbia 6. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Carl Smith had a 21 year run of top 40 hits (1951-1972). However, he is probably best known for being June Carter's first husband and Carlene Carter's father. These are his ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 or #2 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way-1951-8-33 2. Hey Joe!-1953-8-26 3. When You Feel Like You're In Love Don't Just Stand There-1952-8-24 4. Loose Talk-1955-7-32 5. Are You Teasing Me-1952-1-19 6. Why, Why-1957-2-19 (#2) 7. Trademark-1953-2-10 (#2) 8. Let's Live A Little-1951-1-20 (#2) 9. Back Up Buddy-1954-1-16 (#2) 10. There She Goes-1955 (#3) 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The most successful father and daughter in country music is Johnny and Rosanne Cash. However, the most successful father/daughter act in country music are the Kendalls. They scored their first (and biggest) #1 hit 34 years ago this week with Heaven's Just A Sin Away (one of my all-time favorites). However, Royce and Jeannie were NOT the first musical pairing in the family. That belongs to Royce and his brother Floyce as they performed as the Austin Brothers during the 1950s. They appeared quite often on the Town Hall Party TV show. When the 1960s arrived, Royce returned to St. Louis to settle down with his wife and daughter (just six at the time). Royce and his wife Melba opened a beauty salon/barber shop to earn money. When Jeannie turned 15, she started taking a liking to music, particularly folk and country music. They toured the St. Louis area. Their first trip to Nashville was in 1970 to visit the Grand Ole Opry. Royce and Melba financed a recording session and they used a mail order system to sell the record. It caught the attention of a deejay in St. Louis who forwarded it to Pete Drake of Stop Records. They signed to Stop and released their first album in 1971 called Meet The Kendalls. Their first single was Leavin' On A Jet Plane (a #1 pop hit for Peter, Paul, And Mary in 1969 that was written by John Denver). The record peaked at #52. Two more singles were released, but did not chart. Then they switched to Dot Records in 1972. They released two singles for them, but they were not chart busters. They left Dot when it was known that the label wanted Jeannie to be a solo singer. She and her father said no, so they took a break from the music business. They decided to restart in 1976 by playing live dates. It was during the year they met producer Brien Fisher who signed them to the Ovation label (their third). Their debut for the label was Making Believe (their fourth time on the charts). It peaked at #80 because Emmylou Harris beat them with her version (#8 in 1977). The Kendalls' next single was supposed to be Live And Let Live. However, the b-side of the record caught everyone's attention. It was Heaven's Just A Sin Away. That record was released in August and climbed all the way to #1 in October, where it stayed there for four weeks (other records to stay at #1 for at least four weeks that year were: Luckenbach, Texas Back To The Basics Of Love by Waylon Jennings-6 weeks, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle-4 weeks, and Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton-5 weeks). Heaven was such a strong #1 that it prevented Jerry Reed from collecting his third #1 in East Bound And Down. Heaven even peaked at #69 on the pop chart. Despite the cheating theme in the song, it gained heavy airplay at gospel stations. Heaven won the Kendalls a Grammy Award in 1978 for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group and a C.M.A. Award for Single of the Year. The Heaven's Just A Sin Away album was certified gold five years after its release. They continued their winning ways throughout the rest of the 1970s with these hits: 1. It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' To Me-1978-#2 2. Pittsburgh Stealers-1978-#6 3. Sweet Desire/Old Fashioned Love-1978-#1 4. I Had A Lovely Time-1979-#5 5. Just Like Real People-1979-#11 6. I Don't Do Like That No More/Never My Love-1979-#16 Those hits came from their albums Old Fashioned Love and Just Like Real People. Changes were on the horizon, but 1980 proved to be a great year for them with these hits: 1. You'd Make An Angel Wanna Cheat-#5 2. I'm Already Blue-#5 3. Put It Off Until Tomorrow-#9-written by Dolly Parton-herself on the charts at the time with Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You-#1 Shortly after title #3 peaked, they released their first greatest hits album called The Best Of The Kendalls. While that album was on the charts, Ovation went bankrupt (their last single for them was Heart Of The Matter-#26 in 1981). However, Mercury Records stepped in and signed them right away. Their first album for them was Lettin' You On A Feelin'. It produced two top tens: 1. Teach Me To Cheat-1981-#7 2. If You're Waiting On Me You're Backing Up-1982-#10 They gleaned a quartet of top 40 hits from their next two albums, Stickin' Together (1982) and Movin' Train (1983). They are: 1. Cheater's Prayer-1982-#30 2. That's What I Get For Thinking-1982-#35 3. Precious Love-1983-#19 4. Movin' Train-1983-#20 However, it was the follow up to title #4 that put the Kendalls back on top for the third and final time: Thank God For The Radio in 1984. That song resurfaced on Alan Jackson's 1994 CD, Who I Am. Another quartet of top 40 hits followed: 1. My Baby's Gone-1984-#15 2. I'd Dance Every Dance With You-1985-#20 3. Four Wheel Drive-1985-#27 4. If You Break My Heart-1985-#26 A greatest hits album ended their association with Mercury Records in 1986 (Thank God For The Radio...And All The Hits). They NEVER charted in the top 40 again. The New Traditionalist Movement was in full force, so the Kendalls fell out of favor during this time. However, they DID chart an album for MCA (Fire At First Sight-#47 in 1986) and Step One (Break The Routine-#51 in 1987). Their last charted single was Blue Blue Day (#69 in 1989). After three decades of performing together, the Kendalls were no more when Royce suffered a stroke and died in May, 1998. Jeannie soldiered on by releasing two solo CDs, the first being a self-titled CD in 1998 that featured her father's vocals on a couple of songs. It had a guest list of superstars like Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, and Alan Jackson. Her last CD was released in 2005 called All The Girls I Am. She continues to tour to this day. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 8, 1977: 1. HEAVEN'S JUST A SIN AWAY-THE KENDALLS-OVATION 2. Daytime Friends-Kenny Rogers-United Artists 3. I Got The Hoss-Mel Tillis-MCA 4. East Bound And Down/I'm Just A Redneck In A Rock And Roll Bar-Jerry Reed-RCA 5. Y'All Come Back Saloon-Oak Ridge Boys-ABC/Dot 6. We Can't Go On Living Like This-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 7. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle-United Artists 8. I'm Just A Country Boy-Don Williams-ABC/Dot 9. Why Can't He Be You-Loretta Lynn-MCA 10. Once In A Lifetime Thing-John Wesley Ryles-ABC/Dot
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Oct 10, 2011 17:44:56 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Long Hot Summer" Keith Urban Greatest Gainer No. 4 "Here For A Good Time" George Strait Hot Shot Debut No. 51 "Somethin' 'Bout A Truck" Kip Moore Debut No. 53 "Like My Dog" Billy Currington Debut No. 60 "A Woman Like You" Lee Brice
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 11, 2011 10:56:12 GMT -5
1. SUMMER HAS BEEN EXTENDED: Keith Urban lands his lucky 13th #1 hit in Long Hot Summer. It is his second consecutive chart topper following Without You. The last time he had consecutive #1s was in 2009 (the year he was the top singles artist) with his duet with Brad Paisley in Start A Band followed by his solo Sweet Thing. 2. AN RCA FIRST: Sony Music decided to shift a few artists around and move them to the RCA label. That affected Miranda Lambert who scores her first top ten for her 'new' label with Baggage Claim (at #10). She was previously with Columbia Records, another Sony label. 3. A TIE: We have a tie for the fastest climbing song of the week between Kenny Chesney's Reality (#50 to #38) and Dierks Bentley's Home (#53 to #41). 4. FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE: The Footloose soundtrack debuts at #23 on the country albums chart. The original soundtrack from 1984 was a #1 CD for ten weeks. 5. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, and 1986: 2006: Like Red On A Rose-Alan Jackson-Arista 2001: Greatest Hits-Martina McBride-RCA 1996: Blue-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1991: Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1986: Storms Of Life-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Tanya Tucker has a birthday this week. Last year I ranked her #1 hits. Now, let's do her #2 hits. Weeks at #2 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. My Arms Stay Open All Night-1990-2-20 2. Love Me Like You Used To-1987-2-15 3. It's A Little Too Late-1993-2-14 4. Down To My Last Teardrop-1991-1-18 5. Two Sparrows In A Hurricane-1992-1-17 6. Without You What Do I Do With Me-1992-1-16 7. I'll Come Back As Another Woman-1987-1-15 8. Soon-1993-1-15 9. Highway Robbery-1989-1-15 10. Some Kind Of Trouble-1992 (#3) 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Chart-wise, the biggest hit of Dolly Parton's career is Here You Come Again. That song spent the last five weeks of 1977 at #1 on the country chart. It claimed a #2 placing on the adult contemporary list and peaked at #3 on the pop chart. Sure, she has two triple #1s on all three charts: 9 To 5 in 1981 and Islands In The Stream with Kenny Rogers in 1983. However, I think we can all agree that her best known song is I Will Always Love You. It became a hit FOUR times. The second go round was our chart topping single 29 years ago this week. Let us go back to 1960 when Porter Wagoner launched his television show called The Porter Wagoner Show (how original!). He hired a very talented woman by the name of Norma Jean. She was in his touring group and started to make appearances on the TV show. She had a somewhat successful recording career, collecting a very lucky thirteen top 40 hits with five of them being major hits. They are: 1. Let's Go All The Way-1964-#11 2. Go Cat Go-1964-#8 3. I Wouldn't But A Used Car From Him-1965-#8 4. The Game Of Triangles-with Liz Anderson and Bobby Bare-1966-#5 5. Heaven Help The Working Girl-1968-#18 She was with Wagoner until 1967 when she decided to move back to her native Oklahoma to get married. It was the same year Parton had her first major hit in Something Fishy (#17). It caught the attention of Wagoner who hired her for his show. During Parton's first year on the show she heard the audience saying, 'We want Norma Jean!'. It was also in 1967 that Parton switched from the Monument label to RCA Records (Wagoner's and Jean's label as well). Wagoner told RCA that he would absorb ANY losses that RCA occurred if Parton was a bust (I do not think that happened). To make sure Parton would be accepted, her first RCA album was a duets album with Wagoner. Her first six top tens were duets with him. They were: 1. The Last Thing On My Mind-1968-#7 2. Holding On To Nothin'-1968-#7 3. We'll Get Ahead Someday-1968-#5 4. Yours Love-1969-#9 5. Just Someone I Used To Know-1969-#5 6. Tomorrow Is Forever-1970-#9 Parton finally landed her first solo top ten in 1970 with Mule Skinner Blues Blue Yodel No. 8 (#3) and her first #1 in 1971 with Joshua. During this time they won a trio of C.M.A. Awards: 1968 Vocal Group of the Year and the 1970 and 1971 Vocal Duo of the Year. It should be noted that Wagoner not only produced their duets, but Parton's solo work as well (even though Bob Ferguson received official credit). Whether you like the Wagoner produced hits of the late 1960s and early 1970s, you have to admit Parton's vocals were polished and pure. He was very organized in the studio as well. Between 1971-1973, Parton racked up six major hits with Wagoner and six major solo hits. Her most successful duet with Wagoner during this time was If Teardrops Were Pennies (#3 in 1973) and after Joshua, her most successful solo hit was her persoanl favorite, Coat Of Many Colors (#4 in 1971). 1973 was a watershed year for Parton. For the first time, she contemplated leaving Wagoner for greener pastures. Their relationship was strained because of the vision they each had for Parton's career. She wanted to be a crossover artist, but Wagoner would have nothing to do with it. Second, she was preparing her next album called Jolene. The first single was the title track and it became her second country chart topper in 1974. It gave her a debut showing on the pop chart where it peaked at #60 (she always wanted pop action with one of her songs and finally got it). Her next single told everyone how she felt about Wagoner and her feelings at the time. It was a goodbye song that did NOT take a pitiful view of the situation. It was I Will Always Love You. The song was released in April (when she left his show) and hit #1 in June. With the success of Jolene and I Will Always Love You, Parton became a bigger star than Wagoner. Parton finished off 1974 with two more #1s: Please Don't Stop Loving Me (with Wagoner-their ONLY #1 together) and Love Is Like A Butterfly. Then Parton had her much coveted crossover era (1977-1985) with the aforementioned Here You Come Again and 9 To 5. 9 To 5 was her first strarring role in a movie and she enjoyed it so much that she wanted to do another one. This time it was The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas in 1982. It also starred Burt Reynolds. She wrote new songs for the film, but needed another when Miss Mona splits with the sheriff. She decided to rerecord I Will Always Love You. That song was released in July and reached #1 in October making Parton the first artist to take the same song to #1 twice (in different versions, of course). The second recording of the song peaked at #53 pop and #17 A.C.. The record was a double-sided hit when Do I Ever Cross Your Mind was the b-side (I contend to this day that both songs would have been #1 if released separately). Then the song laid dormant for a decade. One of the hottest female music superstars of the early 1990s decided to try her hand at acting just like Parton did in 1980. Her name is Whitney Houston and the movie was The Bodyguard (also starring Kevin Costner). They needed a closing number for the film. The first song selected was What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (a #7 pop hit for Jimmy Ruffin in 1966). However, Paul Young recorded his version that was a #22 pop hit in early 1992 for the Fried Green Tomatoes movie. So the producers had to start all over again. They had two conditions: one, the song had to be a Motown classic or pop oldies and two, the song could NOT be country. So, they were presented a tape of mostly Motown songs and a song that was on a Linda Ronstadt album called Prisoner In Disguise: I Will Always Love You. The song's producer, David Foster was not familiar with the song. He produced a demo for Houston, who fell in love with it. She recorded the song just five times with most of the fourth take being used for the film. Then Costner wanted an a cappella opening for the song. Foster refused at first but saw Houston sing the song the way Costner wanted and Foster was hooked (so was Clive Davis, the head of Arista Records). It ended up being the first single off the soundtrack and became Houston's biggest hit EVER. It spent 14 weeks at #1 on the pop chart (a record later broken by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men with One Sweet Day-16 chart topping weeks), #1 on the r&b chart for 11 weeks, and it topped the A.C. list for five weeks. The song won Houston and Parton a slew of awards between 1993-1994. The last figure I have for the royalties Parton collected for the song is in the neighborhood of $7 million dollars (could be more and if it is, please let me know). After the Houston version ran its course, Parton decided to let everyone know where the song came from by recording it for the third time in 1995. This time, she chose a duet partner in Vince Gill (himself hot on the charts at the time). It was placed on her Something Special CD and his Souvenirs CD. With interest in the song still strong (thanks to Houston), it made a third appearance on the country chart. The duet peaked at #15 because Gill was on the chart with his solo hit, Go Rest High On That Mountain (#14). BOTH songs won C.M.A. Awards: I Will for Vocal Event of the Year and Go Rest for Song of the Year. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1982: 1. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU/DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND-DOLLY PARTON-RCA 2. He Got You-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 3. Let It Be Me-Willie Nelson-Columbia 4. Close Enough To Perfect-Alabama-RCA 5. Mistakes-Don Williams-MCA 6. You're So Good When You're Bad-Charley Pride-RCA 7. She's Lying-Lee Greenwood-MCA 8. Break It To Me Gently-Juice Newton-Capitol 9. Yesterday's Wine-Merle Haggard and George Jones-Epic 10. I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head And Left My Heart Alone-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA Videos for I Will Always Love You: 1974 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-F4rfU4ns1982 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy_7-ACO6Ac1995 version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XafBLDVtF7Y&feature=related
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 19:05:27 GMT -5
3. A FAST REALITY: Kenny Chesney has the fastest climbing song of the week as Reality scoots twelve to #38. Don't forget Dierks Bentley's "Home"! That one vaulted 12 spots as well, from #53 to #41! ;)
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 11, 2011 19:12:12 GMT -5
3. A FAST REALITY: Kenny Chesney has the fastest climbing song of the week as Reality scoots twelve to #38. Don't forget Dierks Bentley's "Home"! That one vaulted 12 spots as well, from #53 to #41! ;) Corrected. Thanks for the wet noodle treatment. I swear I did not see Dierks Bentley moving up that fast. Thanks!
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Oct 17, 2011 17:50:23 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "God Gave Me You" Blake Shelton Greatest Gainer No. 28 "Reality" Kenny Chesney Hot Shot Debut No. 45 "Red Solo Cup" Toby Keith Debut No. 60 "Amy's Song" Brent Anderson
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 18, 2011 14:58:54 GMT -5
1. GOD GAVE ME #1: You can divide the number of number one hits Blake Shelton has by two as a dividing line of where his career stands. This week, he collects chart topper #10 in God Gave Me You. This is his fifth consecutive #1 hit. Now, to analyze his career between his first five #1s to his most recent stretch: 1. Austin-2001-chart wise, his biggest hit 2. The Baby-2003 3. Some Beach-2004 4. Home-2008 5. She Wouldn't Be Gone-2009 During this time he was inconsistent on the charts and was not winning awards. Now, let us go into the second half of his chart topping hits: 1. Hillbilly Bone-with Trace Adkins-2010 2. All About Tonight-2010 3. Who Are You When I'm Not Looking-2011 4. Honey Bee-2011 5. God Gave Me You-2011 Now, he has been consistent and winning awards (he is the reigning C.M.A. Male Vocalist). His profile has been increased, thanks to The Voice. Oh, by the way, Shelton is the first artist this year with three #1 hits. 2. STRAIT EQUALS TWITTY: At #2 for the week is George Strait with Here For A Good Time. This is the 52nd time Strait has been in the top two in country music (44 #1s and 8 #2s). This matches Conway Twitty's collection of top twos (40 #1s and 12 #2s). They each have the largest collection of top two hits in country music. 3. CHRIS LEDOUX LIVES: Brantley Gilbert collects his first top ten hit in Country Must Be Country Wide (at #8). He name checks Chris LeDoux and it becomes the third top ten hit that does so following two by Garth Brooks. They are: 1. Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old-1989-#8 2. Good Ride Cowboy-2005-#3 LeDoux died of liver cancer in 2005. 4. CURRINGTON'S FAST DOG: Billy Currington has the fastest climbing song of the week with Like My Dog. It walks its way fifteen to #38. 5. CAN HE?: Toby Keith has the Hot Shot Debut of the week with Red Solo Cup (at #45). It is the follow up to his 20th #1, Made In America. If it hits the top ten, it will be the first time in two years he has had consecutive top tens. They were American Ride (#1 in 2009) and Cryin' For Me Wayman's Song (#6 in 2010). 6. IDOL HISTORY: Scotty McCreery debuts at #1 on the country albums chart with his debut CD, Clear As Day. He becomes the second Idol winner to have a #1 CD following Carrie Underwood who has three (Some Hearts-2005, Carnival Ride-2007, and Play On-2009). 7. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping songs in 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, and 1986: 2006: Would You Go With Me-Josh Turner-MCA 2001: Where I Come From-Alan Jackson-Arista 1996: Believe Me Baby I Lied-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 1991: Keep It Between The Lines-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 1986: Just Another Love-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 8. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Collin was the Raye of sunshine on the country charts during the 1990s. These are his ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 or #2 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. Love, Me-1992-3-17 2. I Can Still Feel You-1998-2-23 3. In This Life-1992-2-19 4. My Kind Of Girl-1995-1-18 5. On The Verge-1997-2-19 (#2) 6. One Boy, One Girl-1995-2-16 (#2) 7. Little Rock-1994-1-17 (#2) 8. Every Second-1992-1-17 (#2) 9. What The Heart Wants-1997-1-15 (#2) 10. Someone You Used To Know-1998 (#3) 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Toby Keith had the most played song during the 1990s with Should've Been A Cowboy (#1 in 1993). Keith passed the baton to Tim McGraw who had the top played song during the 2000s with Something Like That, our #1 hit twelve years ago this week. Remember when McGraw and his label, Curb Records had a good relationship with each other (I do-I think it was during the Washington administration)? Anyway, McGraw started with Curb in 1992. He came into his own in 1994 with the Not A Moment Too Soon CD when it produced a quintet of top tens: 1. Indian Outlaw-1994-#8 2. Don't Take The Girl-1994-#1 3. Down On The Farm-1994-#2 4. Not A Moment Too Soon-1995-#1 5. Refried Dreams-1995-#5 He continued his winning ways with the All I Want CD in 1995 with these hits: 1. I Like It, I Love It-1995-#1-the year's biggest hit 2. Can't Be Really Gone-1995-#2 3. All I Want Is A Life-1996-#5 4. She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart-1996-#1 5. Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It-1997-#4 The Everywhere CD became the first country CD to yield a sextet of top two hits: 1. It's Your Love-with Faith Hill-1997-#1-the year's biggest hit 2. Everywhere-1997-#1 3. Just To See You Smile-1998-#1-the year's biggest hit 4. One Of These Days-1998-#2 5. Where The Green Grass Grows-1998-#1 6. For A Little While-1999-#2 Between titles #4 and #5, he managed his second top ten hit with Hill (his wife) with Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me (#3). Firmly established as a superstar, McGraw released his fifth CD in 1999 called A Place In The Sun. The first single was the Rodney Crowell composition, Please Remember Me (#1 for five weeks). Then he followed it up with another five week #1, Something Like That. That song was released in July and became his tenth chart topper in September (I am showing the top ten chart where it spent its fifth and final week at #1). He had the following hits in 2000: 1. My Best Friend-#1 2. Some Things Never Change-#7 3. Let's Make Love-with Hill-#6 4. My Next Thirty Years-#1 Titles #1, #2, and #4 came from A Place In The Sun while title #3 came from the Hill CD, Breathe. While title #4 was on the charts, the relationship between McGraw and Curb was tested for the first time. McGraw wanted to release his next studio album, Set This Circus Down. However, Curb put out the first hits CD of McGraw's career instead. McGraw went along with Curb and released Circus in 2001. Fast forward eight years when Nielsen Broadcast Data System did research on the most played songs and artists. In December, 2009 McGraw was honored twice for the following: 1. Something Like That was not only the most played country song, but the most played song in ANY genre (487,000 plays). 2. McGraw was the most programmed artist in ANY genre (almost eight million spins for his records). 2011 started on a strong note for McGraw when Felt Good On My Lips was a #1 for him (off his millionth greatest hits CD called Number One Hits). However, Curb decided to sue McGraw because they claimed the songs he recorded for his next CD (supposed to be called Emotional Traffic) were recorded right after his last studio CD, Southern Voice. McGraw claims he is producing a CD under the terms of his contract. They will meet in court next month. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 1999: 1. SOMETHING LIKE THAT-TIM MCGRAW-CURB 2. I Love You-Martina McBride-RCA 3. Ready To Run-Dixie Chicks-Monument 4. I'm Already Taken-Steve Wariner-Capitol 5. What Do You Say To That-George Strait-MCA 6. Lonely And Gone-Montgomery Gentry-Columbia 7. She's In Love-Mark Wills-Mercury 8. Home To You-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 9. Amazed-Lonestar-BNA 10. Lesson In Leavin'-Jo Dee Messina-Curb
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Oct 24, 2011 17:31:38 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "God Gave Me You" Blake Shelton Greatest Gainer No. 19 "I Don't Want This Night To End" Luke Bryan Hot Shot Debut No. 45 "You Gonna Fly" Keith Urban Debut No. 54 "Home Sweet Home" The Farm Debut No. 56 "My Hometown" Uncle Kracker Debut No. 58 "Saturday Night" Wade Bowen Debut No. 59 "(Kissed You) Good Night" Gloriana Debut No. 60 "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" George Strait
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 26, 2011 9:44:20 GMT -5
1. STILL #1: Blake Shelton continues to have the #1 song in America with God Gave Me You. In the meantime, he has spent seven weeks at #1 this year, more than any artist with these hits: 1. Who Are You When I'm Not Looking-1 2. Honey Bee-4 3. God Gave Me You-2 so far 2. AMY'S FAST: Brent Anderson has the fastest climbing song of the week with Amy's Song. It vaults eleven to #49. 3. NOT BAD: For a non-single, Toby Keith is having fun with Red Solo Cup. It moves nine to #36. 4. THE FOURTH TIME: Jason Aldean is in familiar territory this year-the top ten. He started 2011 in the top ten with My Kinda Party (#2) and then racked up two chart toppers: Don't You Wanna Stay with Kelly Clarkson and Dirt Road Anthem. He is in the top ten for the fourth time this year with Tattoos On This Town (at #10). 5. WILDFLOWER HISTORY: Arriving at the #2 spot on the country albums chart is Lauren Alaina with Wildflower. She is the first runner up of American Idol to chart a country album and thus, is the highest placing for a runner up. 6. A 00S LOOK: These were the chart topping songs during the last week of October during the 2000s: 2000: The Little Girl-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 2001: Where I Come From-Alan Jackson-Arista 2002: Somebody Like You-Keith Urban-Capitol 2003: Tough Little Boys-Gary Allan-MCA 2004: I Hate Everything-George Strait-MCA 2005: Better Life-Keith Urban-Capitol 2006: I Loved Her First-Heartland-Lofton Creek 2007: Don't Blink-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2008: She Never Cried In Front Of Me-Toby Keith-Show Dog 2009: Only You Can Love Me This Way-Keith Urban-Capitol 7. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: The Oak Ridge Boys started as the Oak Ridge Quartet. That name lasted from 1945-1961. Then they became the Boys from 1961-present. They originally sang gospel music between 1945-1977. Then they switched over to country music. These are their ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. No Matter How High-1990-1-21 2. Gonna Take A Lot Of River-1988-1-15 3. This Crazy Love-1987-1-15 4. It Takes A Little Rain To Make Love Grow-1987-1-14 5. Make My Life With You-1985-1-14 6. American Made-1983-1-13 7. Little Things-1985-1-13 8. Everyday-1984-1-13 9. Touch A Hand, Make A Friend-1985-1-13 10. Trying To Love Two Women-1980-1-12 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The Oak Ridge Boys have 17 #1 hits. Their first fifteen features the vocals of William Lee Golden while their last two have Steve Sanders singing along. The Sanders-led Boys had the #1 single 23 years ago this week with Gonna Take A Lot Of River. We will start the story in 1986. That year marked nine years that the Oak Ridge Boys became a country act. By 1986, they released 30 singles (29 top 40s, 27 major hits, 25 top tens, and 13 #1 hits). In 1986, they had three major hits: 1. Come On In You Did The Best You Could Do-#3 2. Juliet-#15 (I wonder if Elvira and Bobbie Sue like her) 3. When You Get To The Heart-with Barbara Mandrell-#20 It was during this time that dissention was running rampant amongst the Boys (other members include Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, and Richard Sterban). For six years, Golden stopped cutting his hair and stopped shaving his beard, creating a 'mountain man' persona. The other three members wanted Golden to take his grooming seriously. I think it was due to the rise in new groups in country that the Boys were competing with (like Restless Heart, Forester Sisters, and Sawyer Brown along with recent pop to country conversions Exile and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). They were already competing with the Statler Brothers since 1977 and Alabama since 1980. Also, new artists like Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, and Steve Earle were on the horizon. How did Golden react? He released a solo CD in 1986 called American Vagabond. The Oaks gave him a second chance. He did not budge. In March, 1987 Golden was asked to leave the group. Sanders took over in May, the same month Golden filed a $40 million lawsuit (the matter was settled out of court). However, that was not the only change concerning the Oaks. Ron Chancey, their producer between 1977-1986 was replaced by Jimmy Bowen, then president of MCA Nashville. Bowen produced their first CD in 1987 called Where The Fast Lane Ends. It still had Golden on vocals. It yielded two chart topping hits that year: It Takes A Little Rain To Make Love Grow and This Crazy Love. Then Sanders finally recorded his vocals for the next CD, Heartbeat. It yielded two major hits when Time In reached #17 in 1987 and True Heart hit #5 in 1988. Sanders literally stepped up to the microphone and took over lead vocals for the next CD, Monongahela. Gonna Take A Lot Of River was considered for the previous CD, Heartbeat but was put on this CD. The single was released in July and became the 'sweet sixteenth' #1 for the Oaks in October. Two other singles from the CD hit the top ten. They are: 1. Bridges And Walls-1989-#10 2. Beyond Those Years-1989-#7 A greatest hits CD was next, followed by their last successful CD for MCA Records called American Dreams. Two top tens were produced: 1. An American Family-1989-#4 2. No Matter How High-1990-#1 The follow up to title #2 was Baby, You'll Be My Baby which barely made it on the charts. After 13 lucky years with MCA, they switched over to RCA Records (Alabama's and Restless Heart's home). They gleaned a top 40 hit in 1991 with their version of You're My Soul And Inspiration (#31) and their last top ten in Lucky Moon (#6). Three more RCA releases did not fare well, so they were dropped in 1992. However, Sanders was starting to experience a lot of personal problems which were starting to impact the group. He gave the Oaks notice that he would leave in late 1995. He decided to leave them mere hours before a concert. Re-enter Golden. He rejoined the Oaks on January 1, 1996. Two and a half years later, Sanders committed suicide in June, 1998. 2011 has been a great year for the Oaks. First, they were made members of the Grand Ole Opry (about time). Second, their latest CD was released called It's Only Natural which contains a new version of Gonna Take A Lot Of River. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 29, 1988: 1. GONNA TAKE A LOT OF RIVER-OAK RIDGE BOYS-MCA 2. Darlene-T. Graham Brown-Capitol 3. Summer Wind-Desert Rose Band-MCA 4. Runaway Train-Rosanne Cash-Columbia 5. Blue To The Bone-Sweethearts of the Rodeo-Columbia 6. New Shade Of Blue-Southern Pacific-Warner Bros. 7. What Do You Want From Me This Time-Foster & Lloyd-RCA 8. Desperatley-Don Williams-Capitol 9. I'll Leave This World Loving You-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 10. I've Been Lookin'-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Oct 31, 2011 18:27:17 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "God Gave Me You" Blake Shelton Greatest Gainer No. 3 "Sparks Fly" Taylor Swift Hot Shot Debut No. 52 "Georgia Peaches" Lauren Alaina
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