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Post by tim on Aug 13, 2018 4:33:30 GMT -5
Welcome back everyone as we continue to celebrate the ladies of country music!
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 11:50:43 GMT -5
Who is ready to kick this off?! The first three artists to be featured also all finished in the top 3 for 80's Ladies.  |
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 11:50:58 GMT -5
Reba McEntire The winner of the 80's Ladies of Country makes her return for what would be yet another record breaking decade. Reba saw a string of successes in the 90's including eight #1's and 19 top 10 singles. She would go on to receive numerous accolades including the 1994 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Award and the winner of six consecutive American Music Award's for Favorite Female Country Artist.
Tragedy would strike in March of 1991 when a plane carrying her band members crashed near San Diego after a concert. She would lose eight members of her band along with the pilot and co-pilot. Reba dedicated her next album For My Broken Heart to the memories of her former bandmates.
Featured for this rankdown is Reba's 1991 top 10 hit "Fancy." |
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 12:08:12 GMT -5
Dolly Parton Our runner-up from 80's Ladies also left a trailblazing path for yet another decade. Although she no longer saw much success at radio during the 90's, Dolly would continue releasing platinum selling albums and record successful duets such as the #1 "Rockin' Years" with Ricky Van Shelton and re-recording her hit "I Will Always Love With" with Vince Gill which would go on to win the CMA Vocal Event of the Year Award.
Dolly Parton was officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.
Selected for the rankdown is her 1991 top 40 hit "Eagle When She Flies." |
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 12:28:21 GMT -5
The Judds Our second runner-up featured in 80's Ladies still remained a driving force into the early 90's. The Judds would go on to win the 1990 and 1991 CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Award and released the album Love Can Build a Bridge in late 1990 which included the hit "Born to Be Blue."
With the diagnosis of Naomi's Hepatitis C, The Judds announced a Farewell Tour that would extend into late 1991. On December 4, 1991, they performed what would then be their final show at the Murphy Center in Tennessee. The show was recorded and broadcasted as a live show for cable television.
Selected for their rankdown is their 1992 Grammy Award winning song "Love Can Build a Bridge." |
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 12:51:52 GMT -5
That's it for today folks. I'll return tomorrow with more songs as we'll see a few more 80's Ladies make their return into the 90's!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 1, 2018 13:22:01 GMT -5
please tag me in all the reveals. I'm excited for this one!
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Post by tim on Sept 1, 2018 17:18:16 GMT -5
please tag me in all the reveals. I'm excited for this one! Will do! If anyone else would like to be tagged as I reveal the songs let me know. In total there will be 50 songs included for this rankdown. |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 16:25:48 GMT -5
K.T. Oslin The 80's lady herself and inspiration for the original rankdown returns for an encore in which two of her hits "I'll Always Come Back" and "80's Ladies" were featured in the previous rankdown. Although K.T. Oslin never achieved the same success at radio as she did in the 80's her influence lived on well into the 90's. K.T. released her first Greatest Hits compilation in 1993 which included all of her hits from the late 80's and early 90's.
Featured for the rankdown is her 1990 #1 hit "Come Next Monday”. |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 16:40:34 GMT -5
Holly Dunn The late Holly Dunn returns for another appearance. Holly released her fifth studio album Heart Full of Love in 1990 as well as her first hits compilation Milestones: Greatest Hits in 1991 featuring such songs as her first top five hit "Love Someone Like Me" and the iconic "Daddy's Hands" which was featured in the previous rankdown.
Selected for this rankdown is Holly's last #1 hit "You Really Had Me Going." |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 17:14:02 GMT -5
Tanya Tucker Yet another 80's lady makes an appearance! Tanya Tucker was just hitting her commercial stride in the late 80's and would go on to release a string of gold and platinum selling albums in the 90's including 1991's What Do I Do With Me, 1992's Can't Run From Yourself, and 1993's Soon. Between 1990 and 1997 she would accumulate a total of thirteen top 10 singles including the hits "Walking Shoes," "Some Kind of Trouble," "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," "It's A Little Too Late," and "Little Things." For her success she would be awarded the 1991 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Award.
Featured for this rankdown is Tanya's 1991 hit "Down To My Last Teardrop." |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 2, 2018 17:32:17 GMT -5
{Gasp! "Come Next Monday" is so cute!}Tag me please.  |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 17:34:32 GMT -5
Carlene Carter Our first new artist to debut for this rankdown is the great Carlene Carter. The daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, Carlene has recorded over twelve albums and released more than twenty singles. She saw commercial success with her first album I Fell In Love in 1990 which included the hits "Come On Back" and "The Sweetest Thing." Her next release Little Love Letters would go on to see even greater success including the top 3 hit "Every Little Thing" in 1993.
Showcased for this rankdown is her first top 5 hit "I Fell In Love." |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 18:05:31 GMT -5
Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is our first Canadian female country artist to be featured! Michelle released her first American single "New Kind of Love" in 1990 and was added as the opening act for Kenny Roger's 1991 tour. It was her 1992 album Now and Then that would propel her to more success in the States and she would go on to be awarded the 1993 Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
For her success Michelle was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011.
Selected for this rankdown is her top 10 hit "Take It Like A Man" which was most recently featured in Cody Wants Out... 's 1992 Songs Rankdown. |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -5
Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne first got her start on TNN's Nashville Now which would help earn her a recording contract with Epic Records. Lynne went on to place several songs on the country charts between 1989 and 1991 and released multiple critically acclaimed albums. She was awarded the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist in 1990.
Frustrated with the lack of control over her image and musical direction, Lynne disappeared from recording for several years. She returned in 1999 with the album I Am Shelby Lynne which would go on to propel her to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2001.
Selected for this rankdown is Shelby's 1993 country hit "Feelin' Kind of Lonely Tonight." |
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Post by tim on Sept 2, 2018 19:48:49 GMT -5
Pam Tillis Pam Tillis first signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1981 and released nine singles and one album, but it wasn't until she switched to Arista Nashville in 1989 that would bring her commercial success. Her first single "Don't Tell Me What To Do" became a top 5 hit in 1991 and was included on her debut album Put Yourself in My Place which spawned two additional top ten hits including her signature hit “Maybe It Was Memphis”. Pam went on to see greater success in the mid 90's with such top 5 hits as "Shake the Sugar Tree," "Let That Pony Run," "When You Walk In the Room," as well as her first #1 "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" in 1995.
Pam was awarded the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Award in 1994 and went on to be nominated for five consecutive years between 1993 and 1997.
Highlighted from Pam’s discography is the Dean Dillon-penned hit from 1997 “All the Good Ones Are Gone”. |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 12:34:51 GMT -5
Lisa Brokop Lisa Brokop is our second Canadian country music female artist to be featured for this rankdown and yet another artist whose career was helped by TNN and The Ralph Emery Show. Lisa released four albums during the 90's with her second release Every Little Girl's Dream being certified gold. In 1995 Lisa was nominated for the ACM Top New Female Vocalist award.
Featured for the rankdown is Lisa's 1994 top 15 hit "Give Me a Ring Sometime." |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 12:56:50 GMT -5
Kelly Willis  Kelly Willis first got the attention of singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (who was previously featured in 80's Ladies) and was later introduced to Tony Brown where to signed with MCA Records in 1989. She released her debut album
Well Travelled Love in 1990 which featured the singles "I Don't Want to Love You" and "River of Love." Also featured on the album was the song "Drive South" which another upcoming 90's female artist would take to the top 5 in 1992. Kelly's self-titled 1993 album also featured a cover of "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" which The Kendalls recorded and took to #1 in 1977.
Unhappy with the direction in which her music was being marketed, Kelly left MCA in 1994 and further frustrated by the music industry she began to record additional albums on her own. Kelly currently resides in Austin and is married to singer-songwriter Bruce Robison who together continue to perform and release music independently.
Featured is Kelly's highest charting hit from 1991 "Baby Take a Piece of My Heart." |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 13:17:59 GMT -5
Suzy Bogguss Previously featured in the 80's Ladies rankdown from the Class of '89 is Suzy Bogguss. Suzy released her second album Moment of Truth in 1990 which featured the minor hits "Under the Gun" and All Things Made New Again." With the release of her third Aces in 1991 she would go on to see three of its singles reach the top 10 including the title track and "Letting Go." Buoyed by her success she was awarded the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1992. Suzy's next release Voices in the Wind contained the #2 hit "Drive South" which was hinted at in the previous reveal for Kelly Willis.
Suzy's string of hits continued into the mid 90's as her album Something Up My Sleeve spawned two top 10 singles including the hits "Just Like the Weather" and "Hey Cinderella." Suzy released two additional albums in 1996 and 1998 which included the singles "Give Me Some Wheels" and "Somebody To Love."
Selected for the rankdown is Suzy's 1992 top 10 hit "Outbound Plane." |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 3, 2018 13:20:59 GMT -5
"Outbound Plane" is a great song! Glad to see that be picked for her!
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 20:04:02 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 20:25:07 GMT -5
Lari White Lari White first gained national attention in 1988 as the winner on You Can Be A Star which aired on TNN. She signed to RCA Records in 1992 and released her debut album Lead Me Not which was produced by Rodney Crowell. Her breakthrough album came in 1994 with the release of Wishes and spawned three top ten hits including "That's My Baby" and "That's How You Know (When You're In Love)." The album would later be certified gold. Her first hits compilation The Best of Lari White was released in 1997 which included the top 20 duet with Travis Tritt "Helping Me Get Over You." She also ventured into acting and starred along side Tom Hanks in Cast Away as well as Country Strong with Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw.
Lari recently passed away on January 23, 2018, from carcinoma cancer. Highlighted from her discography is the 1994 top 5 hit "Now I Know." |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 20:38:22 GMT -5
Kathy Mattea Another artist featured in 80's Ladies makes her return! Kathy rode into the 90's with the release of her successful album Willow in the Wind which featured such classics as "Where've You Been" and "She Came From Fort Worth." in 1990 Kathy won the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Award and was also nominated for the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award. She released her first greatest hits package A Collection of Hits in 1991 which spawned the top 10 hit "A Few Good Things Remain." Kathy released three additional albums in the 90's and scored more hits with "Time Passes By," "Lonesome Standard Time," "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)," and "455 Rocket" which would win her another CMA award for Music Video of the Year.
Selected for this rankdown is Kathy's top 3 hit from early 1994 "Walking Away a Winner." |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 3, 2018 21:57:51 GMT -5
I feel like I wouldn’t pick any of those Martina songs... Lol. “A Broken Wing” is definitely ready to be retired for awhile (I think it’s been in more rankdowns than any other country song!), “Independence Day” is too obvious to be a contender to win that people are going to tank it, “Happy Girl” is very polarizing, even if it is less frequently used in rankdowns... I guess “My Baby Loves Me” is a good choice, but wouldn’t be my first choice. Imo the best example of a classic ‘90s Martina song that is not worn out by lots of rankdowns would be “Whatever You Say”... Is it too late to have that one be an option?? ❤️ |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 22:09:48 GMT -5
I feel like I wouldn’t pick any of those Martina songs... Lol. “A Broken Wing” is definitely ready to be retired for awhile (I think it’s been in more rankdowns than any other country song!), “Independence Day” is too obvious to be a contender to win that people are going to tank it, “Happy Girl” is very polarizing, even if it is less frequently used in rankdowns... I guess “My Baby Loves Me” is a good choice, but wouldn’t be my first choice. Imo the best example of a classic ‘90s Martina song that is not worn out by lots of rankdowns would be “Whatever You Say”... Is it too late to have that one be an option?? ❤️ Funny you mention "Whatever You Say" because I almost included that in the list of songs and I also agree that "A Broken Wing" likely needs to be retired. That said, my thought process for selecting the songs I did was to showcase female empowerment and/or the artists biggest hits from the 90's decade. I ran into trouble with Martina because of how many songs she has already had covered in rankdowns. I'm going to keep "Whatever You Say" in mind though  On a side note I happen to love "Happy Girl"  |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 3, 2018 22:22:06 GMT -5
I feel like I wouldn’t pick any of those Martina songs... Lol. “A Broken Wing” is definitely ready to be retired for awhile (I think it’s been in more rankdowns than any other country song!), “Independence Day” is too obvious to be a contender to win that people are going to tank it, “Happy Girl” is very polarizing, even if it is less frequently used in rankdowns... I guess “My Baby Loves Me” is a good choice, but wouldn’t be my first choice. Imo the best example of a classic ‘90s Martina song that is not worn out by lots of rankdowns would be “Whatever You Say”... Is it too late to have that one be an option?? ❤️ Funny you mention "Whatever You Say" because I almost included that in the list of songs and I also agree that "A Broken Wing" likely needs to be retired. That said, my thought process for selecting the songs I did was to showcase female empowerment and/or the artists biggest hits from the 90's decade. I ran into trouble with Martina because of how many songs she has already had covered in rankdowns. I'm going to keep "Whatever You Say" in mind though On a side note I happen to love "Happy Girl" Yeah, she’s one of those artists who just has too many career-defining songs in this era for the decision to be easy! It’ll be the same problem for Faith, Shania, Trisha, and many of their peers. But for what it’s worth, I don’t know how these songs were received in-the-moment, but I think WYS has gone on to be a much bigger hit for her than “Happy Girl” was  “Safe In The Arms Of Love” would also be a great option, but unfortunately it is definitely not one of her biggest hits :( |
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Post by tim on Sept 3, 2018 22:28:31 GMT -5
Yeah, she’s one of those artists who just has too many career-defining songs in this era for the decision to be easy! It’ll be the same problem for Faith, Shania, Trisha, and many of their peers. But for what it’s worth, I don’t know how these songs were received in-the-moment, but I think WYS has gone on to be a much bigger hit for her than “Happy Girl” was  “Safe In The Arms Of Love” would also be a great option, but unfortunately it is definitely not one of her biggest hits  I considered "Safe In the Arms of Love" but saw that it wasn't as well received in her full artist rankdown so opted not to go with that one as an option. There's no doubt that "Whatever You Say" is the bigger hit of the two, but I like how the lyrics of "Happy Girl" ties back into my female empowerment thought process but would also expect it to be somewhat more of a polarizing choice. I don't think I can edit the poll but I might make an adjustment in the comments that if anyone would like to change there vote to "Whatever You Say" just to PM me and I'll gladly except it! |
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Post by austin on Sept 4, 2018 7:17:01 GMT -5
I love “Happy Girl” and would love to see it included in this, as it’s different than the songs she normally has in Rankdowns.
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 16:36:47 GMT -5
Lorrie Morgan  Previously featured in the Class of '89 for 80's Ladies, Lorrie Morgan makes her return for another decade. Lorrie kicked off the 90's with her #1 hit single "Five Minutes" from her debut album Leave the Light On. Her initial success earned her two CMA nominations in 1990 for both the Horizon Award and Female Vocalist of the Year; her duet "Til A Tear Becomes A Rose" with Keith Whitely would bring her first CMA award for Vocal Event of the Year. Lorrie would follow-up with her platinum selling album Something in Red which spawned the top 3 hit "We Both Walk." Lorrie's third album Watch Me would also be certified platinum and would include the #1 hit "What Part of No" as well as the hits "Watch Me" and "I Guess You Had To Be There." Lorrie's string of hits would continue throughout the decade including "Back in Your Arms Again" from her first Greatest Hits compilation and the top 5 "Good As I Was To You" in 1997.
Selected for the rankdown is Lorrie's 1995 #1 hit "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 17:03:58 GMT -5
Mary Chapin Carpenter  Mary Chapin Carpenter was our last featured artist from the Class of '89 and makes her return for what would be both a commercially successful and critically acclaimed decade. Mary released her third studio album Shooting Straight in the Dark which spawned the Grammy Award-winning song "Down at the Twist and Shout." That same year Mary would receive her first CMA nomination for the Horizon Award. In 1992 she released her quadruple selling album Come On Come On which spawned seven charting singles including the hits "I Feel Lucky," "Passionate Kisses," and "I Take My Chances." Mary would be awarded the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in both 1992 and 1993. Mary's next album Stones in the Road included the #1 hit "Shut Up and Kiss Me" and it would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 1995. Mary was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Country Female Vocal Performance for four consecutive years from 1992-1995 for the previously mentioned "Down at the Twist and Shout" as well as "I Feel Lucky," "Passionate Kisses," and "Shut Up and Kiss Me."
Carpenter has also written songs for a variety of other artists including Terri Clark's hit "No Fear" and "Where Are You Now" which Trisha Yearwood recorded for her album Real Live Woman.
Showcased from Mary's vast discography is her 1994 #2 hit "He Thinks He'll Keep Her." |
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