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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 15, 2014 13:20:12 GMT -5
Why did Andy completely drop off after If Heaven? His next single peaked at #59, and "I Never Had a Chance" didn't even have a chance at charting.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 15, 2014 13:58:08 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Julianne Hough Single: "That Song In My Head" Writers: Jim Collins, Wendell Mobley, Tony Martin Album: Julianne Hough Label: Mercury Nashville Video Director: Trey Fanjoy Year Released: March 3, 2008 Mediabase Peak: #16 Billboard Peak: #18
Julianne Hough is a 25 year old singer/dancer/and actress from Orem, Utah. Julianne stared her performing career as an actress in the First Harry Potter movie as a Hogwarts schoolgirl. She was most successful in her teenage years as a dancer, and was cast to be on the quick rising show Dancing With The Stars. She won season 4 with Apollo Anton Ohno, and won season 5 in 2007 with Helio Castroneves. Due to her pursing a country music career, she ended her run in late 2008. She had a promotional single in 2007 released to iTunes called "Will You Dance With Me" in 2007. She signed with Mercury Nashville in late 2007 and released her debut single "That Song In My Head" in March of 2008. The song was written by Jim Collins ("The Good Stuff", "Big Green Tractor", "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"), Wendell Mobley ("There Goes My Life", "Fast Cars Ans Freedom", "How Country Feels"), and Tony Marin ("Third Rock From The Sun", "Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye", "Just To See You Smile"). The song would peak at #16 in the Summer of 2008 and set up the release of her debut self-titled album.
Unfortunately her second single "My Hallelujah Song" only got to #42 on Mediabase. She released "Is That So Wrong" in 2010 and was supposed to be off her second album entitled Spitfire, but the single never charted and since then she has focused on her acting career. She has stated that she plans on releasing more music but it hasn't materialized as of yet. Her last charting single "Is That So Wrong" was written by herself with Sarah Buxton and veteran writer Blair Daly.
I saw Julianne in 2008 when she opened for Brad Paisley. I remember being very impressed by her stage presence and the quality of her vocals. It was pretty obvious she had an experienced stage presence and was good in front of an audience. I always liked the uniqueness of her singing voice. She wasn't the best female vocalists, but the sound of her vocals always appealed to me. "That Song In My Head" was a song that really grew on me. I didn't care for it at first but grew to enjoy it to the point of purchasing it. It also gives me memories of that summer of 2008. Perhaps the memories of that year is why I like hearing this song again the most.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 15:22:42 GMT -5
Good song! I would agree that, although Julianne may not have the best vocals, the uniqueness she has is extraordinary. I loved her debut album, and I really loved "Is That So Wrong." I was sad to see that one fail, because it's superb. I never enjoy when works leak, because I know they work hard to prevent that from happening. However, I was glad that fans got to hear her sophomore album, considering they don't plan on releasing that. I would love for her to come back to music, but I don't know what plans she has right now.
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 15, 2014 16:20:13 GMT -5
Why did Andy completely drop off after If Heaven? His next single peaked at #59, and "I Never Had a Chance" didn't even have a chance at charting. And why did he suddenly get dropped after that? This I Gotta See yielded 2 top 5 hits and he couldn't even get a lead single to try and bounce back? I never understood that.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 15, 2014 17:20:59 GMT -5
This article suggests that Andy and RCA had different visions about his career, and he wanted more creative control than they were giving him. If it was known that he was leaving at that time it may be that RCA wasn't really promoting his singles after "If Heaven." Neither of the subsequent singles had videos ("If Heaven" was his last video), which I think lends some support to the lack of promotion theory.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 16, 2014 14:31:53 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Keith Urban Single: "Tonight I Wanna Cry" Writers: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Album: Be Here Label: Capitol Nashville Video Director: Chris Hicky Year Released: November 21, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #2 Billboard Peak: #2
Keith Urban has been one of the superstars of country music since the early 2000's. His major label debut single "It's A Love Thing" (#18) is the only time he has ever missed the top 10 in his career. This was right after he had been part of The Ranch for two years who made one album for Capitol in 1997. After "It's A Love Thing", he hit the top 5 with "Your Everything". His third release "But For The Grace Of God" would be his first #1 single. The lead for his second album Golden Road was "Somebody Like You". The single went on to spend 6 weeks at #! and reach 41 total weeks on the charts. Billboard would name it the top single of the decade in December of 2009. Some of his other #1's throughout the 2000's were "You'll Think Of Me", "Days Go By", "Better Life", "You Look Good In My Shirt", "Only You Can Love Me This Way", "Long Hot Summer" and his most recent chart topper "We Were Us" with Miranda Lambert.
"Tonight I Wanna Cry" was the 5th and final single from his multi-platinum album Be Here. The song was released Thanksgiving week of 2005. It was written by Keith and Monty Powell, who has helped Keith write many songs of his including "Days Go By", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" and "Sweet Thing". After debuting at #46 on Radio and Records in November of 2005, it would fly up the charts, but just miss out of #1 thanks to Rascal Flatts' "What Hurts The Most". The song would finish #7 on Billboards 2006 Year End Chart. Here were the top 10 singles the week that Keith reached #2 on Radio and Records in 2006.
Week Ending: 4/7/2006
1. Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most 2. Keith Urban - Tonight I Wanna Cry 3. Bon Jovi w/Jennifer Nettles - Who Says You Can't Go Home 4. Toby Keith - Get Drunk And Be Somebody 5. Blake Shelton - Nobody But Me 6. Kenny Chesney - Living In Fast Forward 7. Montgomery Gentry - She Don't Tell Me To 8. Brooks & Dunn - Believe 9. Jack Ingram - Wherever You Are 10. Jason Aldean - Why
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 16, 2014 22:47:22 GMT -5
This article suggests that Andy and RCA had different visions about his career, and he wanted more creative control than they were giving him. If it was known that he was leaving at that time it may be that RCA wasn't really promoting his singles after "If Heaven." Neither of the subsequent singles had videos ("If Heaven" was his last video), which I think lends some support to the lack of promotion theory. Thanks for the link. I guess it was a classic grass isn't always greener case. He left RCA to get more creative control and wound up going nowhere. I thought both of his indie singles that followed were subpar anyways.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 17, 2014 0:13:37 GMT -5
For St. Patrick's Day: Artist: The Irish Rovers Single: "Wasn't That a Party" Writer: Thomas R. Paxton Album: The Rovers (Canadian version); Wasn't That a Party (U.S. version) Label: Attic Year Released: 1980 Billboard Peak: #45 The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group formed in 1963, named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover." A detailed biography can be found here (I plan to start linking to biographies when I post a video to save some time). "Wasn't That a Party" is from an album titled The Rovers in Canada and Wasn't That a Party in the U.S. It was the same album but with different covers. It was released on Attic in Canada; I'm not sure what label the U.S. release was on. They had temporarily shortened their name to the Rovers but were still commonly referred to as the Irish Rovers (much like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band temporarily changing their name to the Dirt Band). The song reached #37 on the Hot 100 and #45 on the Billboard country chart. Their only other country chart appearance was "Pain in My Past" (#77 in 1982). They also had one Top 10 pop hit in the U.S. ("The Unicorn," #7 in 1968). That song also reached #2 on the AC chart. As far as I can tell there was no official video; this is a user-created video.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 17, 2014 8:06:57 GMT -5
^That cat should lay off the Budweiser!
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 17, 2014 14:16:14 GMT -5
^Me (burp) ow.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 17, 2014 14:20:26 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Daryle Singletary Single: "Too Much Fun" Writers: Curtis Wright, Jeff Knight Album: Daryle Singletary Label: Giant Records Video Director: Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano Year Released: November 27, 1995 Billboard Peak: #4
Daryle Singletary is a 43 year old singer from Cairo, Georgia. Daryle came to Nashville in the early 90's and was fortunate enough to record demos for various songs. He was gaining momentum as a great demo singer and Randy Travis recommended him to his management team. Daryle was then brought in by Giant Records who signed him in 1994. His debut single was "I'm Living Up To Her Low Expectations" which barely cracked the top 40 (#39). His second would be his breakout single, as "I Let Her Lie" peaked at #2 in 1995 and set up the release for Daryle's self-titled debut album. The third single "Too Much Fun" reached #4 in early 1996, and the final single "Workin' It Out" flopped at #50.
Singletary would only get one more hit with his lead single for his All Because Of You album entitled "Amen Kind Of Love" (#2). He was only able to reach the top 30 one more time for Giant Records in 1998 with "The Note" (#28). Daryle was dropped from the label's roster after "My Baby's Lovin'" peaked at #44 in 1999. In 2000 he would sign with Audium/Koch Entertainment and release his first single with them, which was actually a remake of Savage Garden's pop single "I Knew I Loved You" (#55). However Daryle failed to reach the top 40 with any single from Koch, and the label would close after the release of his That's Why I Sing This Way album in 2002. Singletary made two more albums, one with Sanachie Records titled Straight From The Heart (Mostly a cover album), and another with Koch's newly formed E1 Music entitled Rockin' In The Country in 2009.
"Too Much Fun" was my favorite uptempo song of the 90's. I never really knew who sang it til I was maybe 12 or 13. WYRK played it as much as any recurrent Gold title from the 90's and I was lucky enough to hear it often throughout the early 2000's. Many now know this song as UFC fighter Chael Sonnen's intro music for his fight's. Certainly loved the 90's country music, and I do wish we had more country music like that again, though that's not to say there's not good country now. Just less frequent to my ears. Couldn't believe Daryle was only 43. Seems like his debut album was forever ago. Happy belated birthday to him as well (March 10th).
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Post by Andy on Mar 17, 2014 16:08:33 GMT -5
-The Urban song is one of his best. Should have gone to #1.
-I love Daryle Singletary. Great, pure country voice. The material wasn't always there, but when it was, he was magic. His two covers albums (That's Why I Sing This Way and Straight from the Heart) are outstanding.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 17, 2014 16:32:26 GMT -5
I saw Daryle several years ago at the Alpena County fair. Good stuff. He had some honky tonker named Pete Schlegel opening for him, I think.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 17, 2014 18:47:20 GMT -5
I was going through old charts and I seen this song, and I looked it up and found a video...I'm sure nobody remembers these women?
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Post by someguy on Mar 17, 2014 20:11:14 GMT -5
For St. Patrick's Day: Artist: The Irish Rovers Single: "Wasn't That a Party" Writer: Thomas R. Paxton Album: The Rovers (Canadian version); Wasn't That a Party (U.S. version) Label: Attic Year Released: 1980 Billboard Peak: #45 The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group formed in 1963, named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover." A detailed biography can be found here (I plan to start linking to biographies when I post a video to save some time). "Wasn't That a Party" is from an album titled The Rovers in Canada and Wasn't That a Party in the U.S. It was the same album but with different covers. It was released on Attic in Canada; I'm not sure what label the U.S. release was on. They had temporarily shortened their name to the Rovers but were still commonly referred to as the Irish Rovers (much like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band temporarily changing their name to the Dirt Band). The song reached #37 on the Hot 100 and #45 on the Billboard country chart. Their only other country chart appearance was "Pain in My Past" (#77 in 1982). They also had one Top 10 pop hit in the U.S. ("The Unicorn," #7 in 1968). That song also reached #2 on the AC chart. As far as I can tell there was no official video; this is a user-created video. I had no idea this had actually charted on the Billboard country chart. This is still a live favourite at little dive bars all across Canada haha.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 18, 2014 0:05:15 GMT -5
^At the time I didn't realize it either. I didn't start listening to country radio and paying attention to the country chart until the mid-1980's. I was familiar with the song from airplay on pop radio. I associated it with country because it was included on a K-tel album called Kickin' Country (or some similar title) that a friend of mine had and frequently played at parties. A few other songs I remember being on that album are Mickey Gilley's "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," Bobby Bare's "Numbers," and Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley's "Good Ole Boys."
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 18, 2014 13:41:14 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Julie Roberts Single: "Break Down Here" Writers: Jess Brown, Patrick Jason Matthews Album: Julie Roberts Label: Mercury Nashville Video Director: Steven Goldmann Year Released: February 24, 2004 Billboard Peak: #18
Julie Roberts is a 35 year old singer from Lancaster, South Carolina. After college, Julie went to work for Mercury Nashville as an assistant. While there, she recorded a demo tape with Brent Rowan and the head of the label signed her after hearing it. Her debut single "Break Down Here" was released in early 2004. The song was first recorded by Trace Adkins. Trace's version was off his Comin' On Strong album in 2003 and was under a different title ("I'd Sure Hate To Break Down Here"). "Break Down Here" endured a slow climb up the charts. It's total weeks was 32 and reached a high of #18 in the fall of 2004. Julie's second single from her debut self-titled album was "The Chance" (#47). Her final single from the album was the early 2005 release "Wake Up Older" (#46). The song was written by Lisa Carver who's most recent credited single is "Looking Back Now" by Maggie Rose.
After not releasing a single for over a year, she came back with "Men And Mascara" in mid 2006. The single managed to crack the top #55 on Radio And Records, but never charted at all on Billboard. Mercury still decided to release her Men And Mascara album in June of 2006. The album debuted in the top 5 of the Country Album charts though, despite it's lack of radio success. The other single was the cover of "Girl Next Door" which was originally done by Saving Jane's. "Girl Next Door" did not chart as well. After being let go from Mercury in 2010, Julie self-released her album Alive in 2011, along with 4 EP's from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, she signed with Sun Records, and released the label's first album in over 40 years. Good Wine And Bad Decisions was available to the public in October of 2013.
Hear a lot of "Break Down Here" back in 2004 on WYRK. I used to take drive's with my Dad on the weekend to my Sister's home an hour away in Gowanda, NY, and this song was on many times then. It seemed to be a favorite charting single of the station at the time. I also didn't quite follow the charts as close as I would the following year in 2005, so I first heard it that spring. But I was still hearing it in medium rotation in September, and I remember thinking to myself, "This can't be still on the charts". But it turns out that it indeed was. Ten years ago, 32 weeks for a teens peaking single was quite the accomplishment. Now and days, it's regarded as the norm.
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Post by Andy on Mar 18, 2014 18:25:56 GMT -5
Great song. I'm not particularly familiar with her music, but I thought "Break Down Here" and "Men and Mascara" were excellent.
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Post by tim on Mar 18, 2014 22:30:27 GMT -5
- Daryle Singletary is one of my favorite male vocalists from the mid 90's. "I Let Her Lie" is always a go to song from him. "Amen Kind of Love" was a great follow-up that saw a lot of great music during 1996 (one of the stronger years in country music quality wise).
- I was always frustrated by the slow climb as well as the peak of "Break Down Here." Yet again I'm reminded of the uphill battle female country artists face at radio. Just doesn't make any sense. Not sure if it fits, but it just seems Miranda has the "one of the guys" persona's and has found an in there. We need more variety and other female country voices leading the way at radio.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 18, 2014 23:23:24 GMT -5
Today (or yesterday, depending on time zone) is Charley Pride's 76th birthday. In honor of the occasion here's a video of him performing "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" on the Marty Stuart Show.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 19, 2014 13:01:07 GMT -5
Random Album Cut Of The Day:
Artist: Keith Anderson Song: "Adaliene" Writers: Keith Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Chris Wallin Album: C'mon Label: Columbia Nashville Release Year: August 5, 2008 Producer: Jeffrey Steele
Keith Anderson's sophomore album C'mon was released in August of 2008 under Columbia Nashville after being switched the previous year from Arista. The first single from the album barely cracked top 30 with "Sunday Morning In America" in 2007. The album's second single would prove to be the single to have the album released with "I Still Miss You" (#2). The third single "Somebody Needs A Hug" only peaked at #46 on Mediabase in late 2008, and the fourth and final single "She Could've Been Mine" only managed a peak of #56 in early 2009. Some highlights of the album was a Bob DiPiero and Jeffrey Steele co-write "Break My Heart", along with Keith's version of the song he wrote with John Rich and Rodney Clawson "Lost In This Moment", which Big & Rich took to #1 in July of 2007. There's also a remake of Foster and Lloyd's 1987 top 5 hit "Crazy Over You". Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd also helped with vocals on the track as well. The album was produced by Jeffrey Steele, who co-produced Keith's debut Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll. Some of the backing vocals on the album were by Joanna Cotten, who many remember from her 2007 single "The Prize". Bobby Pinson also lends his help on acoustic guitar as well.
"Adaliene" is track #9 from C'mon. The song was penned by Keith with Steele and Chris Wallin. Wallin helped Steele write "I'm Tryin'" by Trace Adkins, "Something To Be Proud Of" and "Speed" by Montgomery Gentry and "You're In My Head" by Brian McComas. "Adaliene" is the best story song on Keith's album. It talks about a boy's uncle who remembers a former love of his life he lost and the tattoo he got of her on his arm. It takes place on a family barn that the boy's father and his uncle are working on. This is the song that should have followed "I Still Miss You" and not the sub-par single "Somebody Needs A Hug", which is probably the song that ended Keith's radio career and his deal with Columbia. To this day I have no good explanation on why they decided not to release this song. Especially with the awful song that they picked in front of it. "She Could've Been Mine" was a good song, but by then it came too late in the eyes of country radio, as Keith had next to no momentum left. The second verses lyrics are my favorite part of this song.
By the way - pretty cool video visual here for Adaliene, which always helps enjoy watching it. :)
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Post by matty005 on Mar 19, 2014 21:39:13 GMT -5
Random Album Cut Of The Day:Artist: Keith Anderson Song: "Adaliene" Writers: Keith Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Chris Wallin Album: C'monLabel: Columbia Nashville Release Year: August 5, 2008 Producer: Jeffrey Steele Keith Anderson's sophomore album C'mon was released in August of 2008 under Columbia Nashville after being switched the previous year from Arista. The first single from the album barely cracked top 30 with "Sunday Morning In America" in 2007. The album's second single would prove to be the single to have the album released with "I Still Miss You" (#2). The third single "Somebody Needs A Hug" only peaked at #46 on Mediabase in late 2008, and the fourth and final single "She Could've Been Mine" only managed a peak of #56 in early 2009. Some highlights of the album was a Bob DiPiero and Jeffrey Steele co-write "Break My Heart", along with Keith's version of the song he wrote with John Rich and Rodney Clawson "Lost In This Moment", which Big & Rich took to #1 in July of 2007. There's also a remake of Foster and Lloyd's 1987 top 5 hit "Crazy Over You". Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd also helped with vocals on the track as well. The album was produced by Jeffrey Steele, who co-produced Keith's debut Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll. Some of the backing vocals on the album were by Joanna Cotten, who many remember from her 2007 single "The Prize". Bobby Pinson also lends his help on acoustic guitar as well. "Adaliene" is track #9 from C'mon. The song was penned by Keith with Steele and Chris Wallin. Wallin helped Steele write "I'm Tryin'" by Trace Adkins, "Something To Be Proud Of" and "Speed" by Montgomery Gentry and "You're In My Head" by Brian McComas. "Adaliene" is the best story song on Keith's album. It talks about a boy's uncle who remembers a former love of his life he lost and the tattoo he got of her on his arm. It takes place on a family barn that the boy's father and his uncle are working on. This is the song that should have followed "I Still Miss You" and not the sub-par single "Somebody Needs A Hug", which is probably the song that ended Keith's radio career and his deal with Columbia. To this day I have no good explanation on why they decided not to release this song. Especially with the awful song that they picked in front of it. "She Could've Been Mine" was a good song, but by then it came too late in the eyes of country radio, as Keith had next to no momentum left. The second verses lyrics are my favorite part of this song. By the way - pretty cool video visual here for Adaliene, which always helps enjoy watching it. :) Wow, thank you for posting this. I had never heard this song and have listened to it probably about 15 times tonight. I love it!
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Post by Andy on Mar 19, 2014 22:10:42 GMT -5
Great song. You really have to wonder "what if" Columbia had released this as a single and not "Somebody Needs a Hug".
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 20, 2014 13:47:53 GMT -5
Random Album Cuts Of The Day: Sara Evans
Song: "Rockin' Horse" Writers: Sara Evans, Matt Evans, Marcus Hummon Album: Restless Label: RCA Nashville Release Year: August 19, 2003 Producer: Paul Worley, Sara Evans
Restless was Sara Evans' 4th studio album for RCA in 2003. It was her second time working with Paul Worley as producer. The lead single "Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus" peaked at #16 in 2003, and was followed up by her top 5 single "Perfect" (#2). Her third release from the album would go down as arguably her biggest hit with "Suds In The Bucket" which would go on to be her third Billboard #1. The album was closed out by the under performing "Tonight" (#41). Two highlights of the record were "Niagara" which was co-penned by Holly Lamar, and Troy Verges, along with "Otis Redding" which was written by Troy Verges, Angelo Petraglia, and Hillary Lindsay.
"Rockin' Horse" was the album's opening track and was co-written by Sara's brother Matt, and Marcus Hummon who co-wrote "Born To Fly", as well as "The Cheap Seats" by Alabama, "Ready To Run" and "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks, and "Bless The Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts. Many wanted "Rockin' Horse" as the follow up to "Suds In The Bucket", along with perhaps "Niagara". "Rockin' Horse remains one of my favorite songs Sara has ever recorded.
Song: "Missing Missouri" Writers: Mark Kerr, Trent Tomlinson, Danny Wells Album: Real Fine Place Label: RCA Nashville Release Year: October 4, 2005 Producer: Mark Bright, Sara Evans, Matt Evans
"Missing Missouri" was track #11 on Sara's Real Fine Place album which was released in the fall of 2005. The album's lead single "A Real Fine Place To Start" would be her 4th #1 single. It was followed by the #9 peaking "Cheatin'". The third single was the song "Coalmine" (#34 on Radio and Records) which failed to gain traction on the charts in the spring and summer of 2006. The final single was the top 15 "You'll Always Be My Baby" (#13) in late 2006, early 2007. There were many highlights on the record like another Marcus Hummon co-write "Supernatural". There was also a Sheryl Crow and John Shanks tune called "Roll Me Back In Time". The underrated Lori McKenna had a cut as well titled "Bible Song".
"Missing Missouri" was not written by Sara, but fit her situation perfectly, being a music performer from Missouri. The song was actually written by Kennett, Missouri native Trent Tomlinson, who had a few singles on Lyric Street/Carolwood from 2005 to 2010. He also co-wrote Parmalee's latest release "Close Your Eyes". This is my favorite album of Sara's and had many fantastic tracks like "Missing Missouri", "Bible Song", "Supernatural", "Roll Me Back In Time", and "New Hometown" to name a few. "Missing Missouri" actually charted for unsolicited airplay in Missouri in late 2006 and reached a peak of #52.
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Post by tim on Mar 21, 2014 0:21:31 GMT -5
Artist: Ricky Skaggs Single: "From the Word Love" Writer: Keith Sewell Album: My Father's Son Label: Epic Records Year Released: 1992 Billboard Peak: #43 I'm giving my first go at a video here, although I've put in a couple of requests to the great sabre14 (thanks by the way!). For some reason I've had this song in my head for the past day and finally listened to it tonight. I thought it would be good to post here if only because when I first heard this song I really had no idea who Ricky Skaggs was. I was only 8 I think and thought he was just a new guy on the scene. Little did I know that was not at all the case. He picked up his first Grammy award in 1983 and went on to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1985. "From the Word Love" followed on the success of Ricky's hit single "Same Ol' Love" which peaked just outside of the top 10 in 1991. This song brings back great memories of watching the video on TNN and CMT. Anyways, some of you may remember this song and others may have never heard it. Hope y'all like it.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 21, 2014 1:34:53 GMT -5
^Ricky was at the height of his country popularity when I started listening to country radio. "Honey (Open That Door)" was on the charts at that time. "Same Ol' Love" was his last Top 40 hit, although he had a few more chart appearances after that (including "From The Word Love"). He was one of the leaders of the neo-traditionalist movement of the early to mid 1980's (along with Randy Travis and others). I don't know why he isn't in the Country Music Hall of Fame (I believe he is in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame).
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 21, 2014 3:07:39 GMT -5
"Rocking Horse" is my favorite Sara song. Why they chose "Tonight" as a single off that album instead of "Rocking Horse" is beyond me.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 21, 2014 14:42:18 GMT -5
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Artist: Hot Apple Pie Single: "We're Makin' Up" Writers: Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson Album: Hot Apple Pie Label: MCA Nashville (Album was released via DreamWorks Nashville) Video Director: Philip Andelman Year Released: October, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #49 Billboard Peak: #54
Hot Apple Pie were a four member band that consisted of Brady Seals, Mark Matejka, Keith Horne, and Trey Landry. Matejka would leave for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2006, and briefly replaced by Kevin Ray. Brady Seals is well known for being the keyboardist and co-lead vocalist with Tim Rushlow in the band Little Texas. Brady set out to be a solo artist in the late 90's through the early 2000's and charted 6 singles including his highest in 1996 entitled "Another You, Another Me" (#32). Brady decided to form another band in 2004 and he added Matejka who was a guitarist for Sons Of The Desert and Charlie Daniels. Landry had been a drum player with Suzy Bogguss, and Horne was Waylon Jennings former bass player. They landed a record deal on the now defunct DreamWorks Nashville in early 2005 and released their debut single "Hillbillies" in the spring of that year. Many viewed the song as polarizing and out of the norm for country radio. The song still managed to climb the singles charts in 2005 and finally peaked in August at #22 on Radio And Records. The song was off their only released self-titled album.
The follow up was "We're Makin' Up", and even though it was able to get over 40 stations to add it the first two weeks, it stalled at #49 in late 2005. By then Hot Apple Pie had been transferred to MCA Nashville after the closure of DreamWorks. The final single was the early 2006 release "Easy Does It" (#48 on Radio And Records). In 2006 while Hot Apple Pie was busy meeting with radio stations, Matejka decided to leave for Lynyrd Skynyrd, and in the summer of 2006 the band went on hiatus and has since not gotten back together. Seals has gone back to being a solo artist, and made an album in 2009 called Play Time.
"We're Makin' Up" might not be a song for everybody, as is most of their album which to me almost feels like a California style country. The song was written by well known Jeffrey Steele, and Al Anderson. Anderson has written many country hits including "The Cowboy In Me" by Tim McGraw, "Unbelievable" by Diamond Rio, "Big Deal" by LeAnn Rimes, "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" by George Strait, and "Groovy Little Summer Song" by James Otto to name but a few. Al Anderson is actually the reason that "Unbelievable" has the made up word "Gottahaveable" in the lyrics. He says he and Steele were stuck on one last rhyme to make the song work. After scanning through the dictionary for a "ble" word, he thought of Gottahaveable. Steele said, "But that's not a word", which Anderson said back "It is now and this song's finished".
I personally loved Hot Apple Pie's album and their song "Hillbillies" was a guilty pleasure of mine. My other favorites from their record were "Easy Does It", "California King", "Annabelle (Arkansas Is Calling You)", and "Slowin' Down The Fall" with Willie Nelson. It's a shame that they couldn't at least make a follow up to their debut album. "Easy Does It" lost by 1 vote on WYRK's short lived New Country Battle to Little Big Town's "Bring It On Home" in early 2006.
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Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 21, 2014 17:05:43 GMT -5
I have a copy of Play Time but haven't listened to it. I think all of the Hot Apple Pie members make appearances on it somewhere.
Hot Apple Pie's album was fun. They really felt like they had their own thing. I think their album was the last full album produced by Richard Landis. So many acts in 2005 who were amazing but never caught on: Hot Apple Pie, Hanna-McEuen, Van Zant, Shelly Fairchild, Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, Shooter Jennings…
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Andy
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Post by Andy on Mar 21, 2014 17:31:16 GMT -5
-Great songs, sabre14. "Missing Missouri" is one of my favorite Sara Evans tunes. I liked "Rockin' Horse" quite a bit as well, which was new to me ( Restless seems to be the one Sara Evans album I haven't heard yet for some reason). -Great choice, tim. Ricky Skaggs is one of my favorite artists. -The Hot Apple Pie song was fun and catchy and I was trying to sing along to it by the end of it. I have Hot Apple Pie's album, but I don't think I've ever listened to it. Will have to change that soon!
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