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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2014 21:44:24 GMT -5
Artist: Rhett Akins Single: "That Ain't My Truck" Writers: Rhett Akins, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters Album: A Thousand Memories Label: Decca Nashville Video Director: Mary Newman-Said Year Released: May 1995 Billboard Peak: #3
Thomas Rhett Akins, Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label (1995's A Thousand Memories and 1996's Somebody New), followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment. Overall, Akins's albums have accounted for fourteen singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including the Number One "Don't Get Me Started" from 1996.
Although he has not charted a single since 2006, Akins has written singles for other country music singers, primarily as one-third of the songwriting team The Peach Pickers alongside Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip. Akins' son, Thomas Rhett, is also a country singer.
"That Ain't My Truck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in May 1995 as the third single from his debut album A Thousand Memories. The song spent twenty-one weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 3 in mid-1995.[1] It also reached number 7 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was written by Akins, Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters.
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Post by countryfan15 on Mar 21, 2014 23:04:06 GMT -5
Artist: Rhett Akins Single: "That Ain't My Truck" Writers: Rhett Akins, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters Album: A Thousand Memories Label: Decca Nashville Video Director: Mary Newman-Said Year Released: May 1995 Billboard Peak: #3 Thomas Rhett Akins, Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American country singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for the label (1995's A Thousand Memories and 1996's Somebody New), followed by 1998's What Livin's All About on MCA Nashville. Friday Night in Dixie was released in 2002 on Audium Entertainment. Overall, Akins's albums have accounted for fourteen singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including the Number One "Don't Get Me Started" from 1996. Although he has not charted a single since 2006, Akins has written singles for other country music singers, primarily as one-third of the songwriting team The Peach Pickers alongside Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip. Akins' son, Thomas Rhett, is also a country singer. "That Ain't My Truck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in May 1995 as the third single from his debut album A Thousand Memories. The song spent twenty-one weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 3 in mid-1995.[1] It also reached number 7 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. It was written by Akins, Tom Shapiro and Chris Waters. This is probably my favorite song from 1995 tied with "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" from Brooks & Dunn. This is a great example of how a song about a truck should be done. :)
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Post by tim on Mar 21, 2014 23:56:57 GMT -5
Artist: George Strait and Alan Jackson Song: "Murder on Music Row" Writers: Larry Cordle, Larry Shell Album: Latest Greatest Straitest Hits Label: MCA Nashville Year of Release: 2000 Billboard Peak: #38
I wasn't planning on posting any of these, but here I am again. I was about to post this over in the country news section considering it's a live video, but brought it over here instead. Out of the blue I heard this song on the radio today and was like "What?!?" For those that remember there was a little controversy with this song back in late 1999/2000. Tim McGraw even took to the stage at the CMA's in 2000 to sing "Things Change," a song he must've chosen to counter the murder charge. This song was never released officially as a single, but it got some unsolicited airplay thanks in part to George and Alan's performance at the ACM's in 2000 (with help from Lee Ann Womack of course). This song seems more relevant to today's state of country music rather than that of 2000's (which oddly enough was also a very off year in the quality of country music). Again, wasn't sure where to post this but I always enjoy the thorough discussion here on this thread.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 22, 2014 0:04:40 GMT -5
^ Ironically, I was listening to some King George as I saw this post ("Living And Living Well" if you're wondering). One of my all-time favorite songs since the turn of the century. I'm pretty amazed it got so high for unsolicited airplay, as it was a direct shot at the industry and country radio itself. Great song and great video tim :)
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Post by tim on Mar 22, 2014 0:15:55 GMT -5
^Great minds think alike, sabre14! "Living and Living Well" is one of those that I still hear on the radio quite frequently, even though George stopped performing it years ago. I remember seeing George singing this song as a single for one of the first times at the last Houston Astrodome show and it wasn't long after that when I was shipped off to basic training. I remember always trying to keep tabs of the song on Billboard (back when I thought it was more relevant) and couldn't believe it spent three weeks at the top over the summer. Unfortunately I didn't get to listen to a lot of songs on the radio then. I vaguely remember Gary's "The One" and Montgomery Gentry's "My Town" as being two of the songs I heard mostly when I got a chance to sneak in a listen to radio.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 22, 2014 1:20:49 GMT -5
Tim McGraw even took to the stage at the CMA's in 2000 to sing "Things Change," a song he must've chosen to counter the murder charge. I remember "Things Change," and it was believed to be an answer to "Murder on Music Row." It reached #32 in 2001 based on unsolicited airplay. Interestingly, in 2000 he had a Top 10 hit called "Some Things Never Change." Although not released as a single, Cledus T. Judd and Daryle Singletary recorded a parody titled "Merger on Music Row." It was on Cledus' 2009 album Polyrically Uncorrect.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 22, 2014 3:12:33 GMT -5
I can't remember the last time I heard any, ANY of George Strait's 1997-2007ish material on the radio. It's like, according to the radio stations around here, he didn't have anything between "Carring Your Love with Me" and "Troubadour".
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Post by Andy on Mar 22, 2014 6:43:49 GMT -5
-"That Ain't My Truck" is one of those fun, catchy '90s hits that's a blast to sing along to every time you hear it. Lots of nostalgia.
-"Music on Music Row" gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Shame it's become more relevant and on-point with each passing year.
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 22, 2014 13:02:15 GMT -5
Great song. You really have to wonder "what if" Columbia had released this as a single and not "Somebody Needs a Hug". Oh good God I'd forgotten that abomination. Right up there with Brown Chicken Brown Cow as one the all time wtf single choices. Even after that failure, I still think Adeline could've been a modest hit, but they defied logic (again) and released the soft acoustic ballad She Could've Been, which had even less chance to be successful.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 22, 2014 13:50:54 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Blake Shelton Single: "Nobody But Me" Writers: Shawn Camp, Philip White Album: Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Video Director: Peter Zavadil Year Released: August 30, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #4 Billboard Peak: #4
"Nobody But Me" was the 4th and final single off Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill album in late August of 2005. The song however would not peak until the Spring of 2006. The song was co-written by Shawn Camp, who also wrote "How Long Gone" by Brooks & Dunn, "Two Pina Coladas" by Garth Brooks, "Would You Go With Me" and "Firecracker" by Josh Turner, and "Love Done Gone" by Billy Currington. The song went on to peak at #4, and be just the fourth to last single that did not go to #1 for Blake, after his career skyrocketed after 2008's release of "Home". The others being "Don't Make Me" (#11 on Mediabase), "The More I Drink" (#19 on Mediabase), and 2009's "I'll Just Hold On" (#8).
I still wanted "On A Good Day" released from this album, and was positive it would have been a chart topper, but "Nobody But Me" is certainly in my top 4 or 5 Blake singles (All of which are pre-2008). Won't touch on what I think of Blake's quality in his music has gone, because I've voiced that already. It is nice to hear this song; in fact I can't remember the last time I heard this on the radio. Just for a little insight for anybody who likes charts as much as I do, here were songs 40-55 on the Radio And Records Chart in early September of 2005, as "Nobody But Me" was starting it's chart climb.
Week Ending 9/9/2005 :)
40. Jeff Bates - Good People (RCA) 41. Big & Rich - Comin' To Your City (Warner Bros.) 42. Shania Twain - Shoes (Lyric Street) 43. Blake Shelton - Nobody But Me (Warner Bros.) 44. Reba McEntire - You're Gonna Be (MCA) 45. Randy Travis - Angels (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.) 46. George Strait - She Let Herself Go (MCA) 47. Ray Scott - My Kind Of Music (Warner Bros.) 48. Zona Jones - Two Hearts (D/Quarterback) 49. Jamey Johnson - The Dollar (BNA) 50. Sawyer Brown - They Don't Understand (Curb) 51. Luke Stricklin - American By God's Amazing Grace (Pacific) 52. Steve Holy - It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To) (Curb) 53. Darryl Worley - I Love Her, She Hates Me (DreamWorks) 54. Buddy Jewell - So Gone (Columbia) 55. Lisa Brokop - Big Picture (Asylum/Curb)
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 22, 2014 16:50:29 GMT -5
^ I never realized how good Shawn Camp is at writing catchy melodies. Of course, the best example of that is "Love Done Gone", but "Nobody but Me" has a great melody too. Even "River of Love", banal as it is, was catchy.
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Post by Andy on Mar 22, 2014 17:22:46 GMT -5
Nice one. I no longer consider myself to be a big Blake fan for a variety of reasons, but his earlier output is extremely solid. Barn & Grill was a legitimately strong album. ^ I never realized how good Shawn Camp is at writing catchy melodies. Of course, the best example of that is "Love Done Gone", but "Nobody but Me" has a great melody too. Even "River of Love", banal as it is, was catchy. Good catch. "Would You Go With Me" and "How Long Gone" are another two good examples I think
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 22, 2014 20:45:26 GMT -5
^ I forgot he wrote Would You Go with Me. Also one of the lowest notes I've heard any male country singer hit since "Elvira" ("Rode from town to town and never shut it down"). It's a D♭2 I believe, or nearly two octaves below middle C.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 23, 2014 13:56:28 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride Single: "Trip Around The Sun" Writers: Al Anderson, Stephen Bruton, Sharon Vaughn Album: License To Chill Label: Mailboat/RCA Nashville Video Director: Trey Fanjoy Year Released: September, 2004 Radio and Records Peak: #18 Billboard Peak: #20
"Trip Around The Sun" was the final single from Jimmy Buffett's country album License To Chill which featured many duets with country artists. This song features Martina McBride and is yet another Al Anderson co-write. Jimmy Buffett is known for his island paradise style of songs and albums, and the 67 year old has been at it for over 40 years. His signature hit "Margaritaville" was his highest charting single for a long while as it reached #13 on the country charts and #8 on the pop charts in 1977. That is until 2003 when he was credited on Alan Jackson's huge #1 single "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere". He then hit the top 10 again in 2004 with his remake of Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin' (#8). Buffett has made 27 studio albums and has performed for countless of his parrothead fans throughout the years. Jimmy also has ventured in the business and movie industry making cameos in movies, writing soundtracks and having his own restaurant chain. He also has worked with the Miami Dolphins with the name Landshark stadium and has owned two minor league baseball teams. His latest studio album was in 2013 with Songs from St.Somewhere.
Jimmy's final charting single was in late 2006 with "Bama Breeze". The song was one of the first single credits for writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, who is known for writing songs such as "Before He Cheats" and "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood, "Kiss Me When I'm Down" by Gary Allan, "Redneck Crazy" by Tyler Farr, and "Helluva Life" by Frankie Ballard to name but a few.
I remember my Mom, and Dad liking this song a lot back when it came out, and today was the first time I've heard this song since it was probably on the charts. A very good song I think. I also liked "Bama Breeze" and was a bit surprised that it barely charted. I remember WYRK played the heck out of his remake with "Hey Good Lookin'. So much so, I hated it when it's chart run was over. I also find it humorous that his first three credited singles were the "Poopi-Do", "Abandoned On Tuesday", and "The Christian?" in 1969 and 1970. Talk about some strange titles for your first three singles.
By the way this song was on the charts during the end of "How Far" chart run and the release of Martina's single "God's Will". Another two songs I haven't heard in quite a long time.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 23, 2014 14:22:28 GMT -5
^ Not really up on my Buffett, but I loved that one. I play it every year on my birthday.
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Post by Andy on Mar 23, 2014 14:51:58 GMT -5
Great tune. I actually remembered this song out of the blue a few months ago after not having heard it for ages. It was a blast to rediscover it. I also loved "Bama Breeze." Those were the songs that introduced me to Jimmy Buffett. I've since discovered a lot of his classic songs like "Cheeseburger in Paradise," "We are the People (Are Parents Warned Us About)," "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes", etc. I'm very far from an expert on his music, but I like what I've heard.
I totally agree that the remake of "Hey Good Lookin'" was vastly overplayed and got grating after a while. It seemed I saw the video on GAC/CMT at least twice a day. I'd rather just hear the original by Hank anyway.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 23, 2014 17:06:17 GMT -5
I didn't realize the Hey Good Lookin' remake was around enough to get overplayed. It zoomed to #8 and then started a free-fall about 10 weeks in. Almost "All Jacked Up" level flameout, there. Even down to getting a momentary resurgence in the 30s.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 24, 2014 0:50:03 GMT -5
Random audio of the day:
Artist: Randy Traywick Single: "She's My Woman" Writers: ? Album: Randy Traywick Label: Paula Records Year Released: 1978 Billboard Peak: #91
Randy Bruce Traywick, born May 4, 1959 in Marshvile, North Carolina, released his self-titled debut album in 1978 on Paula Records. The album did no chart and produced two singles. The debut single, "I'll Take Any Willing Woman," did not chart. The follow-up, "She's My Woman," reached #91 on the chart (back then the country chart had 100 positions). He did not release any more music until 1985, but quickly made up for lost time. He has 30 Top 10 hits to his credit, with 16 of those going all the way to #1. Before he had success he had to change his name, twice. He first changed his name to Randy Ray. Then, when he was signed to his first major label contract with Warner Brothers Records, the label made him change his name again, this time to Randy Travis. And the rest was history.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 24, 2014 14:57:30 GMT -5
Random Album Cut Of The Day:Artist: Tim McGraw Song: "Blank Sheet Of Paper" Writers: Don Schlitz, Brett Warren, Brad Warren Album: Live Like You Were DyingLabel: Curb Release Year: August 24, 2004 Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw, Darran Smith Popular pick here for should have been a single. "Blank Sheet Of Paper" was track #12 on Tim McGraw's Live Like You Were Dying album. It was released in August of 2004 and produced 5 singles ("Live Like You Were Dying" (#1), "Back When" (#1), "Drugs Or Jesus" (#11 on Radio And Records), "Do You Want Fries With That" (#4 on Radio And Records), "My Old Friend" (#5 on Radio And Records)). Tim once again teamed up with long time producer Byron Gallimore, along with Darran Smith. The album featured 16 tracks. Some of the highlights included "How Bad Do You Want It", which was the opening theme song of Sunday Night Football that NFL season. Another called "Kill Myself" was a straight forward ballad written by Bob DiPiero, Anthony Smith, and Bobby Terry. DiPiero has written many country hits such as "Lovin' You Is Fun" by Easton Corbin, "XXL" by Keith Anderson, "From A Table Away" by Sunny Sweeney, and "Blue Clear Sky" by George Straight to name a few. Songwriter Casey Beathard had 3 cuts on the record ("Do You Want Fries With That", "Everybody Hates Me", "Something's Broken). Finally there was a great Bruce Robison and Darrell Scott tune called "Old Town New" which was one of my favorites. This is among my top 10 all-time what were they thinking moments in terms of not releasing a song to radio. Even though I like "Drugs Or Jesus" myself, it wasn't a good single choice. Same goes with "Do You Want Fries With That". I was one of the precious few who enjoyed it but never should have seen the light of day. To me "Blank Sheet Of Paper" followed by "How Bad Do You Want It" for Summer were no brainers. Some of the Warren Brothers songs have been suspect at best ("Drink To That All Night"), but they wrote some stellar songs with this one being among their absolute best. There really were many great tracks from this album, and I would have to look for it cause I haven't heard it in quite a long time, but I do own it.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 24, 2014 15:15:36 GMT -5
Drugs Or Jesus and Do You Want Fries With That should NEVER have been singles. I am still on fence about My Old Friend. I liked Live Like You Were Dying (released after Tim McGraw's father passed away) and Back When. Blank Sheet Of Paper would have smashed in 2005. That is why the CD only produced the two chart toppers mentioned.
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Post by Andy on Mar 24, 2014 15:43:22 GMT -5
Old Fart In NC: Wow, that's the first time I heard Randy's really early, pre- Storms of Life stuff. Not a bad song. He sounds way more like George Strait than Randy Travis. sabre14: Great song. LLYWD was a very solid album brimming with potential singles. I too like "Do You Want Fries With That", but yeah, it was probably too offbeat for radio.
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 24, 2014 19:07:13 GMT -5
Old Fart In NC: Wow, that's the first time I heard Randy's really early, pre- Storms of Life stuff. Not a bad song. He sounds way more like George Strait than Randy Travis. I actually thought he sounded a ton like Jerry Reed, particularly on the verses. I guess it turned out to a great career move that he to take a few years to refine his craft.
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Post by tim on Mar 24, 2014 23:32:16 GMT -5
Tip of my hat to you sabre14 for the "Trip Around the Sun" selection. Love this song. I was lucky enough to get to see George, Alan, and Jimmy at their 2004 Dallas concert. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to see George and Jimmy's "Sea of Heartbreak" duet as well as Alan and Jimmy on "Boats to Build." I thought Jimmy's License to Chill album was great and your selection was one of my favorite songs from it.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 25, 2014 15:44:22 GMT -5
Random Single Of The Day:
Artist: Rebecca Lynn Howard Single: "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs" Writers: Brandy Clark, Liz Rose, Mark Narmore Album: Alive And Well (Unreleased) Label: Arista Nashville Year Released: January 6, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #55 Billboard Peak: Did Not Chart (Below Top 60)
Rebecca Lynn Howard is a 34 year old singer/songwriter from Salyersville, Kentucky. She was originally a songwriter, and had a few cuts before landing a solid record deal with MCA in 1999 (She was briefly signed with Rising Tide Records). Though she was able to get her debut self-titled album out in 2000, it yielded no hits from the three singles. "When My Dreams Come True" peaked at #54, "Out Here In The Water" got to #54, and "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" peaked at #71. Her lone top 40 hit was in 2000 with "Forgive" (#12). The song spent 30 weeks on the chart and was the only release off her Forgive album in 2002. She would put out two more singles in 2003 called "What A Shame" (#43), and "I Need A Vacation" (#49). Both were suppose to be on her Laughter And Tears album but never was released.
"That's Why I Hate Pontiacs" was Rebecca's lead single at the start of 2005 after moving on to Arista Nashville. The song was co-written by both Brandy Clark who is now well known for writing many songs with Kacey Musgraves including "Follow Your Arrow", "Dandelion", "It Is What It Is", along with one's that her and Kacey wrote for other artists like "Mama's Broken Heart" by Miranda Lambert, "Get Outta My Yard" by Gretchen Wilson. She also co-wrote "Songs About Trucks" by Wade Bowen, and "Better Dig Two by The Band Perry. Another co-writer Liz Rose has many writing credits herself like "Songs About Rain" by Gary Allan, "This Town Needs A Bar" by Jeremy McComb, "Crazy Girl" by Eli Young Band, and "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift. The song would however only peak at #55. Her second single off Arista was "No One'll Ever Love Me" (#45 on Radio And Records). Both were off Alive And Well which went unreleased and she was dropped soon afterward.
Since then she has recorded another album No Rules off Sugaro Road Records with one single called "Sing Cause' I Love To" (Did Not Chart) in 2008. This song was not available for the longest time, but I finally found it here. I remember hearing both "What A Shame" and "I Need A Vacation" on WYRK back in 2003. Since then I downloaded "I Need A Vacation", as I found I do really like that song. This was one of, if not her best single to me. Her follow up "No One'll Ever Love Me" would be very close. Her singing voice remains one of my favorites by a female artist.
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Post by Andy on Mar 25, 2014 16:09:45 GMT -5
That song and artist were new to me. I've discovered so much good stuff from this thread. Beautiful voice and great songwriting. Not surprised Liz Rose and Brandy Clark were involved.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 25, 2014 17:58:16 GMT -5
Wow, that early Randy Travis song sounds nothing like him. He sounds like he's trying to emulate Waylon Jennings.
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Post by Andy on Mar 25, 2014 18:37:03 GMT -5
Heh, funny how none of us can agree on who he is trying to emulate, but we all agree that he doesn't sound like the Randy Travis we all know and love.
To me, at least in the opening lines, he sounds exactly like George Strait did in the '80s in songs like "Unwound" and "The Fireman".
In any case, glad he developed his unique vocal style.
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 25, 2014 19:04:09 GMT -5
Random Single Of The Day:Artist: Rebecca Lynn Howard Single: "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs" Writers: Brandy Clark, Liz Rose, Mark Narmore Album: Alive And Well (Unreleased) Label: Arista Nashville Year Released: January 6, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #55 Billboard Peak: Did Not Chart (Below Top 60) Rebecca Lynn Howard is a 34 year old singer/songwriter from Salyersville, Kentucky. She was originally a songwriter, and had a few cuts before landing a solid record deal with MCA in 1999 (She was briefly signed with Rising Tide Records). Though she was able to get her debut self-titled album out in 2000, it yielded no hits from the three singles. "When My Dreams Come True" peaked at #54, "Out Here In The Water" got to #54, and "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" peaked at #71. Her lone top 40 hit was in 2000 with "Forgive" (#12). The song spent 30 weeks on the chart and was the only release off her Forgive album in 2002. She would put out two more singles in 2003 called "What A Shame" (#43), and "I Need A Vacation" (#49). Both were suppose to be on her Laughter And Tears album but never was released. "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs" was Rebecca's lead single at the start of 2005 after moving on to Arista Nashville. The song was co-written by both Brandy Clark who is now well known for writing many songs with Kacey Musgraves including "Follow Your Arrow", "Dandelion", "It Is What It Is", along with one's that her and Kacey wrote for other artists like "Mama's Broken Heart" by Miranda Lambert, "Get Outta My Yard" by Gretchen Wilson. She also co-wrote "Songs About Trucks" by Wade Bowen, and "Better Dig Two by The Band Perry. Another co-writer Liz Rose has many writing credits herself like "Songs About Rain" by Gary Allan, "This Town Needs A Bar" by Jeremy McComb, "Crazy Girl" by Eli Young Band, and "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift. The song would however only peak at #55. Her second single off Arista was "No One'll Ever Love Me" (#45 on Radio And Records). Both were off Alive And Well which went unreleased and she was dropped soon afterward. Since then she has recorded another album No Rules off Sugaro Road Records with one single called "Sing Cause' I Love To" (Did Not Chart) in 2008. This song was not available for the longest time, but I finally found it here. I remember hearing both "What A Shame" and "I Need A Vacation" on WYRK back in 2003. Since then I downloaded "I Need A Vacation", as I found I do really like that song. This was one of, if not her best single to me. Her follow up "No One'll Ever Love Me" would be very close. Her singing voice remains one of my favorites by a female artist. Love that song, and love me some RLH. She was probably my favorite female artist that Nashville churned out last decade. Funny though that her only hit, Forgive, is actually my least favorite of her singles (and even it's pretty strong). It made absolutely no sense that MCA only released one single off Forgive, that just seemed to derail her career just as it was taking off. That's Why I Hate Pontiacs & I Need A Vacation especially were both too good not to even crack the T40. All I have to say is What A Shame
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Mar 26, 2014 0:58:47 GMT -5
Random Sisters of the Day:
Artist: Shelby Lynne Single: "Things Are Tough All Over" Writers: Trey Bruce, Lisa Silver Album: Tough All Over Label: Epic Video Director: ? Year Released: 1990 Billboard Peak: #23
Artist: Allison Moorer Single: "A Soft Place to Fall" Writers: Allison Moorer, Gwil Owen Albums: Alabama Song, Horse Whisperer Soundtrack Label: MCA Nashville Video Director: Robert Redford Year Released: 1998 Billboard Peak: #73
Sisters Shelby Lynn Moorer (born in 1968) and Allison Moorer (born in 1972) both had singing careers after surviving a childhood tragedy when their father shot and killed their estranged mother, then himself. Older sister Shelby dropped her last name and added an "e" to her middle name for professional purposes. Her first single was a duet with George Jones, "If I Could Bottle This Up," from George's duets album Friends in High Places. The single was released in 1988 and peaked at #43, although the album wasn't released until 1991. The song was later recorded by Paul Overstreet and reached #30. Following a non-album single ("Under Your Spell Again," #93) Shelby's debut album, Sunrise, was released in 1989 and yielded two chart singles: "The Hurtin' Side" (#38) and "Little Bits and Pieces" (#62). Her next album, Tough All Over, yielded "I'll Lie Myself to Sleep" (#26), "Things Are Tough All Over" (#23), and "What About the Love We Made" (#45). She released 3 more country albums which yielded a total of 4 chart singles, all of which fell short of the Top 40. After taking a hiatus of a few years she returned to recording, but in other genres rather than country. She won the ACM award for New Female Vocalist of the Year in 1990 and a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2001 (no, this is not a typo; more than a decade later she was still a "new" artist). Wikipedia indicates there was an official video for "Things Are Tough All Over," but it didn't list a video director and all I could find on YouTube is the audio I posted.
Little sis Allison recorded under her given name. Her first single, "A Soft Place to Fall," appeared on her debut album, Alabama Song (released in 1998). It was also used in the movie The Horse Whisperer (starring Robert Redford) and received a 1999 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. The video for the song features scenes from the movie. The song peaked at #73 on the country chart. The debut album also yielded follow-up singles "Set You Free" (#72), the title cut (did not chart), and "Pardon Me" (did not chart). Her follow-up album, The Hardest Part, yielded her last 2 solo chart singles, "Send Down an Angel" (#66) and "Think It Over" (#57). Although she never reached the Top 40 with a solo hit she did get credit with a Top 40 duet. Kid Rock's big 2002 crossover hit "Picture" (#4 Hot 100, #17 AC, #21 country). The song was originally released as a duet with Sheryl Crow, and that version had climbed to #33 on the country chart. However, Kid Rock's label (Atlantic Records) was unable to get permission from Crow's label (A & M records) to release the song as a single. Therefore the song was re-recorded with Moorer's vocals replacing Crow's from the original version (at the time Moorer was signed to A & M's sister label, Universal South). Some country stations continued to play the original version with Crow while others switched to the new version with Moorer. Therefore from that point forward the song was credited as "Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow or Allison Moorer." The version featuring Moorer was commercially released and is certified Gold.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Mar 26, 2014 1:49:40 GMT -5
Interesting that "Things Are Tough All Over" was an early Trey Bruce cut. I somehow recognize the name Shelby Lynne but none of her songs.
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