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Post by Andy on Apr 29, 2014 21:22:39 GMT -5
What are some country music-related facts/trivia/tidbits you find interesting/funny/unexpected/etc.?
-Jo Dee Messina's "Bring on the Rain" contains the line "Tomorrow's another day / And I'm thirsty anyway / So bring on the rain." What day was it released as a single? September 10, 2001.
-Garth Brooks has said that the final track on each of his albums was his favorite on that album (that's "The Dance", "Wolves", "The River", "Face to Face", "The Cowboy Song", "Ireland", "Belleau Wood", and "When You Come Back to Me Again").
-"Old Red" was originally recorded by George Jones and covered by Kenny Rogers before Blake Shelton released it as a hit single in 2001.
-The last Brooks & Dunn single to feature Kix on lead vocals was all the way back in 1999 with "South of Santa Fe", eight years before they split up. However, Kix and Ronnie split lead vocals close to evenly on the band's albums.
-George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" won the CMA's "Song of the Year" in both 1980 and 1981.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 29, 2014 21:50:40 GMT -5
* Curtis Wright has been in Super Grit Cowboy Band, Orrall & Wright, Shenandoah, and Pure Prairie League, in addition to releasing a few singles on his own. He also wrote two of Shenandoah's singles ("Next to You, Next to Me" and "Rock My Baby") before his brief stint as their lead singer.
* Ke$ha's mother wrote Dolly Parton's "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You".
* Jaren Johnston (Cadillac Three) is the son of a member of an obscure 80s band called Bandana (who had a great song called "Outside Lookin' In").
* The fiddle music in those Motel 6 "we'll leave the light on for you" commercials is played by Milo Deering, whose name I've also seen on a few country albums. Deering has also played for Trout Fishing in America, a children's/folk duo I enjoy.
* "Any Gal of Mine" by Gino the New Guy and "In the Meantime" by Sarah Marince are, as far as I can tell, the only country songs ever to chart without a label.
* Jack Quist is the only "Q" artist ever to chart on Hot Country Songs. So far, no "X" artists have.
* Both John Michael Montgomery and Reba McEntire released songs titled "How Was I to Know" in 1997. Both even went to #1 on R&R.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 29, 2014 23:00:18 GMT -5
*Carolina Rain walked away from a major label deal before signing to Equity Music Group. They said they would have been more pop in their sound and they didn't want to be someone they weren't.
*"Amarillo Sky" was Jason Aldean's call on it being the third single. Jason said the label was a little hesitant but let him make the decision. He later stated on Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton that he was sweating bullets watching it climb the charts slowly. But he can brag about it now that it's a top 5 hit.
*Vicki McGehee might be one of the most underrated songwriters in Nashville and was the unsung hero of the Muzik Mafia. Her writing credits include:
Hicktown - Jason Aldean Why - Jason Aldean You're The Love I Wanna Be In - Jason Aldean Holy Water - Big & Rich Like We Never Loved At All - Faith Hill with Tim McGraw All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson When I Think About Cheatin' - Gretchen Wilson Come To Bed - Gretchen Wilson Wildflower - JaneDear Girls Trippin' On Us - Lindsay Ell How Bout' You Don't - Lost Trailers It's Just That Way - Alan Jackson I Will Not Say Goodbye - Danny Gokey Heart Hold On - The Buffalo Club Stick It - Keith Anderson
*"I'll Take That As A Yes (The Hot Tub Song)" peaked at #10 on R&R in 2005. It's Billboard peak was #17.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 29, 2014 23:05:05 GMT -5
I find it funny that Vicki wrote that Buffalo Club song, then had NOTHING else for 7 years.
Another weird one is Mark Irwin. Wrote "Here in the Real World" in '89. "'Til I Was Loved by You" in 1995ish. Then NOTHING until "19 and Crazy" a few years back. He's had more hits in the past 2 years than he had in 1989-2010 put together.
Mark Narmore was similar — first cut was "The Moon over Georgia" (1991), second was "That's What I Love About Sunday" (2004).
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Hot Tub is the second-highest discrepancy I've seen between BB and R&R peaks. Highest is "Single Father" by Kid Rock: #50 BB, #40 R&R. I think someone once told me that was because a station that was on R&R's panel but not BB's was playing the heck out of it.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 29, 2014 23:10:25 GMT -5
Hot Tub is the second-highest discrepancy I've seen between BB and R&R peaks. Highest is "Single Father" by Kid Rock: #50 BB, #40 R&R. I think someone once told me that was because a station that was on R&R's panel but not BB's was playing the heck out of it. In my "random video thread", I just covered "One Second Chance" by Jeff Bates. It's R&R peak was #47 and Billboard was #59! I don't have the Billboard facts to see for myself (wikipedia is all I can do for Billboard peaks), but I do have the R&R chart, and it was indeed #47. It was very close to being #49 that week though. I think sometimes the planets had to line up back then for such differences.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 29, 2014 23:16:07 GMT -5
^ Wow, that's an extreme gap. I know sometimes the discrepancy was due to R&R generally dropping songs out sooner, since back then, former Top 10 hits on BB would forever linger in the 11-14 range.
Wonder what the biggest gap is in the other direction? The John Waite/Alison Krauss version of "Missing You" got to #34 on BB, but only something like #39 on R&R. I know the BB run was ridiculously schizophrenic. Reminded me of all the jumping around that "Dream Big" and "4th of July" did in 2005.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 29, 2014 23:40:05 GMT -5
^ Yeah, "Dream Big" and "4th Of July" were strange chart runs. "Dream Big" lost it's bullet at #40 but was able to regain it. Then after getting to #25 on R&R, it gradually kept losing spots (with it's bullet) before finally crapping out at #30.
"4th Of July" I thought for sure was done when it lost it's bullet a couple times. But somehow it managed to work it's way to #23 on R&R. It might have been the quietest #23 peak ever. Not once did I see buzz around Shooter Jennings other than the token appearance on CMT of the music video. And of course WYRK completely ignored it.
They did add "Dream Big" while it was in the 40's, so I guess it evened out. :)
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Post by Andy on Apr 30, 2014 15:35:23 GMT -5
Great stuff so far, everybody.
-Before achieving success in country music, Gary Allan worked as a car salesman in California. One day, he accidentally left a demo tape in the glove box of a car. A wealthy couple purchased the car, discovered the tape, and liked what they heard so much they wrote him a check so he could go to Nashville to purse his dreams. The title of Allan's debut album, Used Heart for Sale, is likely a reference to his past occupation.
-The 1976 compilation album Wanted! The Outlaws was the first country album to sell a million copies.
-None of the three men known as Hank Williams are actually named Hank Williams. Their first names are Hiram, Randall, and Shelton. "Hank" is a nickname for the former, and a middle name for the latter two.
-Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd's 1996 record I Stoled This Record was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies despite never charting a single.
-Kenny Chesney has won more CMA Entertainer of the Year awards than Randy Travis, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash combined.
-Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar and attended Oxford University.
-Acclaimed film director Robert Altman ("MASH", "Nashville") co-wrote "Black Sheep," one of John Anderson's signature songs.
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 30, 2014 16:03:47 GMT -5
*The second song Big & Rich ever wrote together was "I Pray For You" in 1998 which was on their Comin' To Your City album and off John Rich's Underneath The Same Moon album. *Aaron Tippin's final top 40 single was "Come Friday" in 2005. The song peaked at #37 on R&R. It had a relatively fast climb to that point then seemed to fall off in the blink of an eye. *Elton John has two credits on the country chart. Tim McGraw charted with a remake of his song "Tiny Dancer" which he co-wrote in 2002 (#49). He also sang a song with Australian country singer/songwriter Catherine Britt in 2005 entitled "Where We Both Say Goodbye" (#36 on R&R). *Steve Holy's 2006 hit "Brand New Girlfriend" dropped 7 spots on R&R while retaining it's bullet early in it's chart run (#43-#50). It would go on to be a #1 single after 36 weeks. *Rascal Flatts started their career with 19 consecutive top 10 singles. Anybody wanna take a guess what single broke the streak... {Spoiler} "Bob That Head" (#13 on Mediabase, and #15 on Billboard in 2008)
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 1, 2014 3:11:58 GMT -5
Oh boy do I have more:
* The writer of Elvis Presley's "Now and Then There's a Fool Such as I", Bill Trader, never wrote anything else.
* Other songwriters who have only written or co-written one song: ** Joe Klimek — Ty England's "Should've Asked Her Faster" ** Kwesi B. (real name: Mark McClendon) — Lonestar's "Tell Her" ** John Kurhajetz — The Oak Ridge Boys' "Gonna Take a Lot of River" ** Janine Dunn (Ronnie Dunn's wife) — Brooks & Dunn's "I'll Never Forgive My Heart"
* George Strait has covered two songs originally recorded by sons of Merle Haggard: "Trains Make Me Lonesome" (Marty) and "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" (Noel).
* Toby Keith originally released "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" independently in the late 80s.
* "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews somehow charted on Latin Pop Airplay despite the song being about as Latin as Al Gore.
* The fake play-by-play announcements on Mark Wills' "And the Crowd Goes Wild" were provided by a Nashville DJ named George Plaster.
* Mark Herndon apparently did not play on any Alabama album from Dancin' on the Boulevard onward. (I've always wondered why their albums were so reliant on session musicians. You have a bassist; why do you need two more on the album?)
* Three renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" have charted: Ricochet (1996), Faith Hill (2001), The Band Perry (2012).
* Daron Norwood's two albums were both co-produced by a man named Jeff Carlton, who never did anything else at all in Nashville.
* Gordon Javna, creator of the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader trivia books, was originally in a country band called Quacky Duck & His Barnyard Friends.
* There are two songwriters in Nashville named Anthony Smith: one who is usually credited to Anthony L. Smith, and one whose real name is Ralph Anthony Smith. (The latter is the same guy who sang "If That Ain't Country".) Montgomery Gentry's Carrying On album features one song written by Anthony L. Smith and another written by Ralph Anthony Smith, while Trick Pony's R.I.D.E. was produced by Anthony L. Smith and has a song co-written by Ralph Anthony Smith.
* Rebecca Lynn Howard had one album that had only one single; two albums that were not released; and one single that was supposed to be on an album that never even got finished.
* Joe Diffie was the first artist to have a debut single go to #1 on Billboard, R&R, and Gavin Report.
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Post by sabre14 on May 1, 2014 13:44:08 GMT -5
Eli Young Band's "When It Rains" was originally off their Level album in April of 2005 on small Carnival Records. Then it charted for unsolicited airplay in 2007 after a program director for a Colorado station (forgive me, I can't recall which one) heard the song on GAC's On The Edge Of Country. She added the song and it started getting spins from a few other stations including their native Texas. After it had charted for numerous weeks through early 2008, the band was discovered by Universal South/Republic Nashville. They decided to met with them after hearing their song "When It Rains". Once EYB signed with the label, they re-recorded "When It Rains" and officially sent the song to country radio in April of 2008. The song would peak at #32 on Mediabase and spend 38 weeks on the Billboard singles charts before being sent recurrent.
I still believe that if it wasn't for "When It Rains", EYB would never have had a shot at a major label outside of Texas, and there would be no "Crazy Girl", "Even If It Breaks Your Heart, or "Drunk Last Night". Just the hand of fate I guess...
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Post by 14887fan on May 1, 2014 15:35:21 GMT -5
Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts both passed on recording "Jesus, Take the Wheel" before it got to Carrie Underwood.
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Post by Andy on May 1, 2014 16:03:50 GMT -5
George Strait has recorded two unrelated songs entitled "She'll Leave You With a Smile." One is an album cut on his 1997 album Carrying Your Love With Me, and the other is the more well-known hit single from his 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. (Does anyone know of any other examples of this happening?)
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Post by sabre14 on May 1, 2014 16:03:59 GMT -5
Rascal Flatts passed on recording "Jesus, Take the Wheel" before it got to Carrie Underwood. They would have ruined it anyway. ;) Just kidding of course.
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Post by bboat11 on May 1, 2014 19:14:58 GMT -5
George Strait has recorded two unrelated songs entitled "She'll Leave You With a Smile." One is an album cut on his 1997 album Carrying Your Love With Me, and the other is the more well-known hit single from his 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. (Does anyone know of any other examples of this happening?) Martina McBride recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" (the classic from Don Gibson and Ray Charles) for her Timeless album, and then turned around and released "I Can't Stop Loving You" (a more modern song from Phil Collins and Keith Urban, to name a few) four years later as the bonus track to Shine.
That is the only one I can think of off the top of my head, but I know there are others out there!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 20:10:47 GMT -5
A few Flatts ones:
*Gary has been friends with Pink (yes, the pop star), for a long time. RF's 2007 album cut "Help Me Remember" was originally planned to be a duet between them *RF's "Easy" was not intended to be a duet, but Gary suggests it would be neat to trade verses with a female vocalist. The idea was pitched to the songwriters, and they reworked it into a duet *One of the co-writers of "Easy" opened for Rascal Flatts in the mid 200's, and she scored a moderate hit with "Love Is" *What Hurts The Most was originally planned as a duet between the Flatts and Kelly Clarkson *Carrie Underwood submits her album cowrites just as any other songwriter would, and then let's her team critique them *Carrie passed on Lady Antebllum's "American Honey" *The House That Built Me was originally pitched to Blake Shelton *Blake begged his label to let him release "Ol' Red," and told them he would leave his label if it wasn't a hit
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Post by tim on May 2, 2014 0:30:32 GMT -5
George Strait has recorded two unrelated songs entitled "She'll Leave You With a Smile." One is an album cut on his 1997 album Carrying Your Love With Me, and the other is the more well-known hit single from his 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. (Does anyone know of any other examples of this happening?) I blew the dust off this tune the other day when I was giving the album CYLWM a listen. I'm more partial to this song versus the latter. Still remains one of my favorite album tracks from George.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 11:28:05 GMT -5
*Carrie's "Before He Cheats" was originally written with Gretchen Wilson in mind *The idea for Blake Shelton's deer tracks tattoo was partially inspired by Joe Don Rooney
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 2, 2014 17:44:40 GMT -5
George Strait has recorded two unrelated songs entitled "She'll Leave You With a Smile." One is an album cut on his 1997 album Carrying Your Love With Me, and the other is the more well-known hit single from his 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. (Does anyone know of any other examples of this happening?) Collin Raye recorded two different songs called "If I Were You": one on All I Can Be, one on Extremes. I could do this all day: * According to BMI, Rascal Flatts also recorded Keith Urban's "Only You Can Love Me This Way"… * …and Garth Brooks has also recorded Randy Travis's "1982". * Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country" was inspired by Gretchen Wilson. * Thompson Square sang backing vocals on Ty Herndon's 2007 album Right About Now. * Josh Gracin filled in for Richie McDonald at a Lonestar concert once. * Michael Knox produced Danni Leigh's debut album in 1998, but had no other production credits until Jason Aldean's debut seven years later. * Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters co-wrote Tracy Byrd's "I'm from the Country" with Marty Brown. Brown and the Headhunters also recorded the demo. * John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You a Little" peaked at #1 on R&R but only #6 on Billboard. (Anyone know of a bigger gap than that regarding #1's?) * Lionel Cartwright composed the theme to 30 Minute Meals. * David Ball's "Riding with Private Malone" and Chely Wright's "The Bumper of My SUV" are the only Top 40 country hits for Dualtone Records. * All four of The Oak Ridge Boys have sung lead vocals on at least one #1 hit (in part because "American Made" has all four of them sharing the lead vocal). * Between 1978 and 1979, Randy Barlow had four songs in a row peak at #10 on an obscure independent label. These were also his only Top 10 hits. * The distorted guitar solo on "Don't Worry" by Marty Robbins was a production fault that was left in the final product: a preamp malfunctioned and created the distorted sound. * "Achy Breaky Heart" and "You Belong with Me" are the only country songs that "Weird Al" Yanovic has ever parodied.
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Post by Kentucky25 on May 2, 2014 18:44:19 GMT -5
I do not have any trivia to offer, but love reading everyone else's! Keep em coming!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2014 18:50:09 GMT -5
George Strait has recorded two unrelated songs entitled "She'll Leave You With a Smile." One is an album cut on his 1997 album Carrying Your Love With Me, and the other is the more well-known hit single from his 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. (Does anyone know of any other examples of this happening?) Collin Raye recorded two different songs called "If I Were You": one on All I Can Be, one on Extremes. I could do this all day: * According to BMI, Rascal Flatts also recorded Keith Urban's "Only You Can Love Me This Way"…* …and Garth Brooks has also recorded Randy Travis's "1982". * Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country" was inspired by Gretchen Wilson. * Thompson Square sang backing vocals on Ty Herndon's 2007 album Right About Now. * Josh Gracin filled in for Richie McDonald at a Lonestar concert once. * Michael Knox produced Danni Leigh's debut album in 1998, but had no other production credits until Jason Aldean's debut seven years later. * Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters co-wrote Tracy Byrd's "I'm from the Country" with Marty Brown. Brown and the Headhunters also recorded the demo. * John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You a Little" peaked at #1 on R&R but only #6 on Billboard. (Anyone know of a bigger gap than that regarding #1's?) * Lionel Cartwright composed the theme to 30 Minute Meals. * David Ball's "Riding with Private Malone" and Chely Wright's "The Bumper of My SUV" are the only Top 40 country hits for Dualtone Records. * All four of The Oak Ridge Boys have sung lead vocals on at least one #1 hit (in part because "American Made" has all four of them sharing the lead vocal). * Between 1978 and 1979, Randy Barlow had four songs in a row peak at #10 on an obscure independent label. These were also his only Top 10 hits. * The distorted guitar solo on "Don't Worry" by Marty Robbins was a production fault that was left in the final product: a preamp malfunctioned and created the distorted sound. * "Achy Breaky Heart" and "You Belong with Me" are the only country songs that "Weird Al" Yanovic has ever parodied. * Rascal Flatts also recorded Little Big Town's "Just A Kiss" *Carrie Underwood was who the NFL originally wanted to sing the Saturday Night Football theme song *Jay Demarcus and Joe Don Rooney had a job in singer Chely Wright 's band before Rascal Flatts was formed * James Otto ("Just Got Started Loving You), is the brother-in law of Jay Demarcus
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Post by sabre14 on May 2, 2014 19:37:53 GMT -5
*Mark Wills has stated his single from 2006 "Hank" was prematurely pulled by his label Equity because stations did not like the lyrics.
*"Freedom Feels Like Lonely" was supposed to be the third single from Joe Nichols album III, but the label decided on "I'll Wait For You" during the final weeks of "Size Matters (Someday's)" chart run.
*Jerrod Niemann's first two singles were actually off Category 5 Records in 2006 and 2007. The first one was a popular song on Highway 16 on XM radio called "I Love Women (My Mama Can't Stand)" (#59). He ended up changing his life after he left the label. This included losing 65 pounds. Then he made Judge Jerrod And The Hung Jury and signed to Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville. The rest you know.
*John Rich said that the idea for "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" came about one night at a songwriting session with some mutual friends in Nashville. During the night a girl who was friends with another acquaintance came in their room that they were writing in and said "you'll never believe what happened to me tonight. A guy tried to pick me up by saying hey girl how bout you save a horse and ride a cowboy".
*There have been 6 versions of the song "Nineteen" which was co-written by Jeffrey Steele. One by Crossin Dixon (Never released), Billy Ray Cyrus (#58), Bill Gentry (never charted), Taylor Hicks (Never released), Clayton Bellamy (Never released) and a duo called Waycross (#54). Pretty funny that the artist who didn't have a record label is the one who got the song the highest...
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Post by drummerman2009 on May 2, 2014 20:20:49 GMT -5
Here are a few:
*Eddy Arnold spent the whole decade of the 1970s without a Top 10 hit. His biggest hits of the 1970s both went to #13 ("Cowboy" in 1976 and "If Every Man Had A Woman Like You" in 1979)
*Barbara Mandrell had 25 hits before she had her first #1 with her 26th hit "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" in 1978
*Dottie West took 14 1/2 years before she had her first #1 with "Every Time Two Fools Collide" a duet with Kenny Rogers in 1978
*Con Hunley never had a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Country Charts between 1977 and 1986. His biggest hit "What's New With You" peaked at #11 in 1981.
*Tompall and the Glaser Brothers took 10 years between their only two Top 10 hits ("Rings" (#7 in 1971) and "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" (#2 in 1981) and their biggest hit)
*Buck Owens and Billy Walker had hits that reached #1 and #100 on the Billboard Country Charts. There might be more singers who made the list but those are the only two that I can think of offhand. EDIT: Found out that Faron Young also had hits that reached #1 and #100.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 2, 2014 23:49:32 GMT -5
Pretty funny that the artist who didn't have a record label is the one who got the song the highest... I thought Waycross was on Dreamcatcher Records? (Any idea if this is the same Dreamcatcher that Kenny Rogers owned?) Another odd one is the reboot of Decca Records a few years back. One Flew South's Last of the Good Guys was their ONLY release. I wonder how many labels have had only one or two hits besides Dualtone: * I know Rising Tide only had two: "If She Don't Love You" and "Nothin' Less Than Love" by The Buffalo Club, who are also one of the only country music acts that didn't even last a full year. They were founded in 1997 and broke up in 1997. * Imprint Records was open for three years but never had a Top 40 hit. Their closest was Jeff Wood's "You Just Get One" at #44, but their most successful sales were from "Macarena (Country Version)" by The GrooveGrass Boyz. * Lofton Creek has had only two Top 40 hits as well: "I Loved Her First" by Heartland and "Rollin' with the Flow" by Mark Chesnutt. ==== Yet more trivia: * Pam Tillis's "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" fell from #1 to #16, the biggest fall from #1 since Nielsen SoundScan began in 1990. I think the second-biggest fall was Shania Twain's "You Win My Love", which fell from #1 to #11. * Going the other way, the biggest leap to #1 since 1990 was Ricky Van Shelton's "Keep It Between the Lines", which went from #9 to #1 in 1991. * Blackhawk had two #1 hits on the RPM charts in Canada, but zero on Billboard in the US. * George Strait's 1999 hit "Meanwhile" is his only song to hit #1 in Canada but none of the US charts. * Bill Anderson hosted two game shows: The Better Sex and Fandango.
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Post by sabre14 on May 2, 2014 23:56:45 GMT -5
^ I heard them say in an interview with Suzanne Alexander in 2007 that Dreamcatcher is not an actual label. I also don't think it was Kenny's, but I do remember some country artist owning it (Randy Travis springs to mind but not quite sure). Google is of no help at the moment but I'll keep trying. That was the main reason (not being technically on a label) that their version of "Nineteen" which I believe was the first to chart, only managed to get about 40-60 spins per week. Edit: Kenny Rogers Dreamcatcher closed in 2004 so it definitely wasn't his. Edit #2: They were apparently on Dreamcaster Artist Management. That sure doesn't sound like a label and it looks like as of July 2007 they were unsigned, so that explains why the song didn't do much if anything.
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Post by ky24941 on May 3, 2014 1:34:45 GMT -5
Here's what comes to mind:
* George Burns is the oldest artist with a top 40 hit. He was 84 when "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" went to #15 in 1980.
* Faron Young's "It's Four in the Morning" was the first video aired on CMT when it debuted on March 5, 1983.
* Shania Twain's Come On Over album was originally titled Make a Move.
* Shania Twain's first choice for "From This Moment On" was Elton John and "Party for Two" was supposed to be with Toby Keith.
* The lead actress in the video for Ronnie Milsap's "She Loves My Car" is played by a then-unknown Mariska Hargitay (from Law & Order: SVU).
* Two of Reba McEntire's duets were almost recorded with different artists. "The Heart Won't Lie" was originally a duet with Kenny Rogers, but the two couldn't get the song to sound right. "Does He Love You" was almost recorded with Wynonna, which was an idea pushed by MCA even though Linda Davis was Reba's first choice.
* SHeDAISY were briefly signed to RCA Records in 1989 under the name of The Osborn Sisters. They recorded an album for the label, but it was never released.
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Post by sabre14 on May 3, 2014 15:02:38 GMT -5
* Clint Black charted 5 separate times from 1995 to 1999 with his Christmas song "Til Santa's Gone. However the first 3 times the title was "Til Santa's Gone (Milk And Cookies)". But the final 2 times in 1998 and 1999 the title changed to "Ti Santa's Gone (I Just Can't Wait)".
*"Sweet Annie" was co-written by songwriter John Pierce. Once upon a time he was a recording artist for RCA Nashville in early 2006. Unfortunately he only charted with one lone single called "I'd Still Have You" (#49 on R&R). He was dropped not long after.
*"Blue Clear Sky" was inspired by the movie Forrest Gump. Bob DiPiero who co-wrote the song, went to see the movie in theaters, and had his attention grabbed by the line that Forrest says in the middle of the movie "then out of the blue clear sky". The title bothered George Strait so much he almost didn't record it or at least attempted to have the title changed. But after hearing the story, he decided to leave it be.
*Steve Azar has stated before on GAC that the chocolate candy tootsie roll is to thank for his hit "I Don't Have To Be Me (Til Monday)". He said he was having a bad night of writing with R.C Bannon and Jason Young. He had some tootsie rolls he bought earlier. After eating some he said that the first line of the song immediately came to him "I got me a brand new car, sittin' in the driveway". I heard this story in 2005 when he was there promoting his single "Doin' It Right".
*Curb Records had numerous lawsuits over the years. One involving The Clark Family Experience, one involving LeAnn Rimes, and the most recent involving Tim McGraw. There was also the rift between Hank III and Curb in 2004 and 2005. Curb refused to release two albums that Hank had recorded and the two went to court where the judge ruled in favor of Hank III. He also would start a campaign with T-Shirts, and bumper stickers saying F**K Curb.
*Brooks & Dunn were finished recording songs for their Steers and Stripes album. Then the label called them and said they found a song that would be perfect for them. They said but we're already done making the album. The label said "you have to hear this song, and we think it's special". Luckily they hadn't picked a lead single as of yet. Ronnie and Kix loved the song and not only cut it, but released it as the lead for the album. The song was "Ain't Nothin' Bout You". ;)
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 16:31:25 GMT -5
The B &D thread reminded me of a good one: Rascal Flatts first #1, " These Days" was brought to them after they had finished "Melt."
Also, Joe Don Rooney and Kassidy Osborne, (of Shedaisy) dated back in the early 200's; "Like I Am" (an album track from "Melt" cowritten by Joe Don), was about his relationship with her.
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Post by Andy on May 3, 2014 18:32:32 GMT -5
Glad to see this thread is a hit. I've had a blast reading everyone's posts. Excellent job everyone! * "Achy Breaky Heart" and "You Belong with Me" are the only country songs that "Weird Al" Yanovic has ever parodied. I absolutely love his parody of "Achy Breaky Heart." And while not a parody of a specific song, I also really like his style parody of country music in "Good Enough for Now."
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 3, 2014 22:23:58 GMT -5
Edit: Kenny Rogers Dreamcatcher closed in 2004 so it definitely wasn't his. Where did you find this out? Google isn't helping any.
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