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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on May 17, 2015 20:47:48 GMT -5
When Country Weekly reviewed the song "Hillbilly Bone", their reviews section showed a picture of the album/single cover. They showed a single cover that was an obvious copy of the Milk-Bone logo, which Google Images was unable to dig up. I'm guessing that was the original single cover, and that it was changed VERY early on?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 12:53:07 GMT -5
I was listening to an interview last night, and Rascal Flatts mentioned that the lyric "Tell George Strait to give us an encore" was originally "Tell Tom Petty to give us an encore."
Gary had the idea to change it because he's a big Strait fan, and they heard the song around the time he had announced plans to retire, and they felt the original lyric didn't work as well.
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Post by josephmorgan on Jun 16, 2015 12:28:25 GMT -5
I was listening to ACC, and Kix was interviewing Toby Keith. He said that Chris LeDoux had Toby's debut "Should've Been A Cowboy" on hold before Toby recorded it.
Also, with Mo Pitney's "Country" now in the MB top 40, Bill Anderson has had top 40 hits that he's written for other artists for seven consecutive decades.
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Post by sabre14 on Jun 27, 2015 14:52:42 GMT -5
Brad Paisley originally didn't agree with "Whiskey Lullaby" being a single. He didn't think the song was a good fit at radio, especially during the summer. In the end, he obviously was glad his label went with it as single #3 from Mud On The Tires.
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Post by Andy on Jul 3, 2015 22:31:34 GMT -5
-Horror author Stephen King is a country music fan, and many, if not most, of his novels contain a reference to a country artist or song.
-British pop-rocker Elvis Costello released an album of country covers entitled Almost Blue in 1981, and on the album's cover was the following disclaimer: ""WARNING: This album contains country & western music and may cause offence to narrow minded listeners."
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 3, 2015 23:14:42 GMT -5
^ Speaking of famous people being fans of country music, former Buffalo Bills quarterback and Hall Of Famer Jim Kelly is a fan of country music as well.
His favorite duo or group is Montgomery Gentry. :)
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Post by someguy on Jul 3, 2015 23:24:34 GMT -5
-Horror author Stephen King is a country music fan, and many, if not most, of his novels contain a reference to a country artist or song. -British pop-rocker Elvis Costello released an album of country covers entitled Almost Blue in 1981, and on the album's cover was the following disclaimer: ""WARNING: This album contains country & western music and may cause offence to narrow minded listeners." Yeah Stephen King mentions a country singer in most of his books. I'm a huge Stephen King fan, so I always love reading about them and picking it out when he mentions them.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 3, 2015 23:25:24 GMT -5
Back when Diamond Rio was still called the Tennessee River Boys, one of their members was Ty Herndon.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 16, 2015 14:17:27 GMT -5
RCA had the top five songs of 1978 according to Billboard. They are:
1. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys-Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson 2. Here You Come Again-Dolly Parton 3. Only One Love In My Life-Ronnie Milsap 4. I've Always Been Crazy-Waylon Jennings 5. Heartbreaker-Dolly Parton
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Post by Andy on Jul 27, 2015 18:23:18 GMT -5
Despite being one of the biggest names in country music history, George Jones only ever had 9 solo #1 hits.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jul 28, 2015 10:15:23 GMT -5
Despite being one of the biggest names in country music history, George Jones only ever had 9 solo #1 hits. One of them I saluted today, his last, I Always Get Lucky With You from 1983.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 28, 2015 22:59:05 GMT -5
I heard a rumor recently that Martina McBride hates performing with an earpiece, and so she is one of few performers who typically performs without one. I am not sure how true that is, but it certainly made me respect her talent as a vocalist even more! Doesn't the earpiece exist so that the artists can hear themselves and make sure they are singing on key??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 19:32:24 GMT -5
-Horror author Stephen King is a country music fan, and many, if not most, of his novels contain a reference to a country artist or song. Can you give examples, I'm really interested now. I know in "Duma Key" he mentions Reba and "Fancy", I only ever read that one and 11/22/63, which had Alan Jackson mentioned, I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 19:47:00 GMT -5
*Rascal Flatts revealed recently their debut single (Prayin' For Daylight) was on hold for another act; when they were in need of a single to record, they decided it was right for them *The Rascal Flatts song "Like I Am" was reportedly written about Kassidy Osborne of Shedaisy, when they dated for several years *Carrie almost didn't try out for American Idol
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Post by Andy on Jul 29, 2015 19:49:27 GMT -5
-Horror author Stephen King is a country music fan, and many, if not most, of his novels contain a reference to a country artist or song. Can you give examples, I'm really interested now. I know in "Duma Key" he mentions Reba and "Fancy", I only ever read that one and 11/22/63, which had Alan Jackson mentioned, I believe. Sure! -One of the short stories in Everything's Eventual mentions "Nothin' but the Taillights" by Clint Black. - Needful Things opens up with a quote from "Snake Oil" by Steve Earle, and also mentions "Whiskey on Ice" by Hank Williams Jr. - Mr. Mercedes mentions Radney Foster. - Revival mentions Sawyer Brown. I've only read maybe ten of his books, so I'm sure there's a ton I don't know about or remember. Perhaps someguy can add more.
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Post by someguy on Jul 29, 2015 22:39:11 GMT -5
Can you give examples, I'm really interested now. I know in "Duma Key" he mentions Reba and "Fancy", I only ever read that one and 11/22/63, which had Alan Jackson mentioned, I believe. Sure! -One of the short stories in Everything's Eventual mentions "Nothin' but the Taillights" by Clint Black. - Needful Things opens up with a quote from "Snake Oil" by Steve Earle, and also mentions "Whiskey on Ice" by Hank Williams Jr. - Mr. Mercedes mentions Radney Foster. - Revival mentions Sawyer Brown. I've only read maybe ten of his books, so I'm sure there's a ton I don't know about or remember. Perhaps someguy can add more. There are so many, but of course I'm drawing a bit of a blank. I'll definitely revisit this post when I remember more, but off the top of my head: - Duma Key has a car accident that plays an important role in the story. Reba McEntire's "Fancy" is playing at the time. - unfortunately I can't remember the book, but one of the characters is listening to an Alan Jackson song (this sticks out, because I remember the book spelling Alan's name with two l's ("Allan"). I'll try to see if I can remember what book that was, as well as any other examples of this (It wasn't 11/22/63 - though I'm sure that does mention Alan. I'm thinking of an earlier book.... Bag Of Bones maybe?).
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Post by vamp111 on Aug 5, 2015 15:53:30 GMT -5
Many people know Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum auditioned for American Idol and was rejected...But many people don't know that Maddie Marlow from Maddie & Tae tried out for both American Idol and The Voice in 2011...obviously she is another one where it worked out for the better.
Jackie Lee made it to Hollywood on American Idol in Season 8 and was cut just before the voting rounds.
Mickey Guyton was also on American Idol in Season 7 and was cut right before voting.
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Post by M&TSwiftie on Aug 5, 2015 17:20:14 GMT -5
Many people know Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum auditioned for American Idol and was rejected...But many people don't know that Maddie Marlow from Maddie & Tae tried out for both American Idol and The Voice in 2011...obviously she is another one where it worked out for the better. Jackie Lee made it to Hollywood on American Idol in Season 8 and was cut just before the voting rounds. Mickey Guyton was also on American Idol in Season 7 and was cut right before voting. is Maddie Mickey and jackie's videos from their seasons anywhere?
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Post by firefly on Aug 9, 2015 8:28:18 GMT -5
Some stuff about Martina McBride:
She sang in a rock band called Penetrators in the 80es. They rented a rehearsal space from the man named John McBride. You can guess the rest.
Her first hit single, My Baby Loves Me, is a cover of a song by Canadian country singer Patricia Conroy.
She dislikes her country top ten hit, Life #9.
She thinks that Strangers would have been a better follow-up single to Independence Day than Heart Trouble. That's why Strangers is included on her Greatest Hits album.
The baby laughter on Wild Angels belongs to her oldest daughter, Delaney. It wasn't easy to record her for that intro.
Her vocals for Still Holding On were recorded in one day, because of her busy schedule.
Her first job was serving ice cream at Kansas Dairy Queen.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 10, 2015 9:00:08 GMT -5
Some stuff about Martina McBride: She sang in a rock band called Penetrators in the 80es. They rented a rehearsal space from the man named John McBride. You can guess the rest. Her first hit single, My Baby Loves Me, is a cover of a song by Canadian country singer Patricia Conroy. She dislikes her country top ten hit, Life #9. She thinks that Strangers would have been a better follow-up single to Independence Day than Heart Trouble. That's why Strangers is included on her Greatest Hits album. The baby laughter on Wild Angels belongs to her oldest daughter, Delaney. It wasn't easy to record her for that intro. Her vocals for Still Holding On were recorded in one day, because of her busy schedule. Her first job was serving ice cream at Kansas Dairy Queen. Martina McBride also sold t-shirts for Garth Brooks. Look who blocked her from having her first #1 in 1993: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1993: 1. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association-Garth Brooks-Capitol 2. MY BABY LOVES ME-MARTINA MCBRIDE-RCA 3. Reckless-Alabama-RCA 4. Mercury Blues-Alan Jackson-Arista 5. God Blessed Texas-Little Texas-Warner Bros. 6. Almost Goodbye-Mark Chesnutt-MCA 7. My Second Home-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 8. On The Road-Lee Roy Parnell-Arista 9. That Was A River-Collin Raye-Epic 10. Soon-Tanya Tucker-Capitol
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Post by someguy on Aug 18, 2015 12:29:00 GMT -5
Sure! -One of the short stories in Everything's Eventual mentions "Nothin' but the Taillights" by Clint Black. - Needful Things opens up with a quote from "Snake Oil" by Steve Earle, and also mentions "Whiskey on Ice" by Hank Williams Jr. - Mr. Mercedes mentions Radney Foster. - Revival mentions Sawyer Brown. I've only read maybe ten of his books, so I'm sure there's a ton I don't know about or remember. Perhaps someguy can add more. There are so many, but of course I'm drawing a bit of a blank. I'll definitely revisit this post when I remember more, but off the top of my head: - Duma Key has a car accident that plays an important role in the story. Reba McEntire's "Fancy" is playing at the time. - unfortunately I can't remember the book, but one of the characters is listening to an Alan Jackson song (this sticks out, because I remember the book spelling Alan's name with two l's ("Allan"). I'll try to see if I can remember what book that was, as well as any other examples of this (It wasn't 11/22/63 - though I'm sure that does mention Alan. I'm thinking of an earlier book.... Bag Of Bones maybe?). Blaze mentions Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 14, 2017 14:29:24 GMT -5
* Toby Keith has only ever written two songs for other artists: "Slave to the Habit" by Shane Minor and "Starkissed" by Cledus T. Judd. (I have to wonder if "Slave" was among the material that Mercury rejected from Toby during the "Getcha Some" era?) * Both "No News" by Lonestar and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio spent three weeks at #1 on Billboard but only got to #2 on Radio & Records. * Although Lionel Cartwright's "Standing on the Promises" was never released on an album, there is published sheet music of it. * Songwriters Bob DiPiero and John Scott Sherrill, and guitarist Dennis Robbins, fronted a band in the 80s called "Billy Hill". The role of lead singer was credited to a fictional character also called Billy Hill. They recorded two albums, but the second was never released; however, Shenandoah covered "The Church on Cumberland Road" from the unreleased second album. * Jerrod Niemann's "Lover, Lover" has nine backing vocal tracks, all sung by Jerrod. He said that he achieved the bass vocals by wearing out his voice and drinking whiskey. * "My Love" was the only Little Texas single sung by Brady Seals instead of Tim Rushlow. Dwayne O'Brien sang lead on "Peaceful Easy Feeling", which charted but was not a single. * Keith Urban "played" a cardboard box on "Somebody Like You". * The thumping percussion on "Wild at Heart" by Gloriana is provided by someone beating on a road case. * The only chart entry for the band Wild Horses was on an Epic Records compilation called Dancin' with Thunder, which promoted Professional Bull Riders. They never had any official single releases for Epic. * Brad Paisley competed on Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2003. * Although it was a Top 10 hit, Shazam does not recognize "Lucky Moon" by the Oak Ridge Boys. * The full 100-space 1999 songs of the year countdown for ACC included a whole bunch of songs that didn't even hit Top 20. The highest-ranking non-top 20 song of that year was Patty Loveless's #21 "Can't Get Enough", which finished #79 for the year. #84 for the year was Shane Minor's "Ordinary Love" (#24), #87 was "The Greatest" by Kenny Rogers (#26), and every song from #89 downwards was a song that fell outside the Top 20. Surprisingly, #99 was "Take Me" by Lari White, which only got to #32. You can find the 1999 list here. * Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Bang Bang Bang album was originally supposed to be released via Rising Tide Records, who promoted the lead single, but the label closed before the album could come out. The album then got moved to Decca, which also closed without releasing the album. DreamWorks finally released the album in 1999, and re-released the lead single as well.
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Post by zack97 on Nov 25, 2017 23:28:46 GMT -5
At Gary Allan's concert tonight, Gary admitted he didn't want to cut "Her Man" because he hated the line "I've got a woman who's better than most". Said it reminded him of a ripoff of Alan Jackson's "I'll Try".
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 26, 2017 11:28:33 GMT -5
Just read this whole thread and really enjoyed it.
Eric Church's career was in the balance after Hell on the Heart peaked. Either Smoke a Little Smoke (EC's choice, after he disagreed with Love Your Love/Hell being released)) was going to do well, or Eric was going to probably be dropped. The rest is history.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 26, 2017 14:41:37 GMT -5
* "I Go to Pieces" by Southern Pacific and "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Ricochet are, as far as I can tell, the only a cappella songs to chart in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs.
* Every single off Toby Keith's Blue Moon album was issued via a different label. "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" via Polydor, "A Woman's Touch" via A&M, and "Me Too" via Mercury. Toby later said he was only on A&M for 15 weeks.
* A live version of "Travelin' Soldier" charted nearly a full year before the single version.
* Natalie Maines got the lead vocalist role in Dixie Chicks after singing a demo of "You Were Mine" for Martie and Emily.
* When Bigger Picture Music closed, Craig Campbell called up radio stations himself to request that they keep playing "Keep Them Kisses Comin'."
* Sunny Sweeney's Concrete lists the session musicians but does not say what instruments they played, and Eric Church's Mr. Misunderstood contains no musician credits at all. While more common in the 80s and early 90s, this is rare now.
* The Kinleys ("Please", "Just Between You and Me") at last report, now sing in a church whose worship leader is Lionel Cartwright ("Leap of Faith").
* Nobody seems to know who the producers were on Taylor Swift's "Ronan" or Kree Harrison's "All Cried Out".
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 26, 2017 14:45:29 GMT -5
* "I Go to Pieces" by Southern Pacific and "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Ricochet are, as far as I can tell, the only a cappella songs to chart in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs. * Every single off Toby Keith's Blue Moon album was issued via a different label. "Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You" via Polydor, "A Woman's Touch" via A&M, and "Me Too" via Mercury. Toby later said he was only on A&M for 15 weeks. * A live version of "Travelin' Soldier" charted nearly a full year before the single version. * Natalie Maines got the lead vocalist role in Dixie Chicks after singing a demo of "You Were Mine" for Martie and Emily. * When Bigger Picture Music closed, Craig Campbell called up radio stations himself to request that they keep playing "Keep Them Kisses Comin'." * Sunny Sweeney's Concrete lists the session musicians but does not say what instruments they played, and Eric Church's Mr. Misunderstood contains no musician credits at all. While more common in the 80s and early 90s, this is rare now. * The Kinleys ("Please", "Just Between You and Me") at last report, now sing in a church whose worship leader is Lionel Cartwright ("Leap of Faith"). * Nobody seems to know who the producers were on Taylor Swift's "Ronan" or Kree Harrison's "All Cried Out". I love I Go To Pieces by Southern Pacific. Check out their greatest hits album for that one. I have the trio of Toby Keith singles listed as A & M in my top 40 country hits book. I'm not doubting your claim here.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 26, 2017 15:41:50 GMT -5
I have the trio of Toby Keith singles listed as A & M in my top 40 country hits book. I'm not doubting your claim here. Joel Whitburn's books have a couple errors in them. Like, he credits all of Tim Rushlow's post-"She Misses Him" singles as being on Atlantic even though they were actually independent releases due to Atlantic closing. I did find a Billboard article verifying the label changes for the Blue Moon singles. 3/9/96 Billboard lists "Does That Blue Moon..." as being released on Polydor.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 26, 2017 15:51:35 GMT -5
Joel Whitburn's books have a couple errors in them. Like, he credits all of Tim Rushlow's post-"She Misses Him" singles as being on Atlantic even though they were actually independent releases due to Atlantic closing. I did find a Billboard article verifying the label changes for the Blue Moon singles. 3/9/96 Billboard lists "Does That Blue Moon..." as being released on Polydor. Maybe so. By the time Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You peaks at #2, it's listed as an A & M single. I saw the actual chart. The top five: BILLBOARD TOP FIVE FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 22, 1996: 1. Time Marches On-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 2. DOES THAT BLUE MOON EVER SHINE ON YOU-TOBY KEITH-A & M 3. I Think About You-Collin Raye-Epic 4. I'm Not Supposed To Love You Anymore-Bryan White-Asylum 5. Blue Clear Sky-George Strait-MCA
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Nov 27, 2017 12:25:09 GMT -5
* All three of Aaron Lines' Top 40 entries in the US entered at #40, fell to #43 the next week, then re-entered.
* No solo female had a #1 country hit between April 6, 2002 and May 29, 2004. (And you think it's bad NOW...)
* Leon Ashley wrote, produced, and distributed his #1 hit "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" entirely by himself.
* Due to a series of chart manipulations, both "Somebody" by Reba and "Girls Lie Too" by Terri Clark were Billboard-only #1's. The same chart manipulation resulted in Billboard changing its tabulation soon afterward.
* For the 1/8/2000 chart, of all the songs below #40, only ten were NOT Christmas releases: "Carlene" (#41), "The Best Day" (#43), "Buy Me a Rose" (#45), "It's a Beautiful Thing" (#47), "Can't Nobody Love You (Like I Do)" (#49), "Me and Maxine" (#51), "God Gave Me You" (#52), "Unbreakable Heart" (#59), "The Fun of Your Love" (#62), and "What I Need" (#68). The next week, every song from #45 downward was either new or a re-entry -- although that included three songs that got heavy rotation due to the "new millennium": "Auld Lang Syne" by Kenny G, "Twentieth Century" by Alabama, and "New Year's Eve 1999" by Alabama and Gretchen Peters.
* The demolition of Opryland USA for an outlet mall is ironic, since an earlier outlet mall called Music City Outlet Mall had previously failed across the street.
* Conway Twitty's vocals on Anita Cochran's "I Wanna Hear a Cheatin' Song" were digitally composited from existing recordings of his.
* "Cowboy Take Me Away" descended the charts so slowly that it was still on the charts even after the next single, "Goodbye Earl", fell off.
* Due to year-end countdown airplay spikes, Tim McGraw ended up with two songs in the Top 10 at the same time in early 2000 with "Something Like That" and "My Best Friend". The same thing happened to Toby Keith in early 2004 with "I Love This Bar" and "American Soldier".
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Post by bboat11 on May 9, 2018 12:37:13 GMT -5
So I just discovered a tidbit talking about how Faith Hill originally auditioned to be one of Reba's backup singers, but ultimately got rejected. The lady they hired instead, Paula Kay Evans, ended up dying in that tragic and infamous plane crash in 1991 that wiped out Reba's band and crew... ???
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