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Deana Carter  Born in Nashville, Deana Carter is the daughter of legendary singer Fred Carter, Jr. Deana's first big break came when one of her demo tapes made its way to Willie Nelson who then invited her to Farm Aid 1994. A record deal with Capitol Records soon followed in which her debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This? was released to the United Kingdom in 1995. Capitol had her record new material for the record which was then released in the United States in September of 1996. Carter would soon see both her debut single and second single "We Danced Anyway" soar to No. 1 on the country charts. The album would spawn another No.1 with "How Do I Get There" as well as the Top 5 hit "Count Me In." To date the album has sold over five million copies. Buoyed by her initial success she would go on to receive multiple award nominations including a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Female Vocal Performance in 1997 and five CMA nominations for the Horizon Award, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and winning for Single of the Year.
In 1998 Deana released her sixth single "Absence of the Heart" which was the lead-off single for her second album Everything's Gonna Be Alright. The lead single reached the Top 20 while the other two including "You Still Shake Me" reached the Top 40.
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 23:04:59 GMT -5
Matraca Berg  Our second singer-songwriter to be featured is the trailblazer Matraca Berg. From Harlan County, Kentucky, Matraca took up songwriting on her mother's encouragement which eventually led to her songs being discovered by the great Bobby Braddock. He offered to co-write with her and found her earliest success with the No. 1 hit "Faking Love" by T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks. Matraca's string of hits continued in the 80's with Reba McEntire taking the song "The Last One To Know" to No. 1 while other artists such as Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Marie Osmond, and Sweethearts of the Rodeo recorded her songs.
She signed a recording contract in 1990 and released her debut album Lying to the Moon. Both of her first two singles "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left Undone" all went on to chart in the Top 40. Berg released four additional albums during the 90's including 1994's The Speed of Grace, 1997's Sunday Morning to Saturday Night, 1998's The Masters, and finally 1999's Lying to the Moon and Other Stories.
Matraca's long list of songwriting credits include the aforementioned songs "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)," “You Can Feel Bad,” and "Strawberry Wine” as well as these classics:
"Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" - Martina McBride's fifth single from Wild Angels
"Everybody Knows" - Trisha Yearwood's #3 hit from 1996
"Fool, I'm a Woman - Sara Evan's second single from No Place That Far
"Hey Cinderella" - Suzy Bogguss's hit from 1994
"We Danced Anyway" - Deana Carter's second #1 hit
"Wrong Side of Memphis" - Trisha Yearwood's first single from her second album Hearts in Armor
"You and Tequila" - duet by Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter
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Post by tim on Sept 7, 2018 18:32:01 GMT -5
Before I wrap up revealing the final artists and songs for the rankdown this weekend and open it up for submissions I wanted to see if there would be any objections to me switching out the song I originally selected for Pam Tillis. “Maybe It Was Memphis” was just in Cody Wants Out...’s 1992 Country Rankdown where it finished in the top 5 and I have another song in mind. I could always just include both lol but trying to keep this at an even 50 songs. |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 7, 2018 18:40:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't object to MIWM being switched out for Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) or even Spilled Perfume. The latter has grown on me lately. Then again, my opinion may be invalid here.  |
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Post by tim on Sept 7, 2018 18:43:52 GMT -5
I wouldn't object to MIWM being switched out for Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) or even Spilled Perfume. The latter has grown on me lately. Then again, my opinion may be invalid here.  Both are great for sure but I’m going to keep those reserved for the 1994/1995 rankdowns. I tried to not use too many songs from those years but there were a few exceptions made lol. |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 7, 2018 19:18:28 GMT -5
I love Maybe It Was Memphis! It would easily be in my top 5 for this rankdown. But Pam has a lot of other great songs too, so I'd be fine seeing one that hasn't had any rankdown exposure yet! As long as it's NOT "Betty's Got A Bass Boat"  |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 7, 2018 19:19:26 GMT -5
I wouldn't object to MIWM being switched out for Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) or even Spilled Perfume. The latter has grown on me lately.Then again, my opinion may be invalid here. What kind of monster needs time to warm up to "Spilled Perfume"?!?!! That's like her best song! |
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Post by tim on Sept 7, 2018 19:39:42 GMT -5
I love Maybe It Was Memphis! It would easily be in my top 5 for this rankdown. But Pam has a lot of other great songs too, so I'd be fine seeing one that hasn't had any rankdown exposure yet! As long as it's NOT "Betty's Got A Bass Boat"OMG I completely forgot about that song! Who in there right mind thought that would be a good choice as a single?! They even made a music video for it “Maybe It Was Memphis” is probably Pam’s signature song for sure and I have no doubt it would be a top contender again for another rankdown, but I just had an idea to use a different song that fits more into the theme for 90’s Ladies. I think most of you will like the song I have in mind  |
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Post by tim on Sept 7, 2018 20:18:38 GMT -5
I’ve updated the song selected for Pam Tillis to “All the Good Ones Are Gone” which has always been one of my favorites from her. The Spotify playlist has also been revised.
I’ll be back tomorrow to reveal more songs before I wrap this up on Sunday and open it up for y’all.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 7, 2018 20:50:23 GMT -5
I wouldn't object to MIWM being switched out for Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) or even Spilled Perfume. The latter has grown on me lately.Then again, my opinion may be invalid here. What kind of monster needs time to warm up to "Spilled Perfume"?!?!! That's like her best song!  |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 11:19:29 GMT -5
Anita Cochran  Anita Cochran made her debut on Warner Bros. Records in 1997 with the album Back to You. Anita co-wrote all but one song on the album as well as serving as its producer alongside Jim Ed Norman. While the first two singles "I Could Love a Man Like That" and "Daddy Can You See Me Now" failed to make much of a dent on the country charts, it was the third single "What If Said" with Steve Wariner that would take her to the top of the country charts in early 1998. The song would receive a CMA nomination for Vocal Event of the Year in 1998 as well. She released her sophomore album Anita in 1999 but all three singles failed to reach the same level of success she saw beforehand.
Anita was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and a benefit concert was held for her earlier this year that included support from artists such as Terri Clark, Suzy Bogguss, Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan, and a special guest surprise appearance by Crystal Gayle.
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Post by someguy on Sept 8, 2018 11:23:02 GMT -5
I’ve updated the song selected for Pam Tillis to “All the Good Ones Are Gone” which has always been one of my favorites from her. The Spotify playlist has also been revised. I’ll be back tomorrow to reveal more songs before I wrap this up on Sunday and open it up for y’all. "All The Good Ones Are Gone" is such a classic. Again, all of these songs are top 10 worthy, haha. |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 11:37:45 GMT -5
Allison Moorer Allison Moorer is our next featured artist and is the younger sister of Shelby Lynne who was previously highlighted in an earlier reveal from this rankdown. In 1998 Allison released her debut album Alabama Song in which she co-wrote all but one of the 11 songs included on the record. Allison has released multiple critically acclaimed albums including 2002's Miss Fortune as well as the Steve Earle-produced record Getting Somewhere in 2006 of which there duet "Days Aren't Long Enough" received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.
Allison has seen many of her songs included in motion pictures such as "Tumbling Down" for the movie The Rookie and "Moonshiner" in the film Songcatcher. Her song and our next selection "A Soft Place To Fall" also appeared in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer for which the song was nominated for an Academy Award at the 1999 Oscar's. |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 11:55:21 GMT -5
Lee Ann Womack Signed to the label Decca Nashville in 1996, Lee Ann Womack released her self-titled debut album in 1997 alongside the critically acclaimed single "Never Again, Again". Both her second and third singles "The Fool" and "You've Got to Talk to Me" would take Womack top the Top 5 on the country charts. Buoyed by her initial success she would go on to receive a nomination for the CMA's Horizon Award in both 1997 and 1998 as well as winning the Top New Female Vocalist award at the 1998 ACM awards. She received her first CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nomination in 1998.
Lee Ann released her second album, Some Things I Know, in 1998 and saw the first two singles reach the Top 5 including "A Little Past Little Rock". Two additional hit singles followed and the album would later be certified gold.
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 12:46:19 GMT -5
Jo Dee Messina Signed to Curb Records with the help of producer James Stroud and Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina released her self-titled debut album in 1996. The lead single "Heads Carolina, Tails California" leaped up into the Top 5 of the country charts while its second single "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" peaked inside the Top 10. Messina released her second album, I'm Alright, in 1998 which spawned three consecutive No. 1 songs including the title track and "Bye Bye". She released a cover of the Dottie West classic "Lesson In Leavin'" and took it to the Top 5 while the last single "Because You Love Me" reached the Top 10. Her first album would be certified gold while its predecessor went on to sell over two million copies. Jo Dee was nominated for the CMA's Horizon Award in 1998 and was honored with the ACM's Top New Female Vocalist award that same year.
Selected for the rankdown is "Stand Beside Me" which went on to spend three consecutive weeks at No.1 in early 1999. |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 13:09:08 GMT -5
Martina McBride  Our second Kansas native to be featured is Martina McBride. Martina first moved to Nashville with her husband John in 1989 where he soon joined Garth Brooks's sound crew and later became his production manager. Garth was so impressed by Martina's energy that he offered her the position of his opening act. Her demo tape would make its way to RCA Nashivlle Records where she signed her first recording contract in 1991.
Martina's debut album, The Time Has Come, was released in 1992 where the title track would peak inside the Top 25 on the country charts. It was with her second release, The Way That I Am, that would take Martina to the Top 5 for the first time. Her hit "My Baby Loves Me" peaked at number two while the second single "Life No. 9" was a Top 10 hit. While the third single, "Independence Day", failed to reach the Top 10 it has gone on to become one of Martina's signature hits and would win the CMA Song of the Year honors for Gretchen Peters in 1995. Martina would also pick up her first CMA award for Video of the Year as well as receiving a nomination for the Horizon Award. Martina's third album, Wild Angels, produced the Top 5 hit "Safe in the Arms of Love" and Martina's first No. 1 song with the title track. The album would earn Martina a nomination for Album of the Year at the 1996 CMA Awards.
Martina scored her second No. 1 hit with the release of "A Broken Wing" from her fourth studio album Evolution. It would spawn three additional top 10 hits including the No. 2 peaking "Happy Girl" and her third No. 1 "Wrong Again". Martina's last album for the decade was 1999's Emotion which included another No. 1 hit with its lead single "I Love You" where it spent five consecutive weeks at the top of the charts. The second single, "Love's the Only House" took her into the next decade and was another Top 5 hit for her. Previously nominated two times before, she would go on to win the Female Vocalist of the Year award at the 1999 CMA Awards.
While "Independence Day" won the vote for the song to be highlighted enough members reached out to me wanting to change their vote, so with that I'm happy to reveal that Pulse has selected "Whatever You Say" as the next song for the rankdown. |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 13:24:20 GMT -5
Gretchen Peters  Our final singer-songwriter to be highlighted is the critically acclaimed and award winning artist Gretchen Peters. Peters first moved to Nashville in the 1980s where she soon found work as a songwriter. She has released a total of seven studio albums herself with Dancing With the Beast being her most recent effort released earlier this year.
All of you have grown up with Gretchen's songs throughout the years including the previously mentioned song "Independence Day" as well as these other notable mentions:
"The Chill of an Early Fall" - Title track and hit song for George Strait in 1991
"Inside Out" - Covered by both Bryan Adams in 2000 and Trisha Yearwood with Don Henley
"Let That Pony Run" - Pam Tilis Top 5 hit in 1993
"On a Bus to St. Cloud" - from Trisha Yearwood's 1995 album Thinkin' About You
"The Secret of Life" - Top 5 hit for Faith Hill in 1999
"You Don't Even Know Who I Am" - Patty Loveless's iconic hit song from 1995
Highlighted from Gretchen's personal discography is "When You Are Old" which Martina McBride also covered on her debut album. |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 13:30:11 GMT -5
That's going to be all the reveals for today and I'll pick back up tomorrow! We still have quite a few amazing artists and songs to highlight including the only female to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year award in the 90’s as well as artists from the Class of '99.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 8, 2018 14:04:19 GMT -5
While the third single, "Independence Day", failed to reach the Top 10 it has gone on to become one of Martina's signature hits and would win the CMA Song of the Year honors for Gretchen Wilson in 1995.  |
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 8, 2018 14:06:31 GMT -5
Yasssssss, what a great set of reveals for this rankdown!!!!! "I'll Think Of A Reason Later", "Stand Beside Me", and "Whatever You Say" are all majorly underrated jams!
Bring on Sara and Shania, and I'll be ready to start this thing.
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 14:08:24 GMT -5
While the third single, "Independence Day", failed to reach the Top 10 it has gone on to become one of Martina's signature hits and would win the CMA Song of the Year honors for Gretchen Wilson in 1995. Maybe I snuck that in there on purpose to see if anyone is reading the write-up’s  But alas nope that was just a slip of the hand and brain not functioning as one lol |
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 19:08:04 GMT -5
Bring on Sara and Shania, and I'll be ready to start this thing. Ok...one more reveal for the night! Shania Twain  Shania Twain is our final Canadian singer and songwriter to be featured for the rankdown. After assembling a demo tape of her songs and performing for record executives, she caught the attention of Mercury Nashville Records who then signed her to a recording contract. Originally born as Eilleen Regina Edwards, she decided to change her name to Shania. Her self-titled debut record was released in 1993 which yielded two minor hit singles including "What Made You Say That" and "Dance with the One That Brought You". Shania caught the attention of rock producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange and together they wrote songs for Twain's second album The Woman in Me. Released in early 1995, the album's first single was "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" and went on to be her first Top 15 record on the American country charts. This was followed by her very first No. 1 song "Any Man of Mine" as well as three additional No. 1 hits including "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" and "You Win My Love". Her debut record has gone on to sell over 12 million copies.
Shania's follow-up album Come On Over was released in 1997 and it was this album that established her as a successful crossover singer. A total of eleven songs would chart on country radio including the No. 1 songs "Love Gets Me Every Time", "Honey, I'm Home", as well as the mega-hit "You're Still the One". She would chart another four Top 10 hits from the album including the album track, "From This Moment On" and "That Don't Impress Me Much" all of which would take her career well into the early 2000's. The album has been certified 20 times platinum by the RIAA and has since sold almost 16 million copies worldwide.
Shania Twain would go on to become the first non-US citizen to win the Country Music Association's prestigious Entertainer of the Year award in 1999 and as well as the only country female artist to win the award in the 1990s.
I have chosen two songs to highlight from Shania including her 1996 No. 1 hit "No One Needs to Know" and the theme song for the rankdown "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 8, 2018 19:08:52 GMT -5
"No One Needs to Know" was my #1 for the Shania rankdown last year!
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Post by tim on Sept 8, 2018 19:27:07 GMT -5
"No One Needs to Know" was my #1 for the Shania rankdown last year! It's one of my favorites from her for sure. I’m also a big fan of the movie Twister which it was included on so that's probably another reason I like this song so much. |
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Post by someguy on Sept 8, 2018 22:07:03 GMT -5
"No One Needs to Know" is my favourite Shania song too. Such a great track. Hard to believe that it's 23 years old!
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Post by someguy on Sept 8, 2018 22:27:12 GMT -5
I remember buying the Country Weekly issue just to see it hitting #1, lol.
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Post by tim on Sept 9, 2018 10:22:29 GMT -5
Sara Evans Born and raised in Missouri, Sara Evans is our next country female vocalist to be featured for 90's Women. Sara moved to Nashville in the early 90's where she began recording demos when she caught the attention of a fellow songwriter named Harlan Howard. Through that connection she was soon signed to RCA Records where her debut album, Three Chords and the Truth, was released in 1997. While none of the singles reached the Top 40, the album received widespread critical acclaim. Sara's sophomore album release, No Place That Far, was released in 1998 and led off with the single "Cryin' Game". The album would be certified gold with the third single "Fool, I'm a Woman" becoming a Top 40 hit. Sara's early success earned her a CMA nomination for the Horizon Award in 1999.
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Post by tim on Sept 9, 2018 10:42:16 GMT -5
Class of '99 SHeDAISY Our first female country group from the 90's to be featured is SHeDaisy. They originally performed as The Osborn Sisters and were signed to RCA Records in 1989, however that album was never released. The three sisters would spend the next years working in and performing around Nashville nightclubs until they began performing under the name SHeDAISY which is derived from a Navajo term meaning "my (little) sister." They were signed to Lyric Street Records in 1999 and released their debut album The Whole SHeBANG of which its first three singles all reached the Top 10.
Selected from their debut record is the lead-off Top 5 hit "Little Good-Byes".
Jessica Andrews Jessica debuted on the country music scene at the age of 15 with her first album Heart Shaped World on DreamWorks Records. The album produced one Top 30 hit and two more Top 40 singles including "You Go First (Do You Wanna Kiss)" and "Unbreakable Heart". She would soon embark on Trisha Yearwood's tour as her opening act in 2000.
Highlighted from Jessica is her debut single "I Will Be There For You" which was also included in the film The Prince of Egypt. |
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Post by tim on Sept 9, 2018 10:58:08 GMT -5
And that means we have one more artist and song to reveal...who and what could it be?!? I'll be back later today to wrap this up and open it for submissions.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 9, 2018 12:59:32 GMT -5
It better be the Dixie Chicks!!! Probably "Wide Open Spaces"? (Although if it were "You Were Mine" I would probably fall over with excitement) |
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