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Forgotten Artists: Goldie Hill (1933- 2005)
Had Carl Smith and Goldie Hill been born 30 or 40 years later, they might have been like Faith Hill and Tim McGraw–the dominant married couple in country music. Carl Smith was one of the biggest stars of the 1950s; bigger perhaps than Tim McGraw is today. Goldie Hill was glamorous and talented, with a [...]
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Forgotten Artists: Wynn Stewart (1934-1985)
Mention Bakersfield to a country music fan and the names Buck Owens and Merle Haggard immediately come to mind. That’s to be expected considering Buck and the Hag were the two most successful practitioners of the “Bakersfield Sound,” but there are several other artists just as important to the evolution of the sound. Chief among [...]
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Forgotten Artists: David Rogers
David Rogers (1936-1993) is proof of the adage that it’s great to be on a major label, but only if the label is truly behind you.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, during the depths of the Great Depression, Rogers began playing guitar when he was eleven, and shortly thereafter began appearing in local bands. He [...] -
Forgotten Artists: Charley Pride
While he’s not exactly forgotten, it’s been a nineteen years since Charley Pride received much airplay on Country Radio–which seems unbelievable considering the dominant force he was on the charts. For the ’70s, Billboard has Charley listed as its third ranking singles artist behind only Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard. Pride also shows up as [...]
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Forgotten Artists: Johnny Darrell
One of life’s biggest mysteries (or at least one of Country Music’s biggest mysteries) is that Johnny Darrell (1940-1997) never became a star. Arguably country music’s first “outlaw,” Darrell recorded for United Artists from 1965 to about 1973, but United was only a bit player in country music, and so Darrell’s records didn’t get the [...]
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Jim Malec counts down the top 20 country music news stories of 2008. How many times do you think John Rich will be mentioned?Current Discussion
- CMW: Dudley: There's a reason I didn't title my post "a review" or "an objective consideration of the factors contributing to the ...
- Leeann Ward: For the record, Miss Leslie, if you're reading this, my email request came back to me as "undeliverable."
- Nicolas: I think "I Told You So" was a good choice for a single... the only song I would've preferred would've ...
- Leeann Ward: Wow, if his point of view is from the eighties, I really don't know where he was coming from at ...
- Rick: Ooops, I meant Trent. I wish we could edit our previous posts. Darn....
- Rick: The fact that a formulaic "list" song would come from the pen of Tom Shapiro shocks me! (lol) Trent does ...
- dudley: "You acknowledge that “the choice of ‘I Told You So’ has potential strategic implications for Carrie’s positioning in country music” ...
- Vicki: NorthTexas, I'm a fan and about 25 years older. I didn't like all of her CR album and ...
- Leeann Ward: I've seen Carrie fans still be pretty enthusiastic about this song outside of the private message boards; they put on ...
- northtexas: "I love the song. I just hate the way Carrie sings it." Fair enough! I have no problem with ...
