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National Country Singers
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With over 70 million records sold, BJ's vocal versatility is as apparent today as it was when he recorded his first hit in 1967, “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry”.
Since the mid-1960s, BJ Thomas has become one of the most recognized and respected voices of the American musical landscape. He has impacted many areas of popular music with 15 Top 40 pop hits, 10 Top 40 country hits, 5 Grammys, 2 Dove awards and 15 Gold and Platinum Records. He is the only artist to successfully move to the top of three music genres not as a crossover and also have crossover success.
“As a singer,” BJ states, “I have the chance to lift the spirits of the audience and make them feel good, at least for the evening.”
It's an attitude people have noticed. Fans frequently approach BJ to thank him for the impact of his songs ranging from the mega hit “Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head” to country smashes like “New Looks From An Old Lover.” BJ's music is testimony to the fact he is a survivor. He has overcome personal adversity and addiction as well as weathered professional storms to emerge musically stronger than ever.
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Billy Joe Royal
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After success in both the country and pop fields, and hits that stretch from the 60’s to the 90’s, it’s obvious that Billy Joe Royal is doing something right.
More than 25 years since “Down In The Boondocks” put Royal on the map, his R&B tinged tenor is still thrilling radio listeners and concert-goers; his tours still display the timelessness of high-powered showmanship and his staying power remains a testimony to what happens when hard work and resilience are combined with natural talent.
Well after his pop smashed, at a time when many of his contemporaries had long since faded from view, Royal began making his mark on country music – with six well received albums and more than a dozen hit singles including “I’ll Pin A Note On Your Pillow,” “It Keeps Right On Hurting” and “Tell It Like It Is.” The secret, if it can be called that, lay in sticking with what he knows best.
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Juice Newton
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...the "Queen of Hearts," "Angel of the Morning," "The Sweetest Thing," all titles of Juices' biggest hits. "American Girl" is her newest moniker taken from the title of her new road tour. But this "American Girl" isn't just the typical mom, country and apple pie. For typical is one word that has never described Juice Newton.
Juice first broke onto the pop scene in 1981 with chart toppers "Angel of the Morning" followed by the rollicking "Queen of Hearts." Soon, Juice also broke high on the country charts with the much requested love song "The Sweetest Thing" and later "Break It To Me Gently." She further defied conventional categories by winning the Grammy for Best Pop Female, the Academy of Country Music's New Female Vocalist of the Year, and a People's Choice Award.
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John Anderson
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The story of John Anderson and his platinum-plus album, Seminole Wind, is the story of the country music "come-back" of the decade. It's the true-to-life, yet larger-than-life, saga of one of the most dramatic career turn-arounds of the 1990's. It's the story of just reward for a singer who originally took country music by storm and helped keep it true to its roots back in the early '80's. His memorable hits from that musical era included Wild and Blue, I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal, 1959, I Just Came Home To Count The Memories, Black Sheep and Swingin'. Swingin' was not only the Country Music Association's 1983 Song of the year; more recently it was cited by the A.M.O.A. as one of its all-time top-forty jukebox hits--right up there with Hey Jude and other perennial favorites by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline, George Jones, and The Rolling Stones.
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Sammy Kershaw
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Kershaw's “comeback mission” is driven by his dedicated, all consuming passion to return to the music of his raising--country music--to its rightful throne on the radio airwaves and in the hands of the fans.
Key to Sammy Kershaw's plan for country music in re-claiming its roots and recapturing the spirit that made it great: The recording studio. Sammy recently aligned with the massive creative engine of Koch/Audium Records—a label whose innovative and aggressive move into the country marketplace has been a major shot of adrenaline to Nashville's Music Row. Like Kershaw, his new label shares a vision for the future of country music, as well as a deep respect for its roots .
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Doug Stone
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Doug Stone is widely considered to be one of the much-ballyhooed wave of videogenic and exciting new country artists that bulldozed country music's landscape beginning in 1989 and helped to redefine the genre over the next ten years. That pack of diverse artists also included current luminaries such as Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt.
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Pam Tillis
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Flipping through a Tillis family scrapbook is like flipping through a visual history of country music. Scattered among pictures of late great solemn faced Tillis ancestors you will run across a signed picture to the Tillis kids from a young handsome Roger Miller, Kris Kristofferson, or Webb Pierce. You would also see snapshots of Mel hanging out with his mentor Burl Ives in the Florida Keys, or pictures of the Tillis kids singing with Porter Wagoner, and Dolly Parton in the 1960s.
However, like any family scrapbook you would also find pictures of work and play. Daddy Mel strumming a guitar, BMI song writing award ceremony pictures, and of course, pictures of Mel's eldest child, Pam Tillis doing what came natural to her…singing …in an environment wrapped in the sweet blanket of music.
Now, many years later, Pam's newest project is woven with the same tapestry of her childhood and the result is a tribute to Mel and his classic songs. It's something she's wanted to do for years.
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Don Williams
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There are few American classics these days, but Don Williams is certainly one of them. With a warm hickory baritone that balances strength with a gentle concern, he draws his listener into the intimate world of an old friend, someone who cares deeply about you and the quality of your life…and who will always offer a hand when you need it.
“I don't think there's anything we have to do daily in our walk that's more important than how we deal with each other,” Williams confesses. “To me, it's everything. So when you're looking for songs, if they can express that, then you've found something special.”
Without a doubt Williams, whose hits with the likes of Good Ole Boys Like Me, I Believe In You, Love Is On A Roll, Amanda and Tulsa Time, have always had a knack for finding songs that speak directly to people's hearts.
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If it ain't country, it aint Bobby Chitwood. Originally from Brownwood, Texas, and raised all of his life in Texas, Bobby Chitwood knows what real country is. Bobby has been raised on Merle Haggard, Hank Sr., Willie Nelson and many other traditional style artists, but Bobby has also idolized the styles of many southern rock bands such as Skynyrd and others of the like. Combine these two, and that will give you Bobby's traditional yet edgy sound.
Bobby Chitwood is now enjoying the first nationwide release of his single "Get Your Head Out of Your Past". Bobby will most likely be in your town soon, and it is always one hell of a show. Keep it Real and Keep it Country. See ya at the show!
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Brittany Clarke is currently living her dream singing and performing country music. A southern Illinois native, Brittany travels to and from Nashville on a regular basis. Brittany recently recorded new songs at the prestigious Hilltop Studios in Nashville, Tennessee as well as TBN Studios also in Nashville. The first of these new songs, “If That Chair Could Talk,” was released this past February to radio and is getting airplay on country radio stations across the nation. Brittany has performed the past two years at BB Kings in Nashville for CMA week. She has opened for artists such as The Oak Ridge Boys and Jamie O’Neal. Brittany has joined up with the hot country band, “Goin’ South”. Brittany and Goin South put on a very exciting, energetic stage show full of modern country music as well as several of Brittany’s originals. Brittany is very excited about the prospects of singing.
Music is her passion and country music is her home.
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