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16 Lovin' Ounces To The Pound
"16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound" is a song co-written and recorded by Don Lee. It was a hit on the US country charts in 1982. Background By July 1982, "16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound" was released on Crescent 103. It was produced by Lee and co-written along with B. Duncan, B. R. Jones and J. R. Halper. Lee had previously made the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Country Singles chart that year with the single, " I'm in Love with a Memory". Chart performance ''Billboard'' The single stayed on the ''Billboard'' country chart for a total of three weeks, reaching a peak position of 86 on September 18, 1982. ''Cash Box'' On September 25, 1982, the single had been on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Country Singles chart for five weeks, moving to No. 66 on the chart.''Cash Box'', September 25, 1982 Page 20 TOP 100 COUNTRY SINGLES September 25, 1982/ref> References {{authority control 1982 songs Songs written by Don Lee (musician) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lee (musician)
Don Lee was a country singer, song writer, producer and guitarist who recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a hit on the country charts with " 16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound". He also wrote a couple more songs that became hits. One became a hit for Jerry Naylor. Background In addition to his country music background, he was a guitarist who also had a rock background. He recorded material in the 1960s that was released on two albums. Years later his album ''Keepin' It Country'' was released. There is speculation that he also had a connection to The Champs of "Tequila fame as well as being a member of Don Rich's group The Buckaroos. Career 1960s to 1970s Between 1967 and 1969, Lee had two albums released on the Custom and Crown labels. They were ''Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife'' and ''True Grit (And Other Pop Country Favorites)''. He also released an album during the 1960s, I Love You So Much It Hurts And Other Country And Western Favorites under the pseudonym of Terry Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Magazine
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Songs
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
