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Chris Knight (musician)
Chris Knight (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter from Slaughters, Kentucky. In addition to releasing solo records of his own material, Knight has had a successful career writing songs that have been recorded by Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others. Biography Early life Knight was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Slaughters, Kentucky. His extended family lives in the same area of Kentucky. Knight has three brothers and a sister. His father was a pipe liner. When he was three years old, he asked for a plastic guitar for Christmas. At 15, he became serious and began teaching himself John Prine songs on his older brother's guitar. In an interview, Knight commented "At one point I could play probably 35–40 John Prine songs." Knight earned a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University. He worked for ten years as a mine reclamation inspector and as a miner's consultant for the Kentucky Department of Surface Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WV-HEDW
WV-HEDW, in the long form Wilhelmina Vooruit Hortus Eendracht Doet Winnen, is a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club plays at Sportpark Middenmeer and has the most adult members and teams among Dutch football clubs. History The predecessors of the club, Wilhelmina Vooruit and HEDW, were badly hit in The Holocaust, when 236 of their Jewish members were murdered. Since 1996, the Saturday first squad hovers between Derde Klasse, Derde and Eerste Klasse. WV-HEDW was promoted in 2018 in the Eerste Klasse, through playoffs. In 2022 it was promoted to the Vierde Divisie, after an Eerste Klasse championship. The Sunday first squad won a Vijfde Klasse championship in 2019 and played in the Vierde Klasse after. Notable players * Jan van Diepenbeek * Ibrahim El Kadiri * Mark Sifneos References {{Vierde Divisie Football clubs in Amsterdam Football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1908 1908 establishments in the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Liddell
Frank Liddell (born November 13, 1963) is an American record producer. A former artists and repertoire director at Decca Records, he founded Carnival Music in 1999. Liddell is also married to singer Lee Ann Womack, for whom he has produced. Other acts that Liddell produces include Miranda Lambert and the Eli Young Band. Liddell has won the Academy of Country Music's Album of the Year award three times: for ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' in 2008, ''Revolution'' in 2010, and for ''Four the Record ''Four the Record'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 1, 2011, by RCA Records Nashville. This was her first studio album to be released from that label after a ...'' in 2012. References American country record producers Living people People from Houston 1963 births Record producers from Texas {{record-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Eaglesmith
Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. He is known for writing songs about vehicles, rural life, down-and-out characters, lost love and quirky rural folk. His songwriting uses techniques of short story writing, including unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and plot twists. In 2016, Eaglesmith toured extensively with his band. Early life Eaglesmith, one of nine children, was raised by a farming family near Guelph in rural Southern Ontario. He began playing the guitar at age 12. Career As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train to Western Canada and began writing songs and performing. Eaglesmith founded a band known as the Smokin' Losers. He later formed a group called as both the Flying Squirrels and the Flathead Noodlers, switching the name to represent different styles of music. The Flathead Noodlers play Bluegrass music, bluegrass, while the Flying Squirrels play more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMT (American TV Channel)
Country Music Television (CMT) is an American pay TV network owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. Launched on March 5, 1983, as Country Music Television, CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle and reality programming while downplaying its focus on country music. As of January 2018, approximately 92 million U.S. homes (or 76.9% of the Nielsen-estimated 119.2 million television households ) receive CMT. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee. History Early years (1983–1991) CMTV, an initialism for Country Music Television, was founded by Glenn D. Daniels, the owner of Video World Productions in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Danie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight 2008
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian author *Chris Abrahams (born 1961), Sydney-based jazz pianist *Chris Adams (other), multiple people *Chris Adcock (born 1989), English internationally elite badminton player *Chris Albright (born 1979), American former soccer player *Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), American actor *Chris Amon (1943–2016), former New Zealand motor racing driver *Chris Andersen (born 1978), American basketball player * Chris Anderson (other), multiple people *Chris Angel (wrestler) (born 1982), Puerto Rican professional wrestler *Chris Anker Sørensen (born 1984), Danish cycler *Chris Anstey (born 1975), Australian basketball player * Chris Anthony, American voice actress *Chris Antley (1966–2000), champion American jockey *Chris Arche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of Stone (Chris Knight Album)
''Heart of Stone'' is Chris Knight's sixth album. It was released in August 2008. Track listing #"Homesick Gypsy" (Chris Knight, Austin Cunningham) - 3:51 #"Hell Ain't Half Full" (Knight, Gary Nicholson) - 3:38 #"Something To Keep Me Going" (Knight, Nicholson) - 3:02 #"Heart Of Stone" (Knight, Dan Baird) - 4:14 #"Danville" (Knight, Sutherland) - 4:18 #"Another Dollar" (Knight) - 3:57 #"Almost There" (Knight, Bradberry) - 4:01 #"Crooked Road" (Knight, Baird) - 4:32 #"Maria" (Knight) - 4:34 #"Miles To Memphis" (Knight) - 4:37 #"My Old Cars" (Knight, Baird) - 4:25 #"Go On Home" (Knight, Nicholson) - 3:23 Personnel *Chris Knight – Vocals and acoustic guitar *Mike McAdam – Electric guitar, bouzouki, slide guitar, banjo, baritone guitar *Dan Baird – Electric guitar, tambourine, background vocals, parade drum, baritone guitar, slide *Michael Grando – Drums *Keith Christopher – Bass *Tammy Rogers Tammy may refer to: *Tam o' Shanter (cap), a Scottish hat * ''Tammy'' (film s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirty Tigers
Thirty Tigers is an American entertainment company which offers music marketing, distribution, and management services to independent artists. It is based in Nashville. History The company was founded in 2002 by David Macias and Deb Markland and is distributed by RED Distribution. In 2014, Thirty Tigers entered into a "strategic partnership" with Columbia Nashville to promote Chase Rice's single "Ready Set Roll" to Top 40 Country Radio. This was an unprecedented agreement as it may have been the first time a major country label offered their radio promotion services to an artist who was not on their label. In 2016, Thirty Tigers partnered with Triple 8 Management and Sony Music to create the country label Triple Tigers. Triple Tigers signed Russell Dickerson and Scotty McCreery as the first acts on their roster. Overview Thirty Tigers is not a record label, but releases around 45 albums per year for artists who retain ownership and control of their music and career choice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records Nashville. UMG Nashville not only handles these imprints, but also manages the country music catalogues of record labels Universal Music and predecessor companies acquired over the years including ABC Records, Decca Records, Dot Records, DreamWorks Records, Kapp Records, MGM Records and Polydor Records. Capitol Records Nashville Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States-based record label located in Nashville Tennessee operating as part of the Capitol Music Group. Capitol Nashville was formerly known as Liberty Records from 1991 until 1995 when it was changed back to Capitol. In 1993 Liberty opened a sister label, Patriot Records, but it was closed in 1995. In 1999 EMI launched Virgin Records Nashville but by 2001 Capitol absorbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Knight (album)
''Chris Knight'' is the debut album from country music singer and songwriter Chris Knight. It was released on February 10, 1998 by Decca Nashville. Singles from it were "Framed" and "It Ain't Easy Being Me", although neither charted. "The Hammer Going Down" also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1998 film '' Black Dog'', which was also released by Decca. The Road Hammers later covered the song on their 2005 self-titled debut album. Track listing All songs written by Chris Knight except where noted. # "It Ain't Easy Being Me" (Chris Knight, Craig Wiseman) – 3:32 # "Framed" – 3:48 # "Bring the Harvest Home" (Knight, Wiseman) – 4:10 # "Something Changed" – 4:14 # "House and 90 Acres" – 3:52 # "Summer of '75" (Knight, Sam Tate, Annie Tate) – 3:27 # "Run from Your Memory" (Knight, Tim Krekel) – 3:02 # "Love and a .45" (Knight, Fred Eaglesmith) – 3:14 # "The Hammer Going Down" (Knight, Dean Miller) – 5:30 # "The Band Is Playing Too Slow" – 3:59 # "The River's Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Albums
The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels. Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained by Nielsen, and from legal music downloads from a variety of online music stores. The chart began in the week of February 5, 2000. The top 25 positions are published through the ''Billboard'' website, with further chart positions available through a paid subscription to Billboard.biz. As with all ''Billboard'' charts, albums appearing on the Independent chart may also concurrently appear on the ''Billboard'' 200, the main chart published based solely on sales, as well as any of the other ''Billboard'' charts. In addition, exclusive album titles which are only sold through individual retail sites may also be incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical recording artists. Albums and songs appearing on Top Heatseekers may also concurrently appear on the ''Billboard'' 200 or ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Albums chart The Heatseekers Albums chart contains 25 positions that are ranked by Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and charts album titles from "new or developing acts" as determined by the acts' historical chart performance. Once an artist/act has had an album place in the top 100 of the ''Billboard'' Top 200, or in the top 10 of any of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Country Albums, Latin Albums, Christian Albums, or Gospel Albums charts, the album and later works no longer qualify for tracking on Heatseeker Albums. This definition means that some artists can still qualify as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
