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Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely working with co-writers, he wrote both words and music for most of his songs. In 1994, Linde won BMI's "Top Writer Award" and received four awards as BMI's most-performed titles for that year. His wife and daughter collected the awards because Linde shunned awards shows and avoided publicity. He earned 14 BMI "Million-Air" songs (a song played on the air one million times). In 2001, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Linde died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2006 at the age of 63. Linde wrote the top-5 U.S. country hits "Long Long Texas Road" (Roy Drusky, 1970), " The Love She Found in Me" ( Gary Morris, 1983), "Walkin' a Broken Heart" (Don Williams, 1985), " Then It's L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abilene, Texas
Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 169,893, as of 2016. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Dyess Air Force Base is located on the west side of the city. Abilene is located off Interstate 20, between exits 279 on its western edge and 292 on the east. It is west of Fort Worth. The city is looped by I-20 to the north, US 83/84 on the west, and Loop 322 to the east. A railroad divides the city down the center into north and south. The historic downtown area is on the north side of the railroad. History Established by cattlemen as a stock shipping point on the Texas and Pacific Railway in 1881, the city was named after Abilene, Kansas, the original endpoint for the Chisholm Trail. The T&P had bypassed the town of Buffal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love She Found In Me
"The Love She Found in Me" is a song written by Dennis Linde and Bob Morrison, and recorded by American country music artist Gary Morris. It was released in April 1983 as the second single from the album '' Why Lady Why''. The song reached #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ... chart. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1983 singles Gary Morris songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter) Warner Records singles Songs written by Bob Morrison (songwriter) 1983 songs {{1983-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Deere Green
"John Deere Green" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in November 1993 as the third single from his album ''Honky Tonk Attitude''. The song peaked at number 5 on the country charts. Content The song is a moderate up-tempo describing a young man named Billy Bob, who is in love with a young woman named Charlene, both of whom met in high school. One late summer evening, Billy Bob hauls a can of " John Deere green" paint to the top of a water tower and paints the words "Billy Bob loves Charlene," as well as an outline of a heart, on the tower, as a means of professing his affection towards Charlene. The second verse describes the two of them raising a family on an 80-acre farm they purchased (with a front yard from which Billy Bob's water tower decorations are viewable), while the bridge reveals that the heart and words continue to remain intact on the tower, despite the town’s numerous ponderations to paint o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking List of Garth Brooks concert tours, live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.. Archived frothe original on March 21, 2017. Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that achieved RIAA certification#RIAA Diamond certifications, diamond status in the United States (surpassing the Beatles' former record of six); those albums are ''Garth Brooks (album), Garth Brooks'' (diamond), ''No Fences'' (17× platinum), ''Ropin' the Wind'' (14× platinum), ''The Chase (Garth Brooks album), The Chase'' (diamond), ''In Pieces'' (diamond), ''The Hits (Garth Brooks album), The Hits'' (diamond), ''Sevens (album), Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callin' Baton Rouge
"Callin' Baton Rouge" is a country music song written by Dennis Linde. It was originally recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1978 album ''Room Service'', and was later recorded by New Grass Revival on their 1989 album ''Friday Night in America'', and more famously by Garth Brooks on his 1993 album ''In Pieces''. Brooks' rendition, the fifth single from the album, reached a peak of number two on the U.S. country singles charts in 1994. The number one spot was occupied by " She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" by Brooks & Dunn. Content "Callin' Baton Rouge" is an up-tempo song with a bluegrass sound. In it, the male narrator, presumably a truck driver, is attempting to make contact with a female ("such a strange combination of a woman and a child") named Samantha, whom he met the night before in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. New Grass Revival version New Grass Revival recorded the song on their 1989 album ''Friday Night in America'', produced by Garth Fundis and Wendy Waldman for Capitol Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Sure Is Monday
"It Sure Is Monday" is a song written by Dennis Linde and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in May 1993 as the first single from his 1993 album '' Almost Goodbye''. The song reached number-one on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Content The song is an uptempo, the narrator is a young man who is complaining that he has to get busy again seeing that the weekend has passed and that "it sure is Monday". Music video The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller John Lloyd Miller is an American filmmaker who has directed, produced and/or written music videos, short films, features, documentaries, commercials and television programming. Career Miller has worked in virtually every aspect of the film an ... and premiered in mid-1993. Chart performance "It Sure Is Monday" debuted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of eight albums between those two labels. During this timespan, Chesnutt also charted twenty top-ten hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, of which eight reached number one: "Brother Jukebox", " I'll Think of Something", " It Sure Is Monday", " Almost Goodbye", " I Just Wanted You to Know", "Gonna Get a Life", " It's a Little Too Late", and a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". His first three albums for MCA (''Too Cold at Home'', '' Longnecks & Short Stories'', and '' Almost Goodbye'') along with a 1996 ''Greatest Hits'' package issued on Decca are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1994's '' What a Way to Live'', also issued on Decca, is certified gold. After a self-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubba Shot The Jukebox
"Bubba Shot the Jukebox" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in September 1992 as the third single from his album '' Longnecks & Short Stories''. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 14 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Content The song is an uptempo, in which a man named Bubba shoots a jukebox when he hears a song that makes him cry, which causes a scene. Bubba is taken to jail. Mark Chestnutt aka “Mark” as he is referred to by the Trolls Hockey Club in Pennsylvania is a true legend and indeed “soaks”. Most recently Mr. Chestnutt was a driving factor in the Trolls winning the MS charity tournament last weekend. Mark and Bubba are certified soakers who indeed fuck, often and hard. Chart performance "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" charted for several weeks prior to its release, due to several stations giving it unsolicited airplay w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Letter To You
"A Letter to You" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by Shakin' Stevens. His version of the song went to #10 on the UK Singles Chart. Five years later, the song was covered by Eddy Raven under the title "In a Letter to You". His first release for Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ..., it was Raven's fifth number one on the country chart, staying at number one for one week and spending fourteen weeks in the Top 40. Chart performance Shakin' Stevens Eddy Raven Weekly charts Year-end charts References Songs about letters (message) 1984 singles 1989 singles Shakin' Stevens songs Eddy Raven songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett 1984 songs Universal Records (1988) sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Raven
Edward Garvin Futch (born August 19, 1944), known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1962, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Universal, and Capitol Records. After multiple albums which yielded few hit songs, his greatest commercial success came between 1984 and 1990, during which time Raven achieved six number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. These were " I Got Mexico", " Shine, Shine, Shine", " I'm Gonna Get You", " Joe Knows How to Live", " In a Letter to You", and " Bayou Boys". Raven has a total of eighteen top-ten hits on that chart. Although his chart success diminished in the 1990s, Raven continued to record throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. In addition to his own work, he has written singles for Don Gibson, Randy Cornor, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith, and The Oak Ridge Boys among others. Raven's music is defined by mains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Gonna Get You (Billy Swan Song)
"I'm Gonna Get You" is a song written by Dennis Linde. It was first recorded by Billy Swan, whose version was released as a single in 1987 and went to number 63 on the U.S. country singles charts. It became a hit the following year for Eddy Raven. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his compilation album ''The Best of Eddy Raven'' The song was Raven's third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks in the Top 40. Chart performance Billy Swan Eddy Raven Year-end charts Covers Irish singer Derek Ryan (singer), Derek Ryan covered the song on his 2012 album ''Dreamers and Believers''. References 1987 singles 1988 singles 1987 songs Eddy Raven songs Billy Swan songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett RCA Records singles {{1987-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Then It's Love
"Then It's Love" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in October 1986 as the third single from the album ''New Moves''. The song reached number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ... chart. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1987 singles 1986 songs Don Williams songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Garth Fundis Capitol Records Nashville singles {{1986-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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