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Greatest Hits II (Clint Black Album)
''Greatest Hits II'' is the second compilation album by American country music singer Clint Black, released on October 30, 2001. It was his last release for RCA Nashville. Like his first ''Greatest Hits'' volume, it compiles 12 hit songs from his previous albums and adds four new recordings: the romantic duet "Easy for Me to Say" (his second duet with wife Lisa Hartman Black), "Little Pearl and Lily's Lullaby" (a song for their then-newborn daughter), the country-rocker "Money or Love", and a newly recorded "blues version" of "Put Yourself in My Shoes". Also included is the long version of Black's 1997 duet with Martina McBride, "Still Holding On", which was the B-side of that single. Track listing All songs written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas except where noted. Personnel * Clint Black – classical guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals * Lily Pearl Black – animal sounds * Lisa Hartman Black – vocals on "When I Said I Do" and "Easy for Me to Say" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles on the US '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s, Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s. He has had more than 30 singles on the US ''Billboard'' country charts, twenty-two of which have reached number one, in addition to having released twelve studio albums and several compilation albums. In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group. Black has also ventured into acting, having made appearances in a 1993 episode of the TV series ''Wings'' and in the 1994 film ''Maverick'', as well as a starring role in 1998's ''Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack''. Black has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for best Country Male Vocal Performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Wariner
Steven Noel Wariner (born December 25, 1954) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Initially a backing musician for Dottie West, he also worked with Bob Luman and Chet Atkins before beginning a solo career in the late 1970s. He has released eighteen studio albums and over fifty singles for several different record labels. Wariner experienced his greatest chart successes in the 1980s, recording first for RCA Records Nashville and then MCA Nashville. While on these labels he sent a number of singles into the top ten of the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts and received favorable critical reception for the amount of creative control he held over his body of work. Upon moving to Arista Nashville in 1991 he had his most commercially successful album ''I Am Ready'', his first to be certified music recording sales certification, gold, but followups were less successful. After a period of commercial downfall, he experienced a second wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Guitar
The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal strings. Classical guitars derive from the Spanish vihuela and gittern of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Those instruments evolved into the seventeenth and eighteenth-century baroque guitar—and by the mid-nineteenth century, early forms of the modern classical guitar. For a right-handed player, the traditional classical guitar has twelve frets clear of the body and is properly held up by the left leg, so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back of the sound hole (this is called the classical position). However, the right-hand may move closer to the fretboard to achieve different tonal qualities. The player typically holds the left leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Emotion (song)
"One Emotion" is a song recorded by the American country music artist Clint Black, co-written by Black and Hayden Nicholas. It was released in July 1995 as the fourth single from his album ''One Emotion''. Critical reception Larry Flick, of ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "pretty love song laced with steel guitar". He went on to say, "No bells and whistles here, just Black's usually flawless delivery of a solid song." Music video The music video was directed by Clint Black himself and was premiered in July 1995. Chart performance In the USA, the song spent 20 weeks on Hot Country Songs 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 ... in 1995, debuting at number 64 on the chart for the week ending July 8 and spending two weeks at a peak of number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Payment
"One More Payment" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in April 1991 as the third single from his album '' Put Yourself in My Shoes''. The song peaked at both number 7 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It was written by Black with Hayden Nicholas James Hayden Nicholas is a country guitarist and songwriter. Nicholas grew up in the Houston, Texas area. In the early 1980s, he was a member of the band Revolver, headlined by Tim McCrary, which played extensively in Texas. After a stint livi ... and Shake Russell. Critical reception An uncredited review in '' Time'' called it "a classic hard-times complaint about the rent, the banker at the door, and a roof that is crumbling". '' The Orlando Sentinel'' called it "a humorous workingman's lament about such everyday woes as high rent and car trouble. The arrangement is high-siprited Texas swing, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Home (Clint Black Song)
Nobody's Home may refer to: *Nobody's Home (Avril Lavigne song), "Nobody's Home" (Avril Lavigne song), a song by Avril Lavigne from her album ''Under My Skin'' *Nobody's Home (Clint Black song), "Nobody's Home" (Clint Black song), a song by Clint Black from his 1989 album ''Killin' Time'' *Nobody's Home (Mallrat song), "Nobody's Home" (Mallrat song), a 2019 song by Mallrat *"Nobody's Home", a song by Kansas from their 1977 album ''Point of Know Return'' *"Nobody's Home", a song by Deep Purple from their 1984 album ''Perfect Strangers (album), Perfect Strangers'' *"Nobody's Home", a song by Ulrich Schnauss from his 2001 album ''Far Away Trains Passing By'' *"Nobody's Home", a short story from ''The Zanzibar Cat'', a 1983 collection of short stories by Joanna Russ See also *Nobody Home *Nobody Home (film) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Stuart
John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and musician. Active since 1968, Stuart initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash's road band before beginning work as a solo artist in the early 1980s. His greatest commercial success came in the first half of the 1990s on MCA Records Nashville. Stuart has recorded over 20 studio albums, and has charted over 30 times on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. His highest chart entry is "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", a duet with Travis Tritt. Stuart has also won five Grammy Awards out of 16 nominations. He is known for his combination of rockabilly, country rock, and bluegrass music influences, his frequent collaborations and cover songs, and his distinctive stage dress. Stuart is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame. Early life John Marty Stuart was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, on September 30, 1958. Stuart learne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matraca Berg
Matraca Maria Berg Hanna (; born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. '' Billboard'' country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left Undone," both at No. 36. Besides most of her own material, Berg has written hits for T.G. Sheppard, Karen Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Deana Carter, Patty Loveless, Kenny Chesney and others. In 2008 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2018 she received the Poet's Award from the Academy of Country Music Awards. Early history Matraca Maria Berg was born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee. Berg's mother, Icie Calloway, moved from Harlan County, Kentucky, to Nashville in the 1960s to seek her fortune as a singer and songwriter shortly before Matraca was born. Matraca's Aunt Sudie Calloway w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Been There
"Been There" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Clint Black and Steve Wariner that peaked at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2000. It was released in January 2000, as the second single from Black's album ''D'lectrified'', and the final Top Ten hit for Wariner on the country singles charts. Content "Been There" is vocal duet by Black and Wariner, both of whom wrote the song. In it, they both describe being in certain undesirable situations, such as waking up "in the middle of a dream that didn't come true". They tell each other that they have "been there" and "don't wanna go back again". The song features steel-string acoustic guitar accompaniment from Wariner, and harmonica accompaniment from Black, as well as piano and Dobro flourishes. Extended harmonica and acoustic guitar trade-offs, which were abridged on the single edit, finish off the song. Like all the other songs on ''D'lectrified'', "Been There" uses only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I Said I Do
"When I Said I Do" is a song written by American country music singer Clint Black, and recorded by Black and his wife Lisa Hartman Black as a duet. It was released in August 1999 as the first single from Black's album ''D'lectrified''. The song reached the top of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 31 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it a crossover hit. It is one of only two chart singles for Lisa Hartman Black. The song was later covered by then-husband and wife Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore on their album ''Things That Lovers Do ''Things That Lovers Do'' is a collaborative studio album by American singers and real-life couple Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore. It was released by Arista Records on February 11, 2003. The album includes covers of classic 1970's and 1980's sou ...''. Content This song discusses the narrators' vow to stay together until the end of their lives. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Ewing
Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Career Ewing was born in Redlands, California, United States. He first began to gain national attention during the mid-1980s, both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and Capitol Records. His 1988 debut, ''The Coast of Colorado'', produced the number 3 hit " Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" and four other top 20 country hits. ''The Will to Love'' included the top 5 hit "It's You Again". Although none of Ewing's subsequent chart entries made the Top 40, he released eight more albums from 1990 to 2009. Ewing is a notable attendee of Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, and Redlands High School in Redlands, California. In 1990, Ewing wrote two songs for Kenny Rogers' album ''Love Is Strange'': "Listen to the Rain" and "If I Were a Painting". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something That We Do
"Something That We Do" is a song recorded by American country music artist Clint Black and written by Black and Skip Ewing. It was released in August 1997 as the second single from Black's album ''Nothin' but the Taillights'' and peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 4 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It was voted song of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Content The song explores the complexities of romantic relationships and offers the simple truth that "Love isn't something that we're in/It's something that we do." It is sung in the key of G major and a slow tempo of 66 beats per minute. The guitar in the song is set to Open D tuning, with a capo on the fifth fret. Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "has a powerful and poignant poetic tone that illuminates more about the nature of love and relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
