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Mary Ann Kennedy (US Singer)
Mary Ann Kennedy is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Pam Rose. Kennedy's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award-nominated songs " Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" by Lee Greenwood and "I'll Still Be Loving You "I'll Still Be Loving You" is a song recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in January 1987 as the second single from the album ''Wheels''. The song was written by Todd Cerney, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy and Pat ..." by Restless Heart. Other songs that she has written include " Safe in the Arms of Love" by Martina McBride and " You Will" by Patty Loveless. Discography *''The Trail Less Traveled'' (2000) *''Hoofbeats, Heartbeats & Wings'' (2005) *''The Rhythm of the Ride'' (2009) Chart Singles Written by Mary Ann Kennedy The following is a list of Mary Ann Kennedy compositions that were char ... [...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] |
Me Against The Night
"Me Against the Night" is a song written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose, and Mary Ann Kennedy, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in October 1984 as the fourth single from the album '' Cage the Songbird''. The song reached number 4 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. Chart performance References 1985 singles Crystal Gayle songs Songs written by Pam Rose Songs written by Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer) Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Songs written by Pat Bunch Warner Records singles 1983 songs {{1983-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music singer and actress. Dubbed " the Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number one spot. She is an actress in films and television. She starred in the television series '' Reba'', which aired for six seasons. She also owns several businesses, including a clothing line. One of four children, McEntire was born and raised in the state of Oklahoma. With her mother's help, she and her siblings formed the Singing McEntires, which played at local events and recorded for a small label. McEntire later enrolled at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and studied to become a public school teacher. She also continued to occasionally perform and was heard singing at a rodeo event by country performer Red Steagall. Drawn to her singing voice, Steaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith. As of 2020, since 1978, Carter has recorded 12 albums, primarily on major labels. In the same timespan, she has released more than 20 singles, including three number three-peaking hits on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. Career Carlene Carter's earliest released solo recording was "Friendly Gates", a track included on her stepfather Johnny Cash's 1974 album '' The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me'', and credited under the name Carlene Routh. Her solo recording career began in the late 1970s with her eponymous debut album. In 1979, during a concert at New York City's The Bottom Line, she introduced a song about mate-swapping called "Swap-Meat Rag", from her album ''Two Sides to Every Woman'', by stating, "Well, if that don't put the 'cunt' back in country, I don't know what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Sharp
Randy Sharp is an American, three time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer. He has major success in many genre of music with his greatest successes in Pop, Country, and Alternative. He has composed for film and television as well. Over the past 40 years Sharp has been signed as an artist to major record labels as well as producing in the Pop, Alternative and Country genres. His songs have been recorded by artists including Linda Ronstadt, Art Garfunkel, Blood Sweat and Tears, Delaney Bramlett, Glen Campbell, Exile, Anne Murray, Restless Heart, Reba McEntire, Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys, Holly Dunn, Tanya Tucker, Edgar Winter, Clay Walker, Kathy Mattea, Dixie Chicks, Kenny Rogers, and Emmylou Harris, as well as his daughter, singer-songwriter-artist Maia Sharp. As a writer Sharp's publishing associations have been Gee Sharp Music/Albert Hall Music in the 1970s, Warner Brothers Music Publishing in the 1980s and his own With Any Luck Music which he opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Will (song)
"You Will" is a country song written by Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose, and Randy Sharp and recorded by Anne Murray. The song was the title track to her 1990 studio album and was released as the album's fourth single in June 1991, but did not chart. The song was covered by Patty Loveless in early 1993. It was included on her first album with Epic Records, ''Only What I Feel'', her sixth studio album. The song was released as the album's third single in November 1993. Background This song was originally recorded in the summer of 1992 for MCA Records, and in fact performed on a September 1992 CBS-TV special "Women in Country". However, the condition of her vocal cords had deteriorated to the point that medicine was ineffective, and surgery was necessary in order for her to continue her career. On October 21, she had the surgery. After a nine-week recovery period, she and her husband/producer Emory Gordy Jr. returned to the recording studio to resume what recording sessions they had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baillie & The Boys
Baillie & the Boys were an American country music group. They were founded in 1987 by Kathie Baillie (lead vocals, guitar) and her husband, Michael Bonagura (background vocals, guitar), along with Alan LeBoeuf (bass guitar, background vocals). Not including Kathie Baillie's solo recordings, Baillie & the Boys have recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts (between 1987 and 1991). After LeBoeuf's departure in 1988, Baillie & the Boys toured as a duo, with Lance Hoppen filling in as the third vocalist until Roger McVay was chosen as a replacement in 1995. Four years later, McVay departed and LeBoeuf rejoined. Although the trio has not charted a single since 1991, they continued to tour and record until 2012. Background Singers Alan LeBoeuf and Michael Bonagura were originally members of a New Jersey-based musical group called London Fog. In 1977, Bonagura met singer Kathie Baillie after a friend sent him r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He's Letting Go
"He's Letting Go" is a song written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy, and recorded by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. It was released in August 1987 as the second single from the album ''Baillie & the Boys''. The song reached #18 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. Chart performance References 1987 singles 1987 songs Baillie & the Boys songs Songs written by Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer) Songs written by Pam Rose Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Songs written by Pat Bunch RCA Records singles {{1987-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Cerney
Todd David Cerney (August 8, 1953 – March 14, 2011) was an American songwriter and musician. He composed " Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one (Billboard) hit for Steve Holy (co-written with Zack Lyle); "The Blues Is My Business" (co-written with Kevin Bowe), part of Etta James' 2003 Grammy Award-winning album "Let's Roll"; and "I'll Still Be Loving You", a 1987 country number one (Billboard) hit for Restless Heart (co-written with Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy, and Pat Bunch). He and his co-writers were nominated for a Grammy Award for "I'll Still Be Loving You". The song won the 1988 award for "ASCAP Country Song of the Year". Cerney was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio in 1971. He began his song-writing career after moving to Nashville, where he initially worked aBuzz_Cason">Buzz_Cason's_Creative_Workshopas_an_Audio_engineering.html" "title="Buzz_Cason's_Creative_Workshop.html" ;"title="Buzz Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody Else's Fire
"Somebody Else's Fire" is a song written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in September 1985 as the second single and title track from the album '' Somebody Else's Fire''. The song reached #4 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. Chart performance References 1985 singles 1985 songs Janie Fricke songs Songs written by Pam Rose Songs written by Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer) Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter) Songs written by Pat Bunch Columbia Records singles {{1985-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie Fricke
Jane Marie Fricke ( ; born December 19, 1947), known professionally as Janie Fricke, is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen singles in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Eight of these songs reached the number one spot. She has also won accolades from the Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association and has been nominated four times from the Grammy Awards. Fricke was born and raised in Indiana. She was surrounded by music from a young age and began performing locally. Fricke attended Indiana University Bloomington, where she participated in the vocal group the Singing Hoosiers. Her participation in the organization led to further opportunities as a commercial jingle singer. She later moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she was hired as part of a background vocal group called The Lea Jane Singers. As part of the quartet, Fricke sang background vocals on songs recorded by count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Word In Memory Is Me
"The First Word in Memory Is Me" is a song written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in December 1984 as the second single from the album ''The First Word in Memory''. The song reached #7 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. Chart performance References 1985 singles 1985 songs Janie Fricke songs Songs written by Pam Rose Songs written by Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer) Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter) Songs written by Pat Bunch Columbia Records singles {{1985-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
