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Soul Shaker
''Comin' to Your City'' is the second studio album by American country music duo Big & Rich, released in 2005. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City (song), Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November (song), 8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and number 18 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. Target Corporation, Target offered an exclusive deluxe edition of the album which featured a bonus DVD of Big & Rich's performance at the 2005 CMA Music Festival. The title track has become the official theme song of College GameDay (football), College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's ''Live a Little (Big Kenny a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big & Rich
Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich, both of whom are songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists. Before the duo's foundation, Rich was bass guitarist in the country band Lonestar, while Kenny was a solo artist for Hollywood Records. Their first studio album, '' Horse of a Different Color'', was released in 2004. This album produced four straight Top 40 country hits, including the number 11 "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", plus collaborations with Cowboy Troy, Gretchen Wilson, and Martina McBride. '' Comin' to Your City'' was released in November 2005, followed by another Top 20 single the Vietnam War-inspired " 8th of November" and two more Top 40 hits. Joining the duo on this album were Cowboy Troy, Wilson, and Kris Kristofferson. '' Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace'', released in 2007, produced their only No. 1 single, "Lost in This Moment". Both before and during the duo's hiatus, Rich has worked as a producer and songwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sales and streaming. The current number-one song, as of the chart dated December 24, 2022, is "You Proof" by Morgan Wallen. History ''Billboard'' began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944, issue. Only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, ''Billboard'' used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included: * The "best sellers" chart – started May 15, 1948, as "Best Selling Retail Folk Records". * An airplay chart – started December 10, 1949, as "Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys". The j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Darken
Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, then transferred to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Darken was also a part of the ORTV Richard Roberts television show. Darken has participated in recording sessions for Bon Jovi, Jewel, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift. Darken has toured in support of Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Take 6, and Bob Seger. Darken currently tours with Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band. Darken has written underscores for TV shows, including Dateline NBC, 20/20, Fox Sports, Discovery Channel, NFL Network, and National Geographic, and for the film, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Darken created percussion samples and loops for various digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit on the '' Billboard'' country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, ''Here for the Party''. Wilson followed this album one year later with '' All Jacked Up'', the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, ''One of the Boys'', was released in 2007. Overall, Wilson has charted 13 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, of which five have reached top ten: the number one "Redneck Woman", as well as "Here for the Party" (#3, 2004), "When I Think About Cheatin'" (#4, 2004), "Homewrecker" (#2, 2005), and " All Jacked Up" (#8, 2005). The album ''Here for the Party'' was certified 5× multi-platinum by the RIAA for sales of five million copies, while ''All Jacked Up'' was certif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are " Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and " Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. As an actor, Kristofferson is known for his roles in '' Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'' (1973), '' Blume in Love'' (1973), ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' (1974), '' A Star Is Born'' (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), ''Convoy'' (1978), '' Heaven's Gate'' (1980), '' Lone Star'' (1996), ''Stagecoach'' (1986), and the ''Blade'' film t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Throckmorton
James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two major-label albums: ''The Last Cheater's Waltz'' in 1978 on Mercury Records and ''Southern Train'' in 1986 on Warner Bros. Records. Throckmorton is a member of the Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame, and has been awarded Songwriter of the Year by both Broadcast Music Incorporated and the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Biography Throckmorton was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, although his family soon moved to Wichita Falls, Texas. He moved to San Francisco, California after graduating from college, and first played rock & roll before switching his focus to country music at record producer Pete Drake's suggestion. By 1964, he played bass guitar for Carl Butler and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Clawson
Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others. Biography Clawson was raised in Gruver, Texas. Through the encouragement of his friend and former student John Rich, Clawson signed to his publishing contract in 2000. His first hit as a songwriter was " I Can't Be Your Friend" by Rushlow. Clawson co-wrote the songs "Why", " Amarillo Sky" and "Johnny Cash" for Jason Aldean. In 2008, he received a Song of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association for George Strait's number 1 single "I Saw God Today". That same year, Clawson moved to a publishing contract with Big Loud Shirt, owned by songwriter Craig Wiseman. Other artists who have recorded his songs include Faith Hill, Big & Rich and Buddy Jewell. He has also produced singles by Jake Owen and James Wesley. He is married to singer-songwriter N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rich (musician)
John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After departing from the band in 1998, he embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording ''Underneath the Same Moon'', which was not released until 2006. In 2001, he self-released ''Rescue Me'', an album he was inspired to record by a cancer patient named Katie Darnell. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich, who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One "Lost in This Moment". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a third solo album, ''Son of a Preacher Man (album), Son of a Preacher Man'', which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two extended plays, ''Rich Rocks'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underneath The Same Moon
''Underneath the Same Moon'' is the second solo studio album recorded by John Rich. The album was recorded in 1999, after Rich departed from the country group Lonestar and before he joined Big Kenny in the duo Big & Rich. However, like Big Kenny's 1999 album '' Live a Little'', this album was not released until 2006, after Big & Rich had released their first album. Rich also self-released an album in 2001, ''Rescue Me'', though it was recorded after ''Underneath the Same Moon.'' "I Pray for You" was a chart single on the Hot Country Songs charts for Rich in 2000, peaking at number 53. Kenny also recorded the song on ''Live a Little'', and as Big & Rich, they would record the song again for their 2005 album ''Comin' to Your City''. Critical reception Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it was "predictable, polished, and safe" in comparison to his works in Big & Rich, but said that "New Jerusalem" was "the most distinctive song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live A Little (Big Kenny Album)
Live a Little is the first solo album by American singer Big Kenny, prior to his joining John Rich in the duo Big & Rich. Recorded in 1999 for Hollywood Records, the album was not released until 2005, after Big & Rich had released their debut album. Its release coincided with the release of Rich's previously-unreleased debut album ''Underneath the Same Moon'', also recorded in 1999 and released in 2006. Unlike Kenny's work within the country music genre with Big & Rich, ''Live a Little'' is a mixture between rock and pop. This album was followed by ''The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy'' in 2009 and ''Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show Mix Tape, Vol. 1'' in 2010.CMJ New Music Report - 30 Aug 1999 - Page 24 "Recommended Tracks: "Candy Colored Glasses," "Under The Sun," "Last To Know" " The track "I Pray for You" (listed here as "Pray for You") was also recorded by Rich on ''Underneath the Same Moon'', and was a minor chart single for him in 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy Troy
Troy Lee Coleman III (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known as a representative of the country rap genre. He has released seven studio albums and one EP, including three releases on Warner Bros. Records, and has charted twice on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. Early life Coleman was born in Victoria, Texas, on December 18, 1970. He graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. Coleman then attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor's degree. Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker.Cowboy Troy Bucks Country ''Rolling Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
