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The Journey (The Oak Ridge Boys Album)
''The Journey'' is a studio album released by the country/gospel group The Oak Ridge Boys. The album was released on July 27, 2004. Track listing #"Train, Train" (Benny Boling, Dusty Drake, Jerry VanDiver) - 2:44 #"Someplace Green" (Pat Terry) - 4:00 #"Bad Case of Missing You" ( Al Anderson, Bob DiPiero, Jeffrey Steele) - 4:04 #"Saving Grace" (Jerry Salley, Charles Wilburn) - 4:35 #"You Don't Have to Go Home (But You Can't Stay Here)" (Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, Larry Shell) - 3:10 #"Old Familiar Love" (Tom Fisch, Roy Hurtd) - 3:41 #"Goin' Against the Grain" (Bruce Bouton, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson) - 2:33 #" I Love You So Much It Hurts" ( Floyd Tillman) - 3:06 #"My Girl Friday" (Carl Jackson, Curtis Wright) - 3:40 #"That Ole Gravel Road Was Easy Street" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah) - 3:26 #"The Journey" ( Joe Bonsall) - 5:27 Awards In 2004, ''The Journey'' was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards The 36th Annual GMA Dov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in Southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.Carter, Walter"Oak Ridge Boys: Inducted 2015," 2015, (adapted from the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's ''Encyclopedia of Country Music,'' Oxford University Press) Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, retrieved September 6, 2020"Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductees: Jim Ed Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Cordle
Larry Cordle (born November 16, 1948) is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter . Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year, and CMA nomination for Song of the Year, in 2000. Career Cordle has written songs for Garth Brooks ("Alabama Clay" and "Against the Grain", the latter of which was also recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys), Mountain Heart ("Bitter Harvest"), Ricky Skaggs ("Callin' Your Name", "Highway 40 Blues", " Heartbreak Hurricane"), Loretta Lynn ("Country In My Genes"), George Strait ("Hollywood Squares"), Trisha Yearwood ("Lonesome Dove"), Kathy Mattea ("Lonesome Standard Time"), Diamond Rio ("Mama, Don't Forget To Pray For Me") and Bradley Walker ("When I'm Hurtin'") . Cordle also has a career of his own, with his band Lonesome Standard Time. He founded the band in 1990 with his friend Glen Duncan. He rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to: Places South America * Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin), a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries * Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin Elsewhere * 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US People * Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon" Art and entertainment Fictional characters * Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th GMA Dove Awards
The 36th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 36th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 13, 2005 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2004. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee and was hosted by Steven Curtis Chapman, CeCe Winans, Rebecca St. James, Smokie Norful, Darlene Zschech and Israel Houghton. Nominations were announced on February 7, 2005 by George Huff, Israel Houghton and Natalie Grant at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. at The Christian Post; Camacho, Justin (February 9, 2005) won Artist of the Year, plus three other awards, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Awards took place in Atlanta, Georgia during 2011 and 2012, but has since moved back to Nashville. The ceremonies feature live musical performances and are broadcast on TBN. The awards were established in 1969, and represent a variety of musical styles, including rock, pop, hip hop, country, and urban. History The Dove Awards were originally conceptualized by Gospel singer and songwriter Bill Gaither, at a Gospel Music Association board meeting in 1968. The idea of the award being represented by a dove is credited to Gaither and design for the award itself is credited to gospel singer Les Beasley and designer Bob McConnell. The first GMA Dove Awards were held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee in October 1969. In 1971, the awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bonsall
Joseph Sloan Bonsall Jr. (born May 18, 1948) is an American singer who has been the tenor of the country/gospel vocal quartet The Oak Ridge Boys since October 1973. He is also an author. Besides charting numerous hits as a member of the Oak Ridge Boys, Bonsall has a solo chart credit alongside the band Sawyer Brown in their 1986 single "Out Goin' Cattin'", on which he was credited as "Cat Joe Bonsall". In 1997, Bonsall released a four-part children's book series titled ''The Molly Books'' and in 2003 published ''GI Joe and Lillie'',The full title of the book is "G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty" (2003) New Leaf Press a book about his parents' lives during and after World War II. He was born in 1948 to Joseph Sloan Bonsall Sr. (1925–2001), and Lillie Maude Collins (1924–2001). Both are buried at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery is one of two national cemeteries run by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Murrah
Roger Alan Murrah (born November 20, 1946) is a songwriter and independent music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama."Indie Publisher Spotlight:Mentoring Role Helps Murrah Music Thrive" Kevin Zimmerman, BMI ''MusicWorld'', June 27, 2006. Biography Early life Roger Murrah was born on November 20, 1946, in .Career After working in the late 1960s as a staff writer, he opened his own studio in |
Curtis Wright
Curtis Blaine Wright (born June 6, 1955) is an American country music artist. He first recorded in the 1980s as a member of the Super Grit Cowboy Band before becoming a solo artist in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wright charted three singles on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs between 1990 and 1993. He has also recorded as a member of Orrall & Wright, Shenandoah, and Pure Prairie League. In addition to these, Wright holds several credits as a songwriter, including the number one singles "A Woman in Love" by Ronnie Milsap, "Next to You, Next to Me" by Shenandoah, and " What's It to You" by Clay Walker. Biography Curtis Blaine Wright was born June 6, 1955 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Initially a member of a band known as the Country Generation, succeeded by the Super Grit Cowboy Band, Wright later performed as a backup vocalist and guitarist for Vern Gosdin. In December 1989, he quit Gosdin's band and wrote Ronnie Milsap's number one single "A Woman in Love". Wright signed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984. Biography Early life He was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, United States, and grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post, Texas as a sharecropper's son. One of his early jobs was with Western Union as a telegraph operator. In the early 1930s, Tilman played mandolin and banjo at local dances and eventually took up the guitar. Musical career Tillman moved to San Antonio played lead guitar with Adolph Hofner, a Western swing bandleader, and soon developed into a songwriter and singer. He took a job with Houston pop bandleader Mack Clark in 1938, and played with Western swing groups fronted by Leon "Pappy" Selph and Cliff Bruner. He also worked with Ted Daffan, and singer and piano player Moon Mullican. Till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love You So Much It Hurts
"I Love You So Much It Hurts" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1948. His version reached number 6 on the Folk Best Seller charts and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the chart. Notable cover versions * In 1948, Jimmy Wakely had his second number one on the Folk Best Seller chart with his version of the song. Wakely's version spent a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart and four non-consecutive weeks at the top. * In 1949, the Mills Brothers recorded a version of the song which reached number eight on the Race Records chart and number eight on the pop chart. Other versions * Charlie Gracie in 1957 * Patsy Ann Noble in 1960 * Bob Luman in 1960, on the album ''Let's Think About Livin * Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1961, on the album ''Tennessee Ernie Ford Looks At Love'' * Patsy Cline in 1961, on the album ''Patsy Cline Showcase'' * Ray Charles in 1962, on the album '' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music'' * George Morgan/Marion Worth in 1964, on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Jackson
Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled '' Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers'' – a tribute to Ira and Charlie Louvin. He also recorded one of the songs on the CD, a collection of duets featuring such artists as James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, and others. Biography Jackson's musical career began in childhood. At the age of 14 he was invited to play banjo for Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, one of the most respected bluegrass bands at that time. After five years with Jim and Jesse, Jackson tested the musical waters elsewhere before landing a job with Glen Campbell. Jackson remained in Campbell's band for 12 years. Jackson continued to work in Nashville as a songwriter and musician. Between 1984 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Salley
Jerry Salley is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Salley won SESAC's 2003 "Country Music Songwriter of the Year" award. Salley has been writing and singing in Nashville, Tennessee since 1982. To date, he has had 300 songs recorded in his career, including by Reba McEntire ("I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"), Wild Rose (" Breaking New Ground"), John Anderson ("I Fell in the Water"), Wade Hayes ("How Do You Sleep at Night"), and ten (10) top twenty gospel songs. Biography Salley has had songs recorded by Toby Keith, Patty Loveless, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols, Darryl Worley, The Whites, Loretta Lynn, and many others. Salley is a six-time Dove Award nominee, and won a Dove award in 1990 for Inspirational Song of the Year. He won the award for co-writing "His Strength is Perfect", with Steven Curtis Chapman. Numerous other nationally known country, gospel and bluegrass artists have also recorded Jerry's songs, including: IIIrd Tyme Out, The Seldom Scene, Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
