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The Rodney Crowell Collection
''The Rodney Crowell Collection'' is the title of the first compilation album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1989 (see 1989 in country music) by Crowell's former label, Warner Bros. Records, following the huge success of his album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. It features selections from his first three albums that were released under the Warner Bros. label between 1978 and 1981. It charted #65 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album is the first release of Crowell singing "I Don't Have to Crawl" The Crowell-penned tune was recorded by Emmylou Harris and released in 1981 on her album. '' Evangeline''. Crowell recorded his version in 1984 for what was to be a new album for Warner Bros., ''Street Language''. That album was never released and instead was re-recorded in 1986 for Crowell's new label, Columbia, but without "I Don't Have to Crawl".Bill DeYoungThe Ballad of Rodney Crowell"at About the Arts. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Track li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. He has also written songs and produced for other artists. He was influenced by songwriters Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Crowell played guitar and sang for three years in Emmylou Harris' Hot Band. He has won two Grammy Awards in his career, one in 1990 for Best Country Song for the song " After All This Time" and one in 2014 Best Americana Album for his album ''Old Yellow Moon''. Early life Crowell was born on August 7, 1950, in Houston, Texas, to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby He came from a musical family, with one grandfather being a church choir leader and the other a bluegrass banjo player. His grandmother played guitar and his father sang semi-professionally at bars and honky tonks. At age 11, he started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Crowell Albums
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Country Music Television
Country Music Television (CMT) is an American pay TV network owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. Launched on March 5, 1983, as Country Music Television, CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle and reality programming while downplaying its focus on country music. As of January 2018, approximately 92 million U.S. homes (or 76.9% of the Nielsen-estimated 119.2 million television households ) receive CMT. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee. History Early years (1983–1991) CMTV, an initialism for Country Music Television, was founded by Glenn D. Daniels, the owner of Video World Productions in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Danie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Crowell (album)
''Rodney Crowell'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. It was the first album Crowell produced by himself. It reached #47 on the Top Country Albums chart and #105 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. The songs, "Stars on the Water" and "Victim or a Fool" were released as singles. "Stars on the Water" reached #30 on the Hot Country Songs chart, his highest-charting song up to that point. It peaked at #21 on the Canadian country charts. "Victim or a Fool" reached #34 in the U.S. The album was rereleased on compact disc in 2005 paired with his previous album '' But What Will the Neighbors Think''. Content "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" was written and recorded by Guy Clark in 1975 for his debut album '' Old No. 1''. Later versions of the song change the "Goin'" to "going". "Old Pipeliner" was first re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
But What Will The Neighbors Think
''But What Will the Neighbors Think'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1980 (see 1980 in country music) by Warner Bros. Records. It reached #64 on the Top Country Albums chart and #155 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. The songs, "Ashes by Now", "Ain't No Money" and "Here Come the 80's" were released as singles. "Ashes by Now" only reached #78 on the country charts and #37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 while the other two singles failed to chart. This album has more of a rock & roll influence than Crowell's debut, ''Ain't Living Long Like This''. The album was rereleased on compact disc in 2005. Content The song "Queen of Hearts" was first recorded in 1979 by Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds for his album '' Repeat When Necessary''. It was also a single for Juice Newton, whose version was a number 2 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1981. Most of the songs on this album would later be covered by othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't Living Long Like This
''Ain't Living Long Like This'' is the debut studio album by United States, American country music singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, released in 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. It failed to enter the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Elvira (song), Elvira", "Song for the Life" and "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I" were released as singles but they all failed to chart within the top 40. Despite this, ''Ain't Living Long Like This'' is considered one of Crowell's best and most influential albums. Brett Hartenbach of Allmusic says it "''not only showcases his songwriting prowess, but also his ability to deliver a song, whether it's one of his own or the work of another writer''".Allmusic review for "Ain't Livin' Long Like This" (see infobox) Most of the songs on this album were later covered by other artists including The Oak Ridge Boys and Alan Jackson. When the album was re-released in 2002 the font on the cover was enlarged to make it more legible. Content Three of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Have To Crawl
"I Don't Have to Crawl" is a song written by Rodney Crowell that was originally recorded by American singer and songwriter Emmylou Harris. It was the second single spawned from her 1981 album '' Evangeline''. It reached charting positions on the North American charts, including the Canadian country top 40. Background and recording Carrying on the country rock musical legacy of mentor Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris found mainstream commercial success beginning in the 1970s. After the 1975 studio album '' Pieces of the Sky'', Harris recorded and released a series of discs that received critical acclaim and success. She had several chart-topping country singles including " Together Again" (1976) and "Beneath Still Waters" (1980). Harris took a brief touring hiatus after welcoming a second child. Her 1981 album ''Evangeline'' took recordings that were "left off" previous discs. "I Don't Have to Crawl" was one of two singles spawned from ''Evangeline''. It was composed by musical collabor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Kathy Mattea, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Chris Stapleton. He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: ''My Favorite Picture of You''. Career Clark was born in Monahans, Texas. His family moved to Rockport, Texas in 1954. After he graduated from high school in 1960, Guy spent almost a decade living in Houston as part of the folk music revival in that city. His wife Susanna Talley Clark and he eventually settled in Nashville, where he helped create the Americana (music) genre. His songs "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train" helped launch his career and were covered by numerous performers, including Steve Earle and Brian Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes By Now
"Ashes by Now" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. It has since been recorded several by times by various musical artists in the country music format. The song was first recorded by Crowell himself, eventually releasing it as a single in 1980. Rodney Crowell version Crowell originally recorded "Ashes by Now" in January 1978 in Los Angeles, California. The recording session featured musician Ricky Skaggs playing the fiddle, among other prominent session musicians of the period. Before its release as a single, it served as the b-side to his 1978 single "Elvira." The song was later re-released in April 1980 as the A-side single via Warner Bros. Records becoming a minor chart hit on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles and Hot 100 that year. The song was included on Crowell's 1980 studio album ''But What Will the Neighbors Think''. The song was covered by Crowell's frequent collaborator Emmylou Harris on her 1981 album ''Evangeline''. Chart performance Lee Ann Womack v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Language
''Street Language'' is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1986 (see 1986 in country music) by Columbia Records, his first release on that label. It peaked at #38 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs, "Let Freedom Ring", "When I'm Free Again", "She Loves the Jerk" and "Looking for You" were released as singles but they all failed to chart within the top 20. This album was co-produced by R & B artist Booker T. Jones and features a blend of soul and country music. In 1984, Crowell recorded what was to be a new album for Warner Bros., ''Street Language''.Bill DeYoungThe Ballad of Rodney Crowell"at About the Arts. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018. That album, a pop-sounding effort co–produced by David Malloy, was rejected by Warner Bros, and was never released. The label requested a more Nashville-friendly record, but Crowell negotiated a release from his contract and moved to Columbia Records. He then he brought in ... [...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] |
