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Album: Rhinestone Cowboy
Genre: Country
Writer: Larry Weiss
Released: May, 1975
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 When the song was released on May, 1975 it soon became popular not only on country fans but also on pop ones. Rhinestone Cowboy won a certified Gold by RIAA and received two a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country and Best Record of the Year. Glen Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. He is an American country pop singer and guitarist who born in Delight Arkansas. On August, 2008 he released his 58th album titled Glen Campbell which have received positive comments. Some of songs included are: Sing, Times Like These, These Days, Good Riddance and Grow Old with Me.

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Album: N/A
Genre: Country
Released: 1949
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This song became a number one hit. Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer is one of the most popular song of all times. Beside it is the biggest Autry’s hit ever. Thanks to this song, he was ranked at #38 in CMT’s 40 Greatest Men of country Music. in 2003. The song tells the story of Santa Claus in his ninth reindeer who has an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light. Rudolph story is owned by The Rudolph Company, L.P. During 1958, it was published an illustrated story book by Golden Books. Also, it has had a TV Special created on NBC in 1964.

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Album: Poems, Prayes and Promises
Genre: Country
Writers: John Denver, Taffy Nivert, Bill Danoff
Released: December, 1970
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This song is also known as  Country Roads. The one became the Dever’s signature song. It was premiered on December 30, 1970. Country Roads was ranked #18 on CMTs 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music during 2003. John Denver born in 1943 and died in 1997 at age 53 years old, when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in the coast of California at Pacific Grove. Denver was a singer songwriter, producer, writer, activist, poet and actor. His last recognition was in 2007 with a collection of the song performed in USSR.

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Album: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hit
Genre: Country Pop
Writer: Lionel Ritchie
Released: 1980
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As Kenny Rogers as Lionel Ritchie become this beautiful single in a number one hit during the 80s. Lady was written by Lionel Richie, and it was included for Rogers into his Greatest Hits on September, 1980. The song is ranked at #47 on Billboard’s All Time Top 100. The single was a number one Hot 100 during six weeks. Into the Greatest Hits, he included titles like: The Gambler, She Believes in Me, Coward of the Country, Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town and You Decorated My Life. Currently, he is promoting the Christmas song “O Holy Night” which you can download free through his website. Today, He is performing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and on 30th November, 2008 will be in Wabash, IN at 7:30 PM.

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Album: N/A
Genre: Country
Writer: Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner
Released: 1956
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The original version was recorder by Ric Cartey with The Jiva-Tones in 24th November, 1956, but James’ version became so popular and a number one hit on Billboard Magazine Charts. In fact, it was #2 on Best Seller Chart. The song is considered a classic from country music. There are different cover versions, the most popular were recorded by The Rolling Stones (1964), Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey (1969), Donny Osmond (1973) and Ray Stevens (1976). Sonny James is an American Country Singer who born in Hackleburg, Alabama. Nowadays, he is 79 years old. Two years ago, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. His last single released was A Free Romain’ Mind in 1983 which reached the peak position 58 on US Billboard Country Chart.

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Album: Lonely Grill
Genre: Country
Released: 1999
Several versions of this song were released, and all of them had relative success in 1999 and 2000. The main version is a country ballad that spent eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, but even it was popular at the pop radio stations reaching #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Afterward, a new remixed version was released and the song re-entered in the Hot 100. This time, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during two weeks. Actually, “Amazed” was the first country song to hit #1 on the Hot 100 since 1983 when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton achieved it with “Islands In The Stream”.

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Album: It was a single
Genre: Country
Released: 1956
In the 1950s, rock and roll music was becoming a huge influence, even for other genres including the country music. This song was an answer for this situation. The idea behind this song was to introduce a musical style to reach America’s youth. The song became a hit in 1956, especially in the American honky tonks, which are a type of bar with musical entertainment that is common in the Southwestern and Southern United States. “Crazy Arms” reached #1 on the Billboard magazine country music charts, spending 20 weeks there. Also, according to Billboard, it was the No. 1 country single of 1956. With this song, Ray Price introduced to the American fans to his special style with fiddle, pedal steel guitar, walking electric bass and swinging 4/4 rhythm.

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Album: Breathe
Genre:  Country Pop
Released: 1999
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“Breathe” was the first song single from the album of the same name by country artist Faith Hill, which was released in 1999. The song spent 53 weeks on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, although it never reached #1 on the chart. Actually, this singe was only the second song in the history of the Hot 100 to be named the most important single of the year without reaching a peak of #1. Faith Hill is one of the country divas in the 1990s that were really popular in the US. Her husband Tim McGraw is also a very successful country singer. “Breathe” also reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart during six weeks.

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Album:  Live Like You Were Dying
Genre: Country
Released: 2004
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This song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard country music charts and #29 on the Hot 100 in 2004. “Live Like You Were Dying” is about a man in his early forties with an life-threatening disease who decides to engage in certain activities that he has always wanted to do because he realizes that he does not have much time left to live. It is associated with Tug McGraw, who was the father of the singer (Tim McGraw). Tug McGraw was hospitalized with a brain tumor on March 12, 2003. He was given three weeks to live by the doctors but he lived during nine months since the diagnosis.

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Album: Wings of a Dove
Genre: Classic Country
Released: 1957
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This son was a popular number one hit that stayed 10 weeks on charts. Ferlin Husky born on December 3, 1925 in Flat River Missouri, his entire career has been dedicated to be a country pop music artist. He is present in the musical industry since 1945. Nowadays he is 82 years old. Other important songs from him are: Wings of a Dove and A Dear John Letter.
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