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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Album: I Wrote A Song
Genre: Country
Released: 1958
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This song was written by Don Gibson and Chet Atkins that it was released in 1958. Oh Lonesome Me was on the top 10 of country charts. The single has had different versions. The last one was in 1990 with the group Kentucky Headhunters in their album Pickin’ on Nashville. Don Gibson born in North Carolina and die on November 17th, 2003. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Album: My Kind of Livin’
Genre: Country
Released: October, 2004
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The song has been considered an ode to Sunday church services. It was included into the album My Kind of Livin’ as the first single released in 2005. That’s What I Love About Sunday was a hit number one in its genre during all 2005 according two Billboard and spent four weeks on Hot Country Charts. The album got a certified gold by RIAA. Craig Morgan is an American singer and songwriter who is actives since 2000. Last May, he released the song Love Remember for her upcoming album called That’s Why. This song is currently number twenty-four into Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Until October he will be in a new tour through United States. Some cities he will visit are: Indiana, PA, Virginia Beach, VA, Washington, PA, Boomington, IL and Morganton, NC.
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Album: Killin’ Time
Genre: Country
Released: February, 1989
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This song belongs to the debut album from the well-known Clint Black, called Killin’ Time. A Better Man was a number one hit on Billboard Hot Country Singles in 1989, and it was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas. The album got other hit songs like: Killin’ Time, Nobody’s Home, Walking Away and Nothing’s News. Nowadays, he is on tour and his next shows are: Wendover, NV (8/29/8) and (8/30/8), Riverton, WY (9/01/8), Gstaad Festival , SWI (9/12/8) and (9/13/8) and Wisconsin Dells, WI (9/19/8). This year, he has released two singles: Long Cool Woman and You Still Get to Me.
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Album: N/A
Genre: Country
Released: 1959
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This song is a classic country that describes the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 against British Forces. The single was written by Jimmie Driftwood and with many version, the most popular is from Johnny Horton. The song reached the peak position #1 on Billboard Hot 100 during 1959. The Battle of New Orleans is a song usually used during US sporting events. According to Jimmie Driftwood, the idea with the song was to create interest in all students for the history. This single won at 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country and Western Recording. Also in 2001, it won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award as one of the most important Songs of the Century by reaching the position #333.
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