mercredi 29 juillet 2015

Uncle Kracker & Kenny Chesney - When The Sun Goes Down



Interprète: Uncle Kracker & Kenny Chesney
Titre: When The Sun Goes Down
Année: 2004
Billboard: #1

Kracker ou Uncle Kracker, alias Matthew Shafer, né le 6 juin 1974, à Mount Clemens (Michigan) est un musicien américain de rock et de musique country.
Une chanson très populaire de Uncle Kracker est Follow Me (Everything Is All Right). Un petit nom de Uncle Kracker est Krockpot. Son ami Kid Rock l’appelle « Krack ».

 Matthew Shafer (born June 6, 1974), better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American musician, singer, lyricist, rapper and guitarist. He is influenced by fellow musician Kid Rock.

Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By



Interprète: Leroy Van Dyke
Titre: Walk On By
Année: 1961
Billboard: #1

Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is an American country music singer best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk On By" (1961).

Chuck Wagon & The Wheels - Beauty's In The Eye Of The Beerholder



  Interprète: Chuck Wagon & The Wheels
Titre: Beauty's In The Eye Of The Beerholder
Année: 2000
Billboard: #75

Chuck Wagon and the Wheels was a country music group with a professional wrestling theme. It was composed of three members: Chuck Wagon (lead vocals), Carl "Cal" Pyle (background vocals), and Sid Sequin (bass guitar, vocals), pseudonyms of brothers Gordon Kennedy, Bryan Kennedy and Shelby Kennedy. The group signed to Lyric Street Records in 2000, releasing their album Off the Top Rope that year. It included the single "Beauty's in the Eye of the Beerholder," which peaked at 75 on the Billboard country singles charts.This band is not to be confused with the original Chuck Wagon and the Wheels from Tucson Arizona. The original group was formed in 1977 by Chuck Maultsby (vocals) and Scott Bish (bass guitar) and currently includes Eric Mellen (guitar).

Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks - Just Because



Interprète: Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks
Titre: Just Because
Année: 1948
Billboard: #7

Frankie Yankovic (, Davis, Virginie-Occidentale - , New Port Richey, Floride), était un musicien de polka, vainqueur d'un Grammy Award. Connu comme le "Roi de la Polka ", Yankovic est le premier artiste à avoir joué dans le style Slovène (également appelé Cleveland style) pendant une longue et brillante carrière.
D'ancêtres slovènes, il était de Cleveland, Ohio. Yankovic a réalisé près de 200 enregistrements dans sa carrière. En 1985, lors de la 28e cérémonie des Grammy awards, il est le premier à se voir décerner un prix dans la catégorie Meilleur enregistrement Polka.
Yankovic s'égarait rarement de la polka, mais il a enregistré avec le chanteur de country Chet Atkins, le chanteur pop Don Everly et fait une version de “Too Fat Polka” avec le comédien Drew Carey, également de Cleveland. Frankie Yankovic a eu une relation de longue date avec le virtuose de l'accordéon Joey Miskulin.

Frank John "Frankie" Yankovic (July 28, 1915 in Davis, West Virginia – October 14, 1998 in New Port Richey, Florida) was a Grammy Award-winning polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King," Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career.

Zaca Creek - Ghost Town (Live)



Interprète: Zaca Creek
Titre: Ghost Town (Live)
Année: 1989
Billboard: #58

Zaca Creek was an American country music group formed in 1989. The band consisted of brothers Gates, Scot, Jeff and James Foss. Their debut single, "Sometimes Love's Not a Pretty Thing," was their only song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at No. 38. It was included on their eponymous debut album, issued in 1989 on Columbia Records. The group was signed by Giant Records in 1992, who released their second album, Broken Heartland.

mardi 21 juillet 2015

Zaca Creek - Sometimes Love's Not A Pretty Thing



Interprète: Zaca Creek
Titre: Sometimes Love's Not A Pretty Thing
Année: 1989
Billboard: #38

Zaca Creek was an American country music group formed in 1989. The band consisted of brothers Gates, Scot, Jeff and James Foss. Their debut single, "Sometimes Love's Not a Pretty Thing," was their only song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at No. 38. It was included on their eponymous debut album, issued in 1989 on Columbia Records. The group was signed by Giant Records in 1992, who released their second album, Broken Heartland.

Yankee Grey - All Things Considered



Interprète: Yankee Grey
Titre: All Things Considered
Année: 1999
Billboard: #8

Yankee Grey was an American country music group originally composed of six members: David Buchanan (bass guitar), Matthew Basford (lead guitar), Joe Caverlee (fiddle), Kevin Griffin (drums), Jerry Hughes (keyboards), and Tim Hunt (lead vocals), all of whom met in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Founded in 1986, the band toured throughout the state of Ohio before being signed to a record deal with Monument Records in 1999. The same year, they made their debut on the Billboard country music charts with the Top Ten single "All Things Considered", followed by the release of their debut album Untamed, which produced two more hit singles on the country charts. After exiting Monument, the band signed to the independent Stonewall label in 2002.

Norman Wade - I'm A Long Gone Daddy



Interptète: Norman Wade
Titre: I'm A Long Gone Daddy
Année: 1979
Billboard: #97


Vince Vance & The Valiants - All I Want For Christmas Is You



Interprète: Vince Vance & The Valiants
Titre: All I Want For Christmas Is You
Année: 1999
Billboard: #31

Vince Vance & The Valiants are a country pop and rock and roll musical group from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Andy Stone is the last original member of the Valiants. He was born Andrew John Franichevich Jr. The group is known primarily for the singles "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts on six separate occasions, reaching its peak of number 31 in 2000, and "Bomb Iran."
On November 20, 2010, Vince Vance was surprised during his performance at a "Louisiana Legends" fundraiser at New Orleans Rock'n Bowl venue, with induction into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding career, including the Christmas icon "All I Want for Christmas is You" and his most current "I Am New Orleans."

Donna Ulisse - Things Are Mostly Fine



Interprète: Donna Ulisse
Titre: Things Are Mostly Fine
Année: 1991
Billboard: #75

Donna Ulisse (born in Hampton, Virginia) is an American country music and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1991, she released her debut album, Trouble at the Door, that year and two singles which charted on the lower part of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 2007, Ulisse returned to recording, releasing six albums on her own label, Hadley Music Group.

lundi 13 juillet 2015

Marlow Tackett - Would You Know Love



Interprète: Marlow Tackett
Titre: Would You Know Love
Année: 1980
Billboard: #95


Sammy Sadler - Tell It Like It Is



Interprète: Sammy Sadler
Titre: Tell It Like It Is
Année: 1989
Billboard: #70


dimanche 12 juillet 2015

Eddie Rabbitt - You Get To Me



Interprète: Eddie Rabbitt
Titre: You Get To Me
Année: 1974
Billboard: #34

Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions" and "Every Which Way but Loose." His duets "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" and "You and I", with Juice Newton and Crystal Gayle respectively, later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.

Jack Quist - Memory Machine



Interprète: Jack Quist
Titre: Memory Machine
Année: 1982
Billboard: #52


samedi 11 juillet 2015

Bob Pack - The Request



Interprète: Bob Pack
Titre: The Request
Année: 1988
Billboard: #74


mercredi 1 juillet 2015

Oak Ridge Boys - Y'all Come Back Saloon




Interprète: Oak Ridge Boys
Titre: Y'all Come Back Saloon
Année: 1977
Billboard: #3

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was officially 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.
The lineup which produced their most world famous and most well-known country and crossover hits (such as "Elvira", "Bobbie Sue", and "American Made") consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). Golden and Allen joined the group in the mid-1960s, and Sterban and Bonsall joined in the early 1970s. Aside from an eight-year gap (1987–95) when Golden left the group and was replaced, this lineup has been together since 1973 and continues to tour and record.

David Nail - Memphis




Interprète: David Nail
Titre: Memphis
Année: 2002
Billboard: #52

David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American country music artist. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed with MCA Nashville, for which he has released three albums: I'm About to Come Alive, The Sound of a Million Dreams, and I'm a Fire, plus one extended play, 1979. His studio albums have produced seven chart entries on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, including two that have reached No. 1: "Let It Rain" (featuring Sarah Buxton) and "Whatever She's Got", plus the top 10 hit "Red Light".

Byron MacGregor - Americans







Interprète: Byron MacGregor
Titre: Americans
Année: 1974
Billboard: #59

Byron MacGregor (March 3, 1948 – January 3, 1995) was a Canadian news anchor and news director.

Sleepy LaBeef - Every Day




Interprète: Sleepy LaBeef
Titre: Every Day
Année: 1968
Billboard: #73

Sleepy Labeef est un chanteur américain de rockabilly de rock'n'roll et de country. Il est né le 20 juillet 1935 à Smackover dans l'Arkansas.

 Sleepy LaBeef is the stage name of Thomas Paulsley LaBeff (born July 20, 1935), an American rockabilly musician.

Kalin Twins - When




Interprète: Kalin Twins
Titre: When
Année: 1958
Billboard: #13

The Kalin Twins (born February 16, 1934) were a pop music recording duo, comprising twin brothers Hal and Herbie Kalin (d. August 24, 2005 and July 21, 2006, respectively). The Kalin Twins remain the archetypal one-hit wonders. Their only Top 10 chart hit was "When".