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CD SHOWCASE MEMORIES
6 songs from the 3rd hour (9p-10p) of my 11/04/1995 college radio show: Glen Campbell’s “Country Boy”, Kenny Rogers’ “20 Years Ago”, Kathy Mattea’s “Where’ve You Been”, Dave & Sugar’s “Golden Tears”, George Jones’ “The Corvette Song” & Holly Dunn’s “Daddy’s Hands”. 3 of these songs are from artists I’ve previously featured, but in each case, the song played during this show was at the request of family (my Dad, Mom & Sister were at Manchester for Sister-Brother Weekend). Also featured: Pontiac coupe at Austin TX’s Twin Peaks, 06/08/2016, photographed by OC,SHer JAY B….
#1 “Country Boy” | Glen Campbell
This song debuted 11/01/1975 & spent 15 weeks on the country charts, 2 of those weeks at its peak of #3. The follow-up to his 1975 mega-hit “Rhinestone Cowboy” (#1 on the country charts for 3 weeks & #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2), this song also crossed over & reached #11 on the BH 100. This Delight AR-native singer-songwriter-guitarist-actor’s singing career spanned late 1962 to early 1993. In the mid 1960s, he was a prolific studio musician & was with The Hondells (1964), The Beach Boys (1965) & Sagittarius (1967). His own TV show, “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour”, aired 1968-1972, & he also acted in such movies as ‘True Grit’, ‘Norwood’ & ‘Strange Homecoming’. Throughout his singing career, he notched only 5 chart toppers, along with 22 additional Top 10 tunes. Other familiar favorites include 1967’s “Gentle On My Mind”, 1967-8’s “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, 1968’s “Wichita Lineman”, 1969’s “Galveston”, 1977’s “Southern Nights”, 1981’s “I Love My Truck” (from the movie ‘The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia’), 1984-5’s “A Lady Like You”, 1987’s “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle” (duet with Steve Wariner), 1987-8’s “Still Within The Sound Of My Voice” (my favorite of his) & 1988’s “I Have You”. In 2014, he released his last studio recording, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”, an acknowledgement of his alzheimer’s.
#2 “20 Years Ago” | Kenny Rogers
I really like the video (linked below) of this poignant tune, which was requested by my Dad during this show. 1 of my favorites of Rogers’ songs because it has proven relevant many times in my life, this song 1st hit the airwaves 12/27/1986, spending 21 weeks on the country charts, 2 of those at its peak of #2 in early 1987. I previously featured Rogers HERE, so I’ll refer to that for some details & historic notes for you. Meantime, other familiar favorites not mentioned-listed previously include 1977’s “Daytime Friends” (#1), 1978’s “Love Or Something Like It” (#1), 1979’s “She Believes In Me” (#1, 2 weeks), 1980’s “Lady” (#1), 1982’s “Through The Years” (#5), 1982’s “Love Will Turn You Around” (#1), 1983’s “Scarlet Fever” (#5) & 1986’s “Tomb Of The Unknown Love” (#1), among others….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT3NDuGTJgk
#3 “Where’ve You Been” | Kathy Mattea
Mom requested this song, which debuted 11/25/1989, spent 26 weeks on the country charts & peaked at #10. Despite just barely cracking the Top 10, this poignant tune won the Country Song Grammy, Country Female Vocal Grammy & the CMA Song Of The Year awards. Since I previously featured Mattea HERE, I’ll refer to that entry for details & historic notes. Meanwhile, other familiar favorites not mentioned previously include 1987’s “Train Of Memories” (#6), 1987-8’s “Goin’ Gone” (#1), 1988-9’s “Life As We Knew It” (#4), 1989’s “Come From The Heart” (#1), 1990’s “She Came From Fort Worth” (#2), 1993’s “Standing Knee Deep In A River” (#19) & 1994’s “Walking Away A Winner” (#3, 2 weeks).
#4 “Golden Tears” | Dave & Sugar
I have this song on vinyl, & somewhere in my many tapes (remember those?!), this song is recorded with “We Are The World” directly following it. This song debuted 01/20/1979 & spent 14 weeks on the country charts, 3 of those at #1, becoming their biggest tune. When I was a kid, I often thought of other examples to go along with the “from a Chevy to a Lincoln”, etc. This trio (Dave Rowland, Vicki Hackeman & Jackie Frantz) were originally backup singers for Charley Pride. In 1977, Frantz was replaced by Sue Powell, who in turn was replaced by Jamie Jaye in 1980. Melissa Dean replaced Hackeman in 1979. This trio’s career was short-lived, spanning late 1975 to mid 1982, when Rowland went solo. Other familiar favorites: 1975-6’s “Queen Of The Silver Dollar” (#25), 1976’s “The Door Is Always Open” (#1) & 1977’s “I’m Knee Deep In Loving You” (#2, 4 weeks).
#5 “The Corvette Song” | George Jones
Most people refer to this song as the title above, but it’s actual title is “The 1 I Loved Back Then”; it debuted 11/23/1985 & spent 22 weeks on the country charts, sitting at #3 for 2 weeks in early 1986. This tune came near the end of Jones’ storied & roller coaster career. The Saratoga TX-native singer-songwriter-guitarist had started singing on radio stations KTXJ (Jasper TX) & KRIC (Beaumont TX), then served in the US Marines (1950-2) before marrying Tammy Wynette (1969-75). Best known as the “Possum”, he had amazingly only 13 chart toppers of the songs he released mid-late 1955 to mid 2005. Other familiar favorites include (but are not limited to) 1955’s “Why Baby Why” (#4, his debut single), 1959’s “White Lightning” (#1, 5 weeks), 1962’s “She Thinks I Still Care” (#1, 6 weeks; Hall Of Fame Grammy), 1964’s “The Race Is On” (#3, 6 weeks), 1980’s “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (#1; Hall Of Fame & Country Male Vocal Grammys; CMA Single & Song Of The Year), 1980’s “I’m Not Ready Yet” (#2), 1983’s “Tennessee Whiskey” (#2), 1984’s “She’s My Rock” (#2, 3 weeks) & 1985’s “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” (#3).
#6 “Daddy’s Hands” | Holly Dunn
I played this song near the end of the show; it was my sister’s request! Dunn’s 1st Top 10, this tune hit the airwaves 08/23/1986, spent 25 weeks on the charts & peaked at #7. For details & historic notes, I refer to the previous time I featured Dunn HERE. But, other familiar favorites include 1987’s “Love Someone Like Me” (#2, 2 weeks) & 1987’s “Only When I Love” (#4).