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CD SHOWCASE MEMORIES

2 songs from my Friday, 03/08/1996, “CD Showcase” (12p-1p) college radio show: Tom T Hall’s “I Love” & Emmylou Harris’ “2 More Bottles Of Wine”. Also featured: the HO-scale grandstands on OC,SHer DAVE R’s slot car layout.

#1
“I Love”
Tom T Hall
This song debuted 11/10/1973 & spent 18 weeks on the country charts, 2 of those at #1 in early 1974; the tune crossed over & notched at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. This single came in the midst of this Olive Hill KY-native singer-songwriter-guitarist’s career, which spanned mid-late 1967 to late 1986. He had been a DJ at WMOR (Morehead KY) & added the “T” when he started singing. Known as “The Storyteller”, he also hosted TV’s “Pop Goes The Country”. Of his 54 releases, 7 topped the country charts, while 14 more reached the Top 10. Familiar favorites include: 1969-70’s “A Week In A Country Jail” (#1, 2 weeks; his 1st chart topper), 1971’s “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died” (#1, 2 weeks; a favorite of mine), 1972-3’s “Watermelon Wine” (#1), 1975’s “I Like Beer” (#4) & 1984’s “P.S. I Love You” (#8).

#2
“2 More Bottles Of Wine”
Emmylou Harris
This song hit the airwaves 04/15/1978 (39 years & 1 week ago), spent 14 weeks on the country charts & claimed #1. This Birmingham AL-native singer-songwriter-guitarist worked as a folk singer in Washington DC in the late 1960s. She 1st broke into the mainstream music scene in 1975. After her debut single fizzled at #73, her 2nd release, 1975’s “If I Could Only Win Your Love” peaked at #4 on the country charts & crossed over, reaching #58 on the Billboard Hot 100. From mid 1975 to early 1994 (with 1 release in late 2004), she notched 7 chart toppers & 20 more Top 10 tunes. Familiar favorites include 1976’s “Together Again” (#1), 1976’s “1 Of These Days” (#3, 2 weeks), 1976’s “Sweet Dreams” (#1, 2 weeks), 1977-8’s “To Daddy” (#3), 1979’s “Save The Last Dance For Me” (#4), 1980’s “Beneath Still Waters” (#1), 1980’s “That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again” (#6; duet with Roy Orbison for the movie ‘Roadie’, starring Meatloaf), 1981’s “If I Needed You” (#3; duet with Don Williams), 1982’s “Born To Run” (#3, 2 weeks), 1982-3’s “On Our Last Date” (#1), 1983’s “I’m Movin’ On” (#5; a favorite of mine), 1984’s “In My Dreams” (#4; Female Vocal Grammy), 1985’s “Thing About You” (#14; with Southern Pacific) & 1988’s “We Believe In Happy Endings” (#1; duet with Earl Thomas Conley), along with several Top 5 hits as The Trio (with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt).