Category: Radio
2012 Country Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Honorees will be saluted during Country Radio Seminar […]
CountryBreakout No. 1 Song
Love is a battlefield, and nobody emerges without collecting some scars along the way. Most of us try to maintain the necessary courage to stay in the fight, but few of us can recount love’s combat stories quite as tunefully as […]
Weekly Chart Report (10/21/11)
The folks over at Big Machine Label Group might be feeling pretty happy about this edition of […]
Charlie Cook On Air
Arbitron just released its new “Radio Today” 2011 edition. There are a number of things in the report that will be interesting to MusicRow readers beyond radio personnel […]
Lady A Tickets for CRS Attendees
Band wants to thank radio for its support […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations, Radio
Strait’s 58th No. 1 Is Also A First
George Strait’s “Here For A Good Time” has become his 58th career No. 1 hit, following […]
CMA National Broadcast Personality Winner Revealed
This star scores his second win with a phone call from Tim McGraw […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations, Radio, Weekend
Shane Yellowbird – Bare Feet On The Blacktop
A Cree Indian from Hobbema, Alberta, Shane Yellowbird is one of Canada’s hottest country stars. He initially learned to sing as a technique to overcome a severe stuttering problem, and has gone from quietly pursuing a fine arts degree at college to a thriving music career. In a short span, he has already pumped out […]
Category: ProgrammerPlaylist
Initial CMA Broadcast Winners Revealed
Several country stations and broadcasters received a nice surprise this morning, when Taylor Swift called to personally notify them […]
Industry Ink Friday
SDU Promotion Hire • David Andersen • NSAI Song Contest • Hall of Fame’s Williams family exhibit closing • Composer David Grow • Larry Murray • George S. Clinton • SESAC Educational Panel
Category: Featured, Organizations, Radio
CountryBreakout No. 1 Song
In 1965, entertainers Sonny & Cher recorded and released their signature No. 1 “I Got You Babe,” which would eventually become a touchstone of the free-lovin’ ’60s. It’s cute, fuzzy, and sweet on the surface, but underneath there’s a theme of the all-encompassing, saving power of young love that informs many of music’s greatest works. (See also: “Be My Baby,” “God Only Knows”).
