American Idol's Finalist Phil Stacey Debut CD In Stores April 29, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Lyric Street Records) - American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey, about whom AI Judge Randy Jackson raved, 'You are going to have a career in country music!' and whom Tony Bennett called 'One of the better singers I've heard, not just today, but in a long time,' has ...
| Bobby G. Cargill Signs With CMG Nashville
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ CMG Records) - It was announced by Steven B. Riley of CMG Nashville Records that they had signed Texas based country music artist Bobby G. Cargill. His first release on CMG is a CD entitled "Ordinary Man". This may be the title of his CD, but this first effort is anything ...
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Johnny Reid Hits The Road Opening For Martina McBride
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Moraine Music Group) - Nashville-based Moraine Music Group announced today that Scottish-born singer/songwriter, Johnny Reid, has struck gold (50,000 units) in Canada with his newly released CD, 'Kicking Stones.' The album, produced by Grammy award-winner, Brent Maher, ...
| Charlie Daniels And Friends Celebrate '50 Years Of Making Music'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - The legendary Charlie Daniels gathered with friends and family in a special reception at BMI's Music Row offices to celebrate Daniels' fifty-year milestone in the music industry. Attendees enjoyed fellowship and cocktails in BMI's main lobby, transformed into a gallery ...
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Collin Raye / Muhammad Ali Fight Night Appearance
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Starpointe Records) - Collin Raye, one of Country music's top male vocalists has been selected for two performances at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIV, Saturday, April 4th & 5th, at the J.W. Marriott Desert Resort in Phoenix, AZ to benefit the Muhammad Ali Parkinson ...
| Grammy Winning Bluegrass Legend Ricky Skaggs to Take Over SIRIUS Bluegrass Exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SIRIUS Satellite Radio) - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that 13-time Grammy winning bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will take over its SIRIUS Bluegrass channel for an entire week. Skaggs Place will premiere on March 23rd at 3 pm ET. The launch of Skaggs Place coincides ...
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Country Music Star Troy Gentry Partners With National Non-Profit Patient Advocate Foundation
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. (Top 40 Charts/ PAF) - The Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)-a national non-profit organization providing direct case management services and healthcare information to millions of patients with life-threatening, debilitating and chronic diseases each year who are unable to obtain access ...
| 'Running Free' Is A Run-Away Favorite With Country/Bluegrass Fans
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ D and M Records) - D and M Records is proud to announce the recent discovery and signing of Back In The Saddle, a rockin' country/bluegrass group from Illinois. After years of doing covers, the brothers thought it might be interesting to try their hand at songwriting and ...
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Alan Jackson Scores A Two-Fer As Single Goes No 1 And Album Debuts At No 1!
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Alan Jackson's 'Small Town Southern Man' hit the No 1 spot on the R&R and Country Aircheck charts today. The song is the first single off Jackson 's GOOD TIME, which debuts this week at No 1 on the pop and country charts and is Jackson 's 32nd No 1 hit ...
| Carrie Underwood Invited To Become Member Of Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - ACM and CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood was invited to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry this evening during a sold out show. Underwood will be formally inducted into the Opry family on Saturday, May 10. During Opry Live ...
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The Lost Trailers Have Listeners Shakin' Their Sassafras With New Hit 'Holler Back'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BNA Entertainment) - The Lost Trailers, one of the hardest working bands in country music, have crashed back onto the country singles chart with their whoop-it-up, good times single, 'Holler Back.' Germinating from friendships born in high school the quintet has now been ...
| Trace Adkins One of Four Competitors Left On 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - Multi-platinum country artist Trace Adkins remains a contender on NBC's 'The Celebrity Apprentice' and has become one of four competitors remaining, despite another team loss. When faced with the task of creating a new sandwich for Quiznos, Adkins, who ...
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Lee Roy Parnell Pops the Question
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ BMI) - Country music artist Lee Roy Parnell and Julie Albertson are engaged to be married. Texas native Parnell, 51 and Albertson, 40, a North Dakota native, met at a charity Guitar Gala sponsored by BMI and Gibson Guitars. Parnell has had a string of hits on country radio ...
| Alan Jackson's Good Time Debuts At No 1 On The Pop And Country Charts
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Alan Jackson's GOOD TIME will debut at No 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Top Country Albums charts next week, with first-week SoundScan sales of 119,151, marking his fourth album to hit the top spots simultaneously on week of release. You'd think ...
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Country Stars Come Together to Support 4-H
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ EMI Music) - Some of country music's biggest stars have come together in a new country compilation CD aimed at generating awareness and support for 4-H: America's largest youth development organization. Entitled 'Clover Country,' the album will be available for sale through ...
| Montgomery Gentry Teams With Country Weekly And Clorox To 'Wipe Out Cancer'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ T.J. Martell Foundation) - Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, the popular singer/songwriter duo known as Montgomery Gentry, take pride in making the audience feel like a part of their concerts. They want their fans to take part in something else as well: the fight against ...
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2008 CMA Music Festival Artist Lineup Grows
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ CMA) - The excitement is building for 2008 CMA Music Festival, Thursday-Sunday, June 5-8 in Downtown Nashville, as artists performing at the Greased Lightning Daytime Stages at Riverfront are announced. "The CMA Music Festival artist performer lineup truly reflects the ...
| Crystal Shawanda Featured 'Artist to Watch' on Clear Channel's New! Program
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Records) - RCA recording artist Crystal Shawanda is a featured country artist on Clear Channel's NEW! 'Artist To Watch' program for the month of March. Featured on nearly 500 radio station websites nationwide, the program includes a stream of Crystal's emotional debut ...
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Rissi Palmer To Perform During Nashville's Tim Pan South Music Fest On April 1, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ 1720 Ent. LLC) - Rising country star, Rissi Palmer will join fellow songwriters Rick Beresford, Deanna Walker, Sarah Majors and Dave Smith for an acoustic writers round at Edgehill Cafe on Tuesday, April 1. The event is part of Nashville's Tin Pan South, one of America's ...
| Rockie Lynne Lends Talent To Benefit CD For Bridge Collapse Victims
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Rockie Lynne Official Website) - Country star Rockie Lynne has contributed the leadoff track to a new compilation CD that raises money for the survivors and families of victims of last year's I-35W Bridge collapse disaster in Minneapolis. Lynne, a longtime Minnesota resident, ...
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