Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Webster & Associates) Country superstar
Randy Travis will co-host TODAY, America's most-watched morning show, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, teaming with Hoda Kotb during the fourth hour on NBC. The Grammy-winning singer will be filling the chair for Kathie Lee Gifford who is taking the week off. It's all part of his phenomenal silver milestone in the music industry, marked by the Warner Bros. Records release of the Anniversary Celebration CD that includes a star-studded cast of collaborators and extensive North American concert tour. In addition,
Travis also released the 11-track greatest hits package Randy Travis, available exclusively through Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations.
Travis calls this week's national television appearance an anniversary highlight. He says, "Having appeared and performed on the "
Today" show many times, I am honored to co-host. I look forward to teaming with Hoda Kotb and the crew during my visit to New York".
This weekend,
Travis will take center stage in
Music City as part of the Community Hymn Sing with the Nashville Symphony on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Other special guests include Michael W. Smith, Marcia Ware and the vocal group, Committed, winners of NBC's The Sing-Off. The Nashville Choir will also be featured during the annual spring event of inspirational music. Shows are set to begin at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.
For more information and performance updates, please visit: www.randytravis.com.
About Randy Travis
Warner Bros. Records has been home to
Randy Travis for the majority of his recording career; and together they have accumulated lifetime sales of his music in excess of 20 million units to date.
Travis is one of the biggest record sellers in music industry history, with 18 #1 singles, 29 Top 10 chartings, certification of the rare quintuple platinum album (Always and Forever, released in 1987), one triple platinum album (Storms of Life, released in 1986), two double platinum's (Old 8x10, released in 1988, and No Holding Back, released in 1989), eight platinum albums, and 10 gold albums. Major industry career awards include seven GRAMMY Awards, five Country
Music Association Awards (CMA), 10 Academy of Country
Music Awards (ACM), 10 American
Music Awards (AMA), two People's Choice Awards, and eight Dove Awards from the Gospel
Music Association. He is a three-time recipient of CMA Award's "Song of the Year'' honors ("On The Other Hand,""Forever and Ever Amen," and "
Three Wooden Crosses").
Randy Travis has appearances in more than 40 feature film productions and major television projects to his credit. In 2004, he was honored with his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the midst of every major career award and accolade, he considers his honored induction as a member of the famed Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville, in 1986, as a shining highlight of his first 25 years of legendary accomplishments.
