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COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
*----------- TEST YOUR COUNTRY MUSIC KNOWLEDGE -----------*
Q. Who sang the song 'Red River Valley'?
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+----- TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY -----+
1900 J.L. Frank, country music promoter and a member of
the Country Music Hall of Fame, born in Rossal, Alabama
1933 Roy Clark born in Meherrin, Virginia
1937 Bob Luman born in Nacogdoches, Texas
1947 Ry Cooder born in Los Angeles, California
1952 Sam Bush, bluegrass mandolin player, born in Bowling
Green, Kentucky
1950 Eddy Arnold's Top 5 single, "Little Angel with the
Dirty Face," charted
1989 Mary Chapin Carpenter debuted on the country charts
with "How Do"
1994 Travis Tritt's #1 single, "Foolish Pride," charted
1951 Western swing guitarist Junior Barnard died in Fresno,
California, at age 31
1998 Rose Maddox died of kidney failure at age 72
1971 C Company's "The Battle Hymn Of Lt. Calley" single
certified gold
1993 Trisha Yearwood's "Hearts in Armor" album certified
platinum
1999 Shania Twain's self-titled debut album certified
platinum
1971 The last broadcast of "Hee Haw" on CBS-TV; afterwards
it ran for another 21 years in syndication
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* NOW A LOOK AT COUNTRY MUSIC & THE PEOPLE MAKING IT TODAY *
Country Labels
Keep Rosters Full Despite Album Sales Dip
Some Big Acts Move to New Labels as Other Acts Are Left
Craig MorganThere have been some seismic shifts in the
country record label landscape since CMT.com's 2007
roundup. Category 5, 903 Music and Raybaw Records are
gone, dispossessing such artists as Neal McCoy, Darryl
Worley, Sammy Kershaw, Travis Tritt and John Anderson.
Big Machine, however, thriving through sales by Taylor
Swift, has added a second imprint, Valory Records.
More than three dozen acts are no longer with their
labels as last reported here, including Van Zant, Cole
Deggs & the Lonesome, the Jenkins, Catherine Britt,
Dusty Drake, Rick Trevino, Sherrié Austin, Blue County,
Rushlow Harris and Katrina Elam.
Perhaps the most positive news is that the major labels
have not noticeably cut back the sizes of their rosters
despite the continuing decline in album sales.
A number of artists have switched labels, most notably
Craig Morgan, who's gone from the feisty independent
Broken Bow to mainline BNA, under the Sony BMG umbrella.
Raybaw refugees Cowboy Troy and James Otto have since
found homes at Warner Bros. (a Raybaw partner). Jamie
O'Neal, who was with Capitol last year, recently signed
to 1720 Entertainment.
Trick Pony has broken up, but the trio's original lead
singer, Heidi Newfield, is now on Curb-Asylum as a solo
act. Big & Rich and the Wreckers continue to function
as collective acts on Warner Bros., even as their
individual members -- John Rich of Big & Rich and
Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp of the Wreckers --
pursue solo projects on the same label.
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+--- COUNTRY STARS CONCERTS ---+
Emmylou Harris' New CD Due June 10
Emmylou Harris will release a new album, All I Intended
to Be, on Nonesuch Records on June 10. She recorded the
project with producer (and former husband) Brian Ahern.
She will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
this month. Harris released a five-disc boxed set,
Songbird, last year. Her most recent album of new
material was 2003's Stumble Into Grace. Guests on the
new album include John Starling from the Seldom Scene
and Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
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TODAY'S QUIZ ANSWER:
A. Red Foley
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