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Icon (Trisha Yearwood Album)
''Icon'' is a compilation album by American country artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released on August 31, 2010 via MCA Nashville Records and charted on the ''Billboard'' country albums chart. It was one of several compilations released by MCA following Yearwood's departure from the label in 2007. It contained a series of Yearwood's biggest hits from her years at the label. Background, release and reception In early 2007, Trisha Yearwood left MCA Records, her record label since having her first major hit in 1991. She later moved to Big Machine Records to record one album before taking a hiatus from recording. ''Icon'' was among a series of compilation albums released by her former label in the wake of departure. It contained a total of 12 previously-recorded hit singles by Yearwood between 1991 and 2001. The album contained tracks cut by various record producers from Yearwood's collection. Seven of the album's tracks were produced by Garth Fundis. The hits, "How Do I Live," " Perfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trisha Yearwood
Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country singer. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, country singles chart. Its corresponding Trisha Yearwood (album), self-titled debut album would sell over two million copies. Yearwood continued with a series of major country hits during the early to mid-1990s, including “She’s in Love with the Boy”(1991) , “The Woman Before Me” (1991)Walkaway Joe" (1992), "The Song Remembers When (song), The Song Remembers When" (1993), "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" (1994), and "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (1996). Yearwood's 1997 single "How Do I Live" reached number two on the U.S. country singles chart and was internationally successful. It appeared on her first compilation ''(Songbook) A Collection of Hits'' (1997). The album certified quadruple-platinum in the United States and feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Would've Loved You Anyway
"I Would've Loved You Anyway" is a song written by Mary Danna and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was released on March 19, 2001 as the lead single from her album '' Inside Out''. The song became a Top 5 hit,Huey, Steve Trisha Yearwood biography''Allmusic''; retrieved 6-28-08 peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Country Chart. It was Yearwood's first single in nearly two years to reach the Top 10 and is also her last single to reach the Top 10 to date. "I Would've Loved You Anyway" also peaked at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, nearly reaching the Top 40. Content "I Would've Loved You Anyway" is a contemporary Country ballad about a relationship ending. A woman is reflecting over her relationship and its ultimate demise. She reveals that if she could have known how much pain the end of the relationship would bring, she still would have loved this person. Music video The music video for "I Would've Loved You Anyway" was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Randall
Alice Randall (born May 4, 1959) is an American author, songwriter, producer, and lecturer. She is best known for her contributions to country music, in addition to her novel and New York Times bestseller '' The Wind Done Gone'', which is a reinterpretation and parody of the 1936 novel ''Gone with the Wind''. Early life Mari-Alice Randall was born on May 4, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, and was raised in Washington, D.C.Paula J. K. Morris"Randall, Alice 1959–" Contemporary Black Biography, 2003. Encyclopedia.com. She attended Harvard University, where she earned an honors bachelor's degree in English and American literature and graduated cum laude. In 1983, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to become a country songwriter, where she still resides on the Vanderbilt University campus.Biography on Alice Randall Official Website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Prestwood
Hugh Loring Prestwood (April 2, 1942 – September 22, 2024) was an American Hall of Fame songwriter, whose work was primarily in country music. He was discovered by Judy Collins, who gave him his first hit "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978. Prestwood has written several number one songs, such as Crystal Gayle's " The Sound of Goodbye" and Randy Travis's " Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", which won BMI's Robert J. Burton award for Country Song of the Year. Prestwood’s song, “The Song Remembers When”, recorded by Trisha Yearwood, was picked as the Nashville Songwriters Association’s Song of the Year and also won a Prime Time Emmy for “Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics. Other artists who have recorded his material include Shenandoah and Alison Krauss (" Ghost in This House"), Highway 101 (" Bing Bang Boom"), Barbara Mandrell ("Where are the Pieces of My Heart"), John Conlee, Tanya Tucker, Don Williams, The Judds, James Taylor and Jerry Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Remembers When (song)
"The Song Remembers When" is a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was released in October 1993 by MCA Records as the lead single and title track from her third album, '' The Song Remembers When'' (1993). A music video was created using live footage from a televised concert Trisha did to promote the album; it was directed by Steve Purcell. The song was covered by Kristin Chenoweth for her 2005 album '' As I Am''. Background "The Song Remembers When" is a slow ballad written by Hugh Prestwood. It was originally recorded by Kathy Mattea but was dropped from her album in the final stages of production. It was then picked up by Trisha Yearwood, who recorded it as the title track of her third studio album. Content The song is a testament to the way that music can instantly trigger a memory that was seemingly forgotten. The woman in the song is waiting for change at a counter when she hears a familiar song. Out of nowhere, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Melamed
Vincent Edward "Vince" Melamed is an American keyboardist and songwriter who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in New York, and moved to Los Angeles at an early age. Melamed has appeared with many bands as a keyboardist (Bob Dylan, JD Souther, Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, Dan Fogelberg, Glenn Frey) and has co-written songs for other artists, including " Walkaway Joe" by Trisha Yearwood, " What Mattered Most" by Ty Herndon, " Tell Me What You Dream" by Restless Heart, " I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)" by Phil Vassar, and " She'd Give Anything" by Boy Howdy. Melamed has received numerous BMI Million Air awards. In the early 1990s, he was part of Run C&W, with fellow musicians Jim Photoglo, Russell Smith of the Amazing Rhythm Aces and former Eagles Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkaway Joe
"Walkaway Joe" is a song written by Vince Melamed and Greg Barnhill, and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, with background vocals from Don Henley of the Eagles. It was released in November 1992 by MCA Nashville as the second single from her second album, ''Hearts in Armor'' (1992). The song reached number two on the US ''Billboard'' country charts, after debuting at number 60 in the week of November 7, 1992. Matthew McConaughey appears as the male lead in the accompanying music video. "Walkaway Joe" was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female at the 1994 Grammy Awards. Background and composition After a performance on ''The Tonight Show'', Yearwood met Don Henley of the Eagles and, after being invited to sing on her second album, he traveled to Nashville, Tennessee and recorded background vocals for the song. "Walkaway Joe" is a mid-tempo ballad describing a failed relationship initiated by an over-eager 17-year-old girl ("Such are the dreams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Harrison
Gary Steven Harrison is an American songwriter. Harrison began his career in the 1970s, and has written over 300 major-label recorded songs, including several number one hits. His songwriting credits include: " Hey Cinderella" (recorded by Suzy Bogguss); " I Hate Everything" a number one recording by George Strait); " I Just Wanted You to Know" (recorded by Mark Chesnutt); " I Thought It Was You" (recorded by Doug Stone); "Lying in Love with You" (recorded by Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius); " Strawberry Wine" (with Matraca Berg, recorded by Deana Carter); " Wild Angels" (with Matraca Berg; recorded by Martina McBride); "Wrong Side of Memphis" (with Matraca Berg, recorded by Trisha Yearwood), and " Everybody Knows" recorded by Trisha Yearwood. Other artists who have recorded his work include: Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Patty Loveless, Reba Mcentire, Keith Whitley, John Michael Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Charley Pride, Anne Murray, Mindy McCready, Diamond Rio, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matraca Berg
Matraca Maria Berg Hanna (; born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. ''Billboard'' country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left Undone," both at No. 36. Besides most of her own material, Berg has written hits for T.G. Sheppard, Karen Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Deana Carter, Patty Loveless, Kenny Chesney and others. In 2008 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2018 she received the Poet's Award from the Academy of Country Music Awards. Early history Matraca Maria Berg was born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee. Berg's mother, Icie Calloway, moved from Harlan County, Kentucky, to Nashville in the 1960s to seek her fortune as a singer and songwriter shortly before Matraca was born. Matraca's Aunt Sudie Calloway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrong Side Of Memphis
"Wrong Side of Memphis" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison. First recorded by John Berry on his 1990 independent album ''Saddle the Wind'', it was later released by American country music singer, Trisha Yearwood in August 1992. It was the first single released off her second studio album, ''Hearts in Armor''. Content The song tells the story of a woman who lives south of Memphis, Tennessee and has decided to take her chances and move to Nashville, Tennessee, where she can fulfill her dream of becoming a country music singer. Because Nashville (where the song's subject is destined) is to the northeast of Memphis, the area south of Memphis (where the song's subject begins) is considered the "wrong" side. Background As revealed on an episode of ''Live From The Bluebird Cafe'', the song is a semi-autobiographical account of a period when the song's writer, Matraca Berg, lived in Louisiana and became homesick for Nashville shortly thereafter. Gary Harrison said that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's In Love With The Boy
"She's in Love with the Boy" is a song by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was written by Jon Ims and was released on March 13, 1991 as her debut single, as well as the first single from her self-titled debut album. The song reached number one on the ''Billboard'' U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and was the first of five number ones on the country chart for Yearwood. Content The song is an upbeat ballad about a teenage couple named Katie and Tommy in a small town becoming betrothed. Katie's father does not approve of their relationship, and after the couple returns home late after a date, he angrily confronts them. But Katie's mother comes to their defense, pointing out to Katie's father that they were no different from Katie and Tommy when they were teenagers and how her own father disapproved of the relationship, but she married him anyway and that Katie will do the same with Tommy. Critical reception In 2014, ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. Erlewine was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a nephew of the former musician and AllMusic founder Michael Erlewine. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he majored in English, and was a music editor (1993–94) and then arts editor (1994–1995) of the school's paper '' The Michigan Daily'', and DJ'd at the campus radio station, WCBN. He has contributed to ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues'' and ''All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop''. References External links Erlewine's pageat Pitchfork.com Contributionsto ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
