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James Otto
James Allen Otto (born July 29, 1973) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Otto began his career on Mercury Nashville Records in 2002, charting three minor singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts and recording his debut album ''Days of Our Lives'' for the label before being dropped in 2004. In late 2007, he signed to Warner Bros. Records. His second album, '' Sunset Man'', was released in April 2008. It was co-produced by Otto, along with John Rich of Big & Rich and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts, the latter of whom is Otto's brother-in-law. The lead-off single to ''Sunset Man'', " Just Got Started Lovin' You", became Otto's first Number One hit, as well as the Number One country single of 2008 according to ''Billboard''. Personal life James Otto was born on July 29, 1973, on the Fort Lewis Army Base in the state of Washington. He first took up singing at age 2 and later learned to play violin and saxophone. However, he wanted to learn to play guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lewis (Washington)
Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the United States, consisting of of prairie land cut from the glacier-flattened Nisqually Plain. It is the premier military installation in the northwest and the most requested duty station in the Army. Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Fort Lewis) is a major Army installation, with much of the 2nd Infantry Division (United States), 2nd Infantry Division in residence, along with Headquarters, the 7th Infantry Division (United States), 7th Infantry Division, 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and the 1st Special Forces Group. However, the Headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division is primarily a garrison management body. Fort Lewis's geographic location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
615 Music
615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in Nashville. 615 Music was founded by Randy Wachtler and composes television news music packages as well as custom image campaigns for television networks and stations around the world. 615 Music has operations in Los Angeles. The name ''615 Music'' is derived from Nashville's area code (615), which is where the company is based. The company composed the last three image campaigns for NBC's '' Today'' morning news/entertainment program: "Live for Today" (2005–2006), "It's a New Day" (2006–2007), and "Why I Love Today" (2008). The "Live for Today" theme was nominated for an Emmy. 615 Music has a production music library.. They also have a history working with many UPN stations, notably WWOR-TV (from 2004 - 2008). The company and other composers of news music including Gari Communications, have seen a surge in business since the third quarter of 2006. Licensing companies had raised the prices of licensing leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League East, East Division. The club was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings. The Braves are one of two remaining National League charter franchises that debuted in 1876 and are the oldest continuously operating Major professional sports teams in the United States and Canada, professional sports franchise in North America. The franchise was known by various names until it adopted the Boston Braves name in 1912. After 81 seasons and 1914 World Series, one World Series title in Boston, the club relocation of professional sports teams, moved to Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1953. With a roster of star players such as Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Warren Spahn, the Milwaukee Braves won the 1957 World Series, Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Year-End
''Billboard'' Year-End charts are cumulative rankings of entries in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine charts in the United States in any given chart year. Several hundred Year-End charts are now published by ''Billboard'', the most important of which are the single (music), single or album charts based on Hot 100 and Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 respectively. ''Billboard's'' "chart year" runs from the first Billboard "week" of December to the final week in November, but because the Billboard week is dated in advance of publication, the last calendar week for which sales are counted is usually the third week in November. This altered calendar allows for ''Billboard'' to calculate year-end charts and release them in time for its final print issue in the last week of December. Due to this methodology, albums at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked lower than one would expect on a year-end tally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Country Albums
Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales along with digital sales and streaming. The chart was first published in the issue of ''Billboard'' dated January 11, 1964, under the title Hot Country Albums, when the number one album was '' Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash'' by Johnny Cash. The chart changed its name to Top Country LP's in the issue of ''Billboard'' dated January 13, 1968, Top Country LPs (with no apostrophe) in the issue dated May 31, 1980, and Top Country Albums in the issue dated October 20, 1984. The record for the highest number of weeks spent at number one by an album is held by '' Dangerous: The Double Album'' by Morgan Wallen, which spent a total of 97 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. Methodology From its launch until May 1991, the chart was compiled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Weekly
''Country Weekly'' (known as ''Nash Country Weekly'' from 2015–16) was an American magazine about country music. It was in circulation between April 1994 and May 2016. The publisher, Cumulus Media, now maintains the site Nash Country Daily. Overview The magazine was established in 1994 by American Media, Inc. It focused on country music stars and events, and regularly featured exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news. ''Country Weekly'' also cosponsored the CMT/TNN Country Weekly Music Awards, at the time the only nationally televised country music awards show that allowed fans to vote for the winners. In February 2009, ''Country Weekly'' reverted to a weekly magazine, after being issued fortnightly since 1999. The magazine also dropped subscriptions at that point (which it later reinstated), and changed its logo. Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black In The Saddle
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur – effets et symboliques'', pp. 105–26. Black and white have often been used to describe opposites such as good and evil, the Dark Ages versus the Age of Enlightenment, and night versus day. Since the Middle Ages, black has been the symbolic color of solemnity and authority, and for this reason it is still commonly worn by judges and magistrates. Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings. It was used in ancient Egypt and Greece as the color of the underworld. In the Roman Empire, it became the color of mourning, and over the centuries it was frequently associated with death, evil, witches, and magic. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges, and government of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loco Motive (album)
''Loco Motive'' is an album by American country rapper Cowboy Troy. Released in 2005 as his first album for Warner Bros. Records, it features the single "I Play Chicken with the Train", which rose to 48 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2005. The other singles "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" and "My Last Yee Haw" were also released, although neither charted. Track listing #"I Play Chicken with the Train" (Angie Aparo, John Rich, Troy Coleman) – 3:16 #*featuring Big & Rich #"Crick in My Neck" (Rich, Coleman) – 3:20 #"Ain't Broke Yet" (Big Kenny, Rich, Coleman) – 4:09 #featuring Big & Rich #"If You Don't Wanna Love Me" (Rich, Coleman) – 5:24 #*featuring Sarah Buxton #*spoken word intro to "My Last Yee Haw": Larry the Cable Guy #"My Last Yee Haw" (Kenny, Rich, Coleman) – 3:27 #*featuring Big & Rich #"El Tejano" (Rich, Coleman) – 3:36 #"Somebody's Smilin' on Me" ( Brett Warren, Coleman) – 4:01 #*featuring Tim McGraw and Big Kenny #"Do Your Thang" (John Phillips, Coleman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy Troy
Troy Lee Coleman III (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American country rap artist. He has released seven studio albums and one EP, including three releases on Warner Bros. Records, and has charted twice on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. He is a former member of the MuzikMafia, an aggregation of singers and songwriters formed by John Rich of Big & Rich. His major-label debut album '' Loco Motive'' included the charted single "I Play Chicken with the Train". Early life Coleman was born in Victoria, Texas, on December 18, 1970. He graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. Coleman then attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a bachelor's degree. Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up! Tour
The Up! Tour was the second headlining concert tour by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain in support of her fourth studio album '' Up!'' (2002). It began on September 25, 2003, in Hamilton, Ontario and finished on July 10, 2004, in Sunrise, Florida. The show reached North America and Europe. According to ''Billboard'' magazine, the tour grossed $87 million from 96 reported shows between 2003 and 2004. Set list North America 2003 #" Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" #" Up!" #" Honey, I'm Home" #"C'est la vie" #" Forever and for Always" #"I'm Not in the Mood (To Say No)!" 1 #" She's Not Just a Pretty Face" #"Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" #" When You Kiss Me" 1 #" Love Gets Me Every Time" #" Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" #" From This Moment On" 1 #" No One Needs to Know" 1 #" Thank You Baby! (for Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" 1 #" The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" #" That Don't Impress Me Much" #"What a Way to Wanna Be!" #Medley #*" When" #*" You Win My Love" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shania Twain
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( ; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. She received several titles including the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Country Pop". ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' named her as the leader of the 1990s country-pop crossover stars. Twain grew up in Timmins, Timmins, Ontario and from a young age she pursued singing and songwriting before signing with Universal Music Group Nashville, Mercury Nashville Records in the early 1990s. Her Shania Twain (album), self-titled debut studio album was a commercial failure upon release in 1993. After collaborating with producer and later husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, she rose to fame with her second studio album, ''The Woman in Me (album), The Woman in Me'' (1995), which brought her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
