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Rose In Paradise
"Rose in Paradise" is a song written by Stewart Harris and Jim McBride, and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f .... It was released in January 1987 as the first single from the album '' Hangin' Tough''. The song was Jennings' twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the country chart. Content The song is about a beautiful young woman named Rose, who is courted by and eventually marries a rich Georgia banker. After promising her a carefree life of luxury, the banker reveals himself to be a possessive, jealous man and keeps her locked away at their home, said to be a large, lavishly-styled mansion with a large estate. The banker is a humbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings then formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors, which became the house band at "JD's", a club in Scottsdale, Arizona. He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, but did not achieve success until moving to RCA Victor, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangin' Tough (Waylon Jennings Album)
''Hangin' Tough'' is a studio album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on MCA Records in 1987. Recording and composition Jennings, who fought RCA and the Nashville system tooth and nail to gain control over his music in the early seventies, actively sought out Music Row's most commercial songwriters for ''Hangin' Tough'', which was produced by Jennings and Jimmy Bowen. Like his previous album ''Will the Wolf Survive'', it displays a slicker sound typical of the records coming out of Nashville in the mid-1980s, utilizing synthesizers and digital recording, but Jennings vocal style on the LP, which AllMusic describes as "stout and unflappable," carries off the songs with conviction. "Rose in Paradise," written by Jim McBride and Stewart Harris, was released in January 1987 as the first single from the album and became Jennings' twelfth number one country single, remaining there for one week and spending a total of nineteen weeks on the country chart. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to ''hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encompas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. History The early years In 1937, the owner of Decca, E. R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the US company (keeping his US Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Harris
Stewart Hamill Harris is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1970s, he has had four compositions which have reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Biography and career Harris was born in Birmingham, Alabama but raised in South Carolina, where he performed as a folk music singer. He then moved to New York City and Washington, D.C. before meeting Harry Warner, president of Jerry Reed's publishing company, Vector Music. Through this connection he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1975 and began writing and touring with Reed. Harris also issued one album, ''Sing Me a Rainbow'', on Mercury Records in 1977. Harris also wrote "A Player, a Pawn, a Hero, a King", which was recorded by Tammy Wynette for the 1978 movie '' Hooper''; this song's success led to further success in film and television soundtrack composition, including the theme song for ''America's Funniest Home Videos''. Stewart's first chart credit as a songwriter was Donna Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Bowen
James Albert Bowen (born November 30, 1937) is an American record producer and former rockabilly singer. Bowen brought Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood together, and introduced Sinatra to Mel Tillis for their album, ''Mel & Nancy.'' Early life Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States. His family moved to Dumas, Texas, when he was eight years old. Singing career Bowen began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with " I'm Stickin' with You". The song started as the flip side of the hit record " Party Doll" by Buddy Knox (written by Knox and Bowen), but ultimately hit the charts on its own, peaking at No. 14 on ''Billboards Hot 100 chart. Bowen's version sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. Bowen's singing career did not take off as well as that of Knox, his partner in the Rhythm Orchids, and ultimately he abandoned a singing career, choosing to stay in the production end of the music industry. Producer and music executive In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Promise Land
"Broken Promise Land" is a song written by Bill Rice and Sharon Vaughn, and recorded by American country music singer Waylon Jennings in 1985 for his album '' Turn the Page'' as "The Broken Promise Land". It was released as a single from Jennings' compilation album '' The Best of Waylon'' in December 1986. John Schneider recorded a cover of the song, also titled "The Broken Promise Land," on his 1986 album ''Take The Long Way Home'' on MCA Records. Then in 1990 Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of e ... recorded a cover of the song. It was Chesnutt's fifth and final single released from his debut album '' Too Cold at Home''. It peaked at number 10 in the United States, and number 7 in Canada in their respective country music charts. Content The song begins wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to ''hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encompas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Singles
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Waylon Jennings Songs
Waylon is a given name. People with the name *Waylon (singer) (born Willem Bijkerk in 1980), Dutch singer * Waylon Brown (born 1979), American politician from Iowa * Waylon Francis (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer *Waylon Jennings (1937–2002), American country singer, songwriter and musician *Waylon Jennings Jr. (born 1979), American singer-songwriter, son of the above *Waylon Lowe (born 1980), American mixed martial artist *Waylon Muller, Marshall Islands wrestler *Waylon Murray (born 1986), South African rugby union player *Waylon Payne (born 1972), American country singer, songwriter, musician and actor *Waylon Prather (born 1985), American football coach and former punter *Waylon Reavis (born 1978), American singer *Waylon Woolcock (born 1982), South African mountain biker Fictional characters *Waylon Smithers, a character from ''The Simpsons'' *Waylon Jeepers, a villain from ''Freakazoid!'' *Waylon Park, the protagonist in the DLC of ''Outlast'', ''Outlast: Whistleb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Young (singer) Songs
Chris or Christopher Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Christopher Young (born 1958), American music composer * Christopher Young (producer) (born 1959), Scottish television and film producer * Chris Young (actor) (born 1971), American film and television actor * Chris Young (musician) (born 1985), American country music singer ** ''Chris Young'' (album), his self-titled debut album Sports Baseball * Chris Young (pitcher) (born 1979), American baseball pitcher * Chris Young (baseball coach) (born 1981), American baseball coach * Chris Young (outfielder) (born 1983), American baseball outfielder Other sports * Chris Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1956), English footballer * Chris Young (rugby league) (1945–2016), British rugby league footballer * Chris Devlin-Young (born 1961), American alpine skier * Chris Young (American football) (born 1980), American NFL football player Others *Chris Taliutafa Young (fl. 1924), Samoan chief and claimant to the title Tui Manu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
