Sunshine (Everybody Needs A Little)
"Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)" is a song by American country music artist Steve Azar. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from his album ''Slide On Over Here''. Azar wrote the song with Jason Young and produced it with Justin Niebank. Critical reception Bobby Peacock of ''Roughstock'' gave the song a favorable review, writing that "the lyrics are simple and effective, staying away from the possible clichés that they could easily have developed into." Peacock also praised the song's production and Azar's "slightly grained, laid-back delivery." Dan Milliken of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a C+ grade, calling it "about as exciting as a dreamless nap" and "a pleasant enough listen if you’re in the mood for it." In his review of the album, Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' wrote that the song is "one of those no-doubter, romantic love songs that just feels like a hit." Music video The music video was directed by Eric Welch and premiered in June 2010. Chart ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steve Azar
Stephen Thomas Azar (born April 11, 1964) is an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and philanthropist. Active since 1996, he has released a total of seven studio albums: one on the former River North Records, one on Mercury Nashville, and five independently. Azar has charted nine times on '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, most successfully with his late 2001-early 2002 hit " I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)", which reached the number two position there. After leaving Mercury in 2005, Azar began recording independently; '' Slide On Over Here'', his second independently-released album, charted the top-40 country singles "Moo La Moo" and " Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)" in 2009. In addition to these albums, Azar released a number of standalone songs including a song to promote the National FFA Organization and a jingle for McDonald's restaurants. His 2017 album ''Down at the Liquor Store'' featured a number of guest musicians who had previously played f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Slide On Over Here
''Slide On Over Here'' is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Steve Azar. It was released on August 4, 2009, via Ride Records. The album includes the singles "Moo La Moo", which charted in the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and " Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)", which peaked at number 27. The album debuted and peaked at number 57 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart, becoming Azar's first charting album on that chart since '' Waitin' on Joe'' in 2002. Critical reception Giving the album four stars out of five, '' Country Weekly'' critic Chris Neal called it a "pitch-perfect progression" from Azar's last album (2008's '' Indianola''), saying that it retained Azar's Mississippi-based musical influences "while expanding its musical scope." Track listing Personnel As listed in liner notes. * Steve Azar – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, shaker, hand claps *Gary B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Country Music Television
Country Music Television, often abbreviated to CMT, is an American pay TV network that launched on March 5, 1983. It is currently owned by Paramount Global through the MTV Entertainment Group unit of its networks division. CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle and reality programming, and acquired sitcoms. , CMT is available to approximately 56,000,000 pay television households in the United States; down from its 2011 peak of 93,000,000 households. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee. History Early years (1983–1997) CMTV, an initialism for Country Music Television, was founded by Glenn D. Daniels, the owner of Video World Productions in Henderson ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. The current number-one song on the chart as of May 31, 2025, is " What I Want" by Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae. History ''Billboard'' began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944, issue. Only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, ''Billboard'' used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included: * The "best sellers" chart – started 15 May 1948, as "Best Selling Retail Folk Records". * An airplay chart – started 10 December 1949, as "Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys". The juke b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2010 Singles
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Steve Azar Songs
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Songs Written By Steve Azar
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a Song structure, structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without Musical instrument, instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These son ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |