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>Subject: The Blue Chip Radio Report     3/22/99
>
> 
>   THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT
>              News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info
>
>                                               March 22, 1999
>                                               Bill Miller
>                                               Editor & Publisher
>
>
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>
>     The Blue Chip Song of the Week:   "From The Inside out" by Linda Davis.
>Writers:  Marc Beeson and Angela Kaset.   Produced by James Stroud and Julian
>King.   Label:  Dreamworks Nashville.  Davis drops the Celine Dion copycat
act
>for a more interpretive sound.  Nice steel guitar and a fresh lyrical
approach
>to a classic theme.
>
>
>     George Jones was dismissed from the Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville on
>Friday.  Jones rode home on his tour bus.
>
>
>     As Garth Brooks' masterfully markets Garth Brooks with the express,
>written consent of Major League Baseball, his pop (as opposed to country)
>album for Capitol is being readied for the Garth Brooks market.  The initial
>release date, May 4th, has been been scuttled.  The album will likely be
>released in June or July, according to Billboard.
>     Meanwhile, keen Brooks' observer Steve Wariner has jumped on the
baseball
>cross-promotional bandwagon.  For every strikeout thrown by New York Mets
>reliever Turk Wendell (pronounced Wen-DELL) this summer, Wariner and Wendell
>will each contribute $ 100 to Garth's Touch 'Em All Foundation.
>
>
>     Some radio researchers are discovering that Faith Hill's "This Kiss" was
>played more by non-country stations than country stations.
>     If that's true, then should sales of the recording be tallied as
>"country" or "pop"?  Should they be apportioned between formats (with country
>getting the smaller percentage)?
>     Does that make the song a bigger country hit or lesser country hit?
>
>
>     Willie Nelson guests on Howard Stern's TV show on the E! entertainment
>channel, March 29th and 30th.   Willie may be too quick for Howard.
>
>
>     Jeff Foxworthy will join the crowded field of national countdown radio
>hosts.   The Foxworthy Countdown debuts next month.
>     By the way, you might be a redneck if you can't countdown from 20.
>
>
>     New York City will be the site of "An All-Star Tribute To Johnny
Cash" on
>April 6th.  The program will be recorded for playback on Turner Network
>Television (TNT) on April 18th.
>
>
>     32 years ago this month, Porter Wagoner had a # 2 chart hit with a
>classic country tune called "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life".   It's a terrific
>country song that ranks alongside "The Carroll County Accident" as my
favorite
>hits by the original rhinestone cowboy.
>     Porter has had 28 songs in Billboard's Top 10 as a recording artist.  He
>has owned several successful publishing companies, a profitable recording
>studio, a long-running syndicated TV, and produced boucoups of hits,
including
>almost all of Dolly Parton's country hits.   
>     In fact, when pretty little Miss Norma Jean decided to retire from the
>business, it was Porter who saw the potential of the unknown Dolly from the
>Smoky Mountains and invited her to join the cast of his TV show.  The
rest, as
>they say, is history.
>     Porter will make a guest appearance at the Tennessee Songwriters
>Association International weekly meeting on March 31st at Belmont University
>in Nashville.  Non-members are invited to attend.
>     For the several hundred songwriters in the Nashville area who subscribe
>to this newsletter, and the hundreds of other people in the Music Business
>City who also subscribe, I think the ol' Wagonmaster might have a thing or
two
>to say that you would find of value.
>     And, as Jeff Wall points out, Porter is still the best dressed man in
>country music.
>     For more info on The Tennessee Songwriters Association International,
>visit their website at http://www.ClubNashville.com/tsai.htm  or call the
TSAI
>hotline at (615) 969-5967.
>
>
>     Nashville's ever-growing songwriters festival, Tin Pan South, is set for
>April 12-17.
>
>
>     Welcome to our new subscribers, including Chris & Bev Jackson of
>Americana Promotion LTD in the United Kingdom; Jim O'Hara, PD at WLLR-fm in
>the Quad Cities IL/IA; Capt. Billy Anderson from the morning show at KPAN in
>Hereford TX; Bjorne Hesselbjerggaard with Radio Sindal in Denmark; and Jaye
>Albright.
>
>
>     John Fogerty plans to keep on chooglin' in the music business city.
>According to Brad Schmitt at The Tennessean, Fogerty's pulling $ 3.6 million
>out of his personal green river to purchase a 110-acre spread with an 11,000
>square foot mansion suburban Williamson County.
>
>
>     Sara Evans' first child is due in August.  Before the birth, the singer
>plans to participate on some stops of the 1999 Lilith Fair schedule.
>
>
>     Hank Williams, Jr. will not tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd as originally
>planned.  Official  explanation has to do with Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant
>having throat problems.   
>Hank has reportedly finished an album that's due to be released on Curb
>Records later this year.
>
>
>     Look for a showcase of LeAnn Rimes' new California home in the latest
>issue of Style magazine.
>
>
>     Trisha Yearwood's "Follow The Wind" will be on the soundtrack for the
new
>Eddie Murphy film, "Life".  The song, written by R & B stalwart R. Kelly,
>won't appear in the movie, though.
>
>
>     Alison Krauss will have a cut on the soundtrack for the film "The Other
>Sister".   
>
>
>     Pam Tillis received a standing ovation last Tuesday in her Broadway
>debut.  Pam performs several 1950's rock classics in the hit musical "Smokey
>Joe's Cafe".
>
>
>     Dwight Yoakam will appear in an upcoming TV commercial for Gap.
He'll be
>singing Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".
>
>
>     David Kersh, who needs a hit, will appear in the July issue of Playgirl
>magazine.  Reports say that David's only clothing at the photo shoot was his
>strategically located cowboy hat.
>     I'm not knocking David Kersh, but did Haggard have to take his clothes
>off to become a star?
>     Come to think of it, publicists used to talk about country artists'
MUSIC
>in their promotional materials, but MUSIC is hardly mentioned anymore.  These
>days, the publicity is about shake-and-howdy photo ops, TV guest shots, which
>fading rocker wrote the song, cute details about the making of the video,
>puffery about a movie soundtrack that carries the artists' one track (usually
>not included in the actual film that hits the theatres).
>     I miss the songs.
>
>
>     Speaking of The Hag, he plans to release two albums in the immediate
>future, according to Larry Rodgers in The Arizona Republic.  One will be an
>album of gospel duets with the great Albert E. Brumley and tentatively titled
>"Cabin In The Hills".  The other will be a commercial country album.
>Haggard's last new album release was 3 years ago.
>
>
>     And whatever happened to Cal Smith?
>
>
>    TWANG T.V.:
>
>
>           3/23...........Trace Adkins hosts "The Road To Stardom", TNN
>           3/23...........Barbara Mandrell on "Howie Mandell"
>           3/27...........Bill Anderson, Martha Carson, Del Reeves and Margo
>Smith on "Country's Family Reunion:  Gospel", TNN
>           3/29...........Willie Nelson on "Howard Stern", E!
>           3/30...........Willie Nelson on "Howard Stern", E!
>           3/30..........."The Life and Times of Conway Twitty", TNN
>           3/31..........."Century of Country" (Pt. 1 of 13), TNN
>
>
>* Check local listings for all shows, especially syndicated programs and
>"Austin City Limits".   Special thanks to Katie Pruett at SuperStar Country
>KYNG/fm in Dallas/Ft. Worth TX and her work on the station's website,
>http://www.superstarcountry.com , a source for many of the Twang TV listings.
>
>
>   CROOK & CHASE musical guests:       (afternoon shows repeat the next
>morning)
>
>
>           3/22........Kenny Chesney, Tareva Henderson
>           3/23........John Tesh
>           3/24........Lee Greenwood, Tareva Henderson
>           3/25........Johnny Russell
>           3/26........Freddy Fender
>
>
>   TNN PRIME TIME COUNTRY musical guests:
>  
>           3/22.......Jessica Andrews, Blackhawk
>           3/23.......Diamon Rio
>           3/24.......Dolly Parton
>           3/25.......Martina McBride, Mindy McCready, Sara Evans
>
> 
>   THE BLUE CHIP ADULT COUNTRY CHART     (25-49 demographics)
>                                                         3/22/99
>
>        
>LW  TW       Title                                      Artist
>-----  -----       -------                                     --------
>
>  2     1       You Were Mine . . . . . . . . . . .Dixie Chicks
>  5     2       How Forever Feels . . . . . . . .  Kenny Chesney
>  6     3       I'll Think Of A Reason Later . ..Lee Ann Womack
>  3     4       Busy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Billy Ray Cyrus
>  4     5       Meanwhile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Strait
>
>  7     6       Gone Crazy . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Alan Jackson
>  1     7       Powerful Thing . . . . . . . . . . ..Trisha Yearwood
>  8     8       Ordinary Life . . . . . . . . . . . .. Chad Brock
>10     9       I Can't Get Over You . . . . . . ..Brooks & Dunn
>13    10       Wish You Were Here . . . . . .. Mark Wills
>
>11    11       Keepin' Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama
>12    12       Love Ain't Like That . . . . . . . .Faith Hill
>14    13       You Won't Ever Be Lonely . . .Andy Griggs
>17    14       Anyone Else . . . . . . . . . . . .  Collin Raye
>15    15       Hands Of A Working Man . . ..Ty Herndon
>
>18    16       Don't Come Crying To Me . . . Vince Gill
>19    17       Everytime I Cry . . . . . . . . . .  Terri Clark
>20    18       Can't Get Enough . . . . . . . . . Patty Loveless
>21    19       I'm Leaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aaron Tippin
>24    20       Two Teardrops . . . . . . . . . . ..Steve Wariner
>
>22    21       What's The Matter..... . . . . .. Claudia Church
>25    22       Drive Me Wild . . . . . . . . . . . .Sawyer Brown
>  9    23       No Place That Far . . . . . . . ...Sara Evans
>26    24       Maybe Not Tonight . . . . . . . ..Sammy Kershaw & Lorrie
Morgan
>27    25       You Don't Need Me Now . ... . Clint Black
>
>29    26       Your Own Little Corner . . . . . .Blackhawk
>28    27       Better Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warren Bros.
>31    28       With You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Lila McCann
>30    29       Hillbilly Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . Montgomery Gentry
>16    30       I Don't Want To Miss...... . . .. Mark Chesnutt
>
>35    31       Stranger In My Mirror . . . . . . Randy Travis
>23    32       Hold On To Me . . . . . . . . . . .J. M. Montgomery
>***    33       Please Remember Me . . . . . Tim McGraw
>34    34       Say Anthing . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shane McAnally
>36    35       I Was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Neal McCoy
>
>37    36       I Will Be There For You . . . . Jessica Andrews
>38    37       She's Always Right . . . . . . . Clay Walker
>***    38       A Night To Remember . . . . . Joe Diffie
>39    39       If A Man Answers  . . . . . . . . Toby Keith
>***    40      Man!  I Feel Like A Woman . .Shania Twain
>
>
>DROPPED:   The Kinleys, Tim McGraw, Diamond Rio
>
>
>
>   NASH-ROCK   (a.k.a "Young Country")    (Teens, 18-24 demos)
>
>
>LW  TW       Title                                      Artist
>-----  -----       -------                                     --------
>
>  1     1       You Were Mine . . . . . . . . . . . Dixie Chicks
>  6     2       How Forever Feels . . . . . . . . ..Kenny Chesney
>  2     3       Powerful Thing . . . . . . . . . . . .Trisha Yearwood
>  3     4       Busy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Billy Ray Cyrus
>  4     5       Meanwhile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Strait
>
>  8     6       Wish You Were Here . . . . . . ..Mark Wills
>  7     7       I Can't Get Over You . . . . . . .  Brooks & Dunn
>10     8       I'll Think Of A Reason Later . . .Lee Ann Womack
>  9     9       Keepin' Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Alabama
>12    10       Ordinary Life . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chad Brock
>
>11    11       Love Ain't Like That . . . . . . . ..Faith Hill
>13    12       Gone Crazy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Jackson
>14    13       Drive Me Wild . . . . . . . . . . . .Sawyer Brown
>15    14       Every Time I Cray . . . . . . . . . Terri Clark
>20    15       Please Remember Me . . . . .. Tim McGraw
>
>16    16       Anyone Else . . . . . . . . . . . ...Collin Raye
>18    17       Can't Get Enough . . . . . . . . . Patty Loveless
>19    18       Hands Of A Working Man . . . Ty Herndon
>***    19      You Won't Ever Be Lonely . ... Andy Griggs
>20    20       She's Always Right . . . . . . . . Clay Walker
>
>
>DROPPED   Sara Evans
>
>
>Letters To The Editor
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>     If you love REAL country music and want a TREAT - check out the new
>single "Cold Coffee Morning" by Jon Randall. Great MALE oriented COUNTRY song
>co-written by Jon and the great Bill Anderson. What a break from the male-
>bashing/top-40 dance
>drivel by country "babes" we've been subjected to lately.
>-Ken Johnson
>-Program Director
>-WXTU Radio 
>-Philadelphia PA
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>(Re earlier newsletter item about what constitutes an "album")
>     ....a bit of trivia.  In the days of 78s a phonograph record had one
song
>on each side just like the 45 RPM singles that came later.  Record companies
>found a demand for more than two songs on popular artists and packaged a
>number of 78s bound together in one book like package with a front and back
>cover.  At first glance the package looked like a photograph album so the
name
>"Album" stuck for a collection of 78s and was carried
>over for LPs even though LPs looked nothing like photograph albums.  Anyone
>who complains that CDs shouldn't be called albums should be reminded that
>LPs were not really albums either.
>     I have no  problem calling a place that sells CDs a record store or
>calling
>a collection of songs an album.
>-Ronny Light
>-Box 121145
>-Nashville, TN 37212
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>     This is my 'promised' letter to you to address certain comments by Karen
>Angela Moore with regard to 'custom' recording, or, as she prefers to call
it,
>'scam' recording.
>     As long as there has been a  'Nashville,' or a music industry, for that
>matter, there has always been a 'custom' or independent recording industry.  
>     Yes, there are bad apples in this business--and in this town--but there
>are 'bad apples' in any business, be it lawyers, doctors, accountants, shop
>owners, home repairmen, and even 'vanity' publications, (i.e., indie music
>chart magazines and newspapers) who pass themselves off as legitimate, while
>catering to--and taking advantage of--the lifelong dreams of music
'hopefuls.'
>     Through the years a substantial number of major 'stars,' unable to find
>immediate access or acceptance by the major labels, had the foresight to
>either pay for their own recordings, or seek the help of investors (often
>called 'angels') who provided the financial resources for their production
and
>marketing.  This list includes Mel Street, Earl Thomas Conley, Alabama, Toby
>Keith, Clay Walker, Shania Twain, Clink Black, Tracy Lawrence, and others.  
>     The Dixie Chicks, LeAnn Rimes, Hootie and the Blowfish, John Berry, and
>rock producer Glen Ballard all paid for their own regional album releases,
>which paved the way for their major label successes.  Even Elvis paid for his
>first Sun Records demo session.
>     'Alabama' was a 'custom' recording project backed by an 'angel' named
>Larry McBride.  He believed in the group when the Nashville 'establishment,'
>radio, and GRT Records, turned a deaf ear after their first release.  Larry
>then hired Harold Shedd to do a brilliant production job, and hired several
>indie promo guys, created a label, MDJ, and put the product out on his own,
>bucking the 'odds' but knowing that the group was unique.
>     But that is only half the story.  What some people fail to realize is:
>these 'wannabe's' are bound and determined to record, as they have been
>virtually shut off from major label access because of the 'good ole boy'
>mentality of the industry, and the reluctance of many labels to audition new
>talent, or even accept tapes from new talent.  Add to this 'closed door'
>policy the current thinking that if you're over 30, or don't look great in a
>tight pair of 28' Levi's and a cowboy hat, you have no place on a major label
>roster.
>     Had this absurd reasoning prevailed in the 1950's, its doubtful that Roy
>Oribison, Buddy Holly and Patsy Cline would have been signed to a record
deal.
>What? Sign some 'geeks' in horn rimmed classes, or an overweight housewife
>from Madison, TN? Never!  Fortunately for us all, 'talent,' ---not 'marketing
>potential' and ProTools--- meant something back then.  Not only did Steve
>Shoals, Chet Atkins, Don Law, Fred Rose, Ken Nelson, Archie Blyer, and other
>label heads take chances on new and deserving talent, but music directors and
>pds let their 'gut' instincts and 'ears' be their guide, not some high paid
>consultant 1,500 miles away.  
>     While the Musician's Union, the major label power brokers, the
>(Nashville) Tennessean, and '60 Minutes' bemoan the 'rip off' artists,
they do
>little to discourage anyone from taking this path.  In fact, by their lack of
>alternatives, they actually encourage it.  
>     Oh, yes, while I took the time to mention a few of the 'stars' who
gained
>success by going the indie custom 'scam' route, why not throw in a few
>producers who've made more than their share of money off of 'vanity'
>recording: Paul Worley, James Stroud, Mark Wright, Clyde Brooks, Jimmy Bowen,
>Chuck Howard, Harold Shedd, Larry Butler, Barry Beckett and numerous others.
>While these outstanding producers, and friends, are by no means, 'scam'
>artists, they did little to discourage singers from spending hard earned
money
>to have their fifteen minutes of fame in the studios of 'Music Row.' 
>     Country music is a $4 billion dollar industry.  It has grown from five
>labels to twenty-five labels in less than fifteen years.  That does not
>include the hundreds of 'custom' labels that will press and mail your product
>for a fee.  Like producers, musicians, background singers, studios,
engineers,
>and others, there is an entire 'cottage' industry that always has, and always
>will, thrive around the fringes of the music business.  
>     While 'wannabe's' need to be extremely cautious, 'shop around,' and know
>exactly what they are up against--as to quality production, indie promotion,
>marketing and distribution, they certainly have the right to pursue their
>dream--particularly since 'Music Row' has proven that they are slow to react
>to the demand of the consumer for new talent, prefer 'formula' acts over
>individuality, and use 'cookie cutter' recording methods as opposed to
>creating new sounds.  We can only hope, that as in the past, 'cream will rise
>to the top' by whatever means it takes to get there.
>-Fred Vail, Pres./CEO
>-Debut Artists Group
>-(615) 297-1085
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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