Mention coal miners daughter and every true country fan relates to Loretta Lynn. This year the bigger sister of Crystal Gayle is celebrating the 5oth anniversary of her debut single, “I’m A Honkytonk Girl”. Already a Grammy Lifetime Achiever and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame she has been honoured by asking artists [...]
Take a look at the countryside
On this weeks show in our On This Day feature I’ll be talking about Elvis Presley, weddings,divorces,dancing chickens and Charles Newbold (Who?) There’s the usual look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and I’ll be playing the Number One in the charts this very day. Our Album of the Week is a brand new [...]
Take a look at the Country
Firstly a reminder that this week is your last chance to enter our birthday competition and win seven albums containing 162 tracks. All you have to do is complete the titles of three well known Dolly Parton songs. In our ‘On This Day’ feature you can find out why 27th March 1970 was important to Ringo [...]
John Rich, Son of a Preacher Man
There cannot be many more people amazed than the members of the American Lonestar band when their recording of ‘Amazed’ entered into the British pop charts in 2000 at Number 21. It was taken from the bands fifth release entitled ‘Lonely Grill’ and in the States it climbed to the Number One spot. It was [...]