![]() We agreed to put each others names on the songs we wrote." (Russell at this time was still not an established success in songwriting.) "I wrote 'Act Naturally' and 'Making Plans' myself. She and her husband used to come out to where I played. Russell is a man of a million stories, and he has a few about this song. He might see Voni Morrison's name, since she is listed as co-writer. But I never see Ringo's name on the checks. That's what happen when you're a songwriter. "I run into people all the time who think Buck wrote it. That song is Russell's most famous and most lucrative as well since The Beatles cut it after Buck Owens had a huge country hit with it. When I did 'Act Naturally,'" he says, 'I didn't know you wrote that.'" ![]() "I did a show recently with Glen Campbell." Russell continues. Barnes said 'I didn't know you wrote that song." Russell not only wrote it, but when Jim Reeves cut it in 1960 as the B-side to his million seller "He'll Have To Go," it served as Russell's ticket into Nashville's songwriter ranks. "I sang 'In A Mansion Stands My Love,'" Russell says, "and (songwriter) Max D. He recently performed at a benefit concert in Nashville for the late Tommy Collins, attended by most of the city's greatest songwriters. You wouldn't be alone in underestimating the accomplishments of the 60-year-old Russell. You may even remember Johnny Russell as the singer of such hits as "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" or "Catfish John."īut you'll probably be surprised to learn that Johnny Russell wrote every song on his new album. You'll recognize the names of guest performers such as Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, Buck Owens and Earl Scruggs. See also: List of number-one country albums of 2008 (U.S.For those people who seldom look at songwriting credits, we present the new album from Johnny Russell called "Actin' Naturally." You'll recognize a lot of the song titles. The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2008: See also: List of number-one country hits of 2008 (U.S.) and List of number-one country singles of 2008 (Canada) US The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2008: December 18 – Equity Music Group, a label owned by Clint Black, closes after five years in operation.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors George Jones for his lifetime contributions to the arts. November 20 – Julianne Hough announces that she would not be returning for the foreseeable future to Dancing with the Stars in order to further her country music career.McEntire and Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta had previously worked together in the 1990s when Borchetta was senior president of promotion for MCA Nashville. November 11 – Country music superstar Reba McEntire departs her longtime record label MCA Nashville, after 24 years and signed to The Valory Music Co., sister label to Big Machine Records. ![]() June 14 – Sara Evans and radio show host/former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker are married in Franklin, Tennessee, with their children as their attendants.May 23 – Anne Murray performs her final concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and retires from show business.The couple were married on December 28, 1993, after Twain met Lange at Nashville's Fan Fair earlier in the year. May 15 – People Magazine reported Canadian singer Shania Twain and her husband, music producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, had separated after 14 years of marriage.However, McCready would state that the relationship was sexual, and spoke about her affair with Clemens in more detail on the November 17 broadcast of Inside Edition. Though Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, acknowledged that McCready was a "close family friend," Hardin denied the affair and threatened to bring a defamation suit against him. April 27 – A story in the New York Daily News reported a possible long-term relationship between Mindy McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15 years old.5.3 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. ![]() 5.2 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.5.1 Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees.
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