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December 18, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

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Charley Pride: The Loss of A Legend

Chris Lane’s “Big, Big Plans” Tops The Charts

2021 New Faces Show Lineup Revealed

Sony Music Nashville Promotes Paige Altone And Liz Cost

Show Dog Nashville Promotes Rick Moxley, Adds Teddi Bonadies

Rissi Palmer Creates Color Me Country Artist Fund

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SIGN UP HERE (FREE!)Charley Pride: The Loss of A Legend

One of the greatest country stars of all time has fallen victim to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Charley Pride, 86, died in Dallas on Saturday (Dec. 12) as a result of complications from the disease. The Grand Ole Opry star was honored last month in Nashville with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CMA.

During his six-decade career, Pride placed 67 titles on the country charts, including 52 top-10 hits and 29 No. 1 Billboard successes. His standards include “Kiss an Angel Good Morning,” “All I Have to Offer You Is Me,” “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone,” “Mountain of Love” and “We Could.” He holds 12 Gold Record awards.

He will forever be remembered as country’s first Black superstar, dubbed “the Jackie Robinson of country music.” As a former baseball player, himself, he was honored by the comparison with the man who broke the color barrier in major-league baseball.

Born Charley Frank Pride on March 18, 1934, he was the fourth of 11 children raised by sharecroppers near Sledge, Mississippi. Pride said that the lyrics of his 1974 hit “Mississippi Cotton Pickin’ Delta Town” closely reflected his upbringing. The song was written by Sledge native Harold Dorman, who also penned Pride’s 1982 smash “Mountain of Love.”

By: Robert K. Oermann

Photo: Joseph Llanes

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Charley Pride’s father was a devoted listener of the Grand Ole Opry. Inspired by the country music he heard on the broadcasts, the youngster taught himself to play guitar at age 14.

But sports were his main focus. Pride left Sledge at age 16 to pitch and play outfield in what was then called the American Negro League. One of teams he played for was the Memphis Red Sox.

While in Memphis, he met cosmetologist Rozene Cohran. They married in 1956 while he was serving in the Army. She became his business manager, as well as his wife.

In 1960, they moved to Helena, Montana, where Pride worked in a smelting plant near the iron mines. He also began singing locally. Backstage at a Red Foley concert in Helena, he played some songs for the country legend. Both Foley and his concert co-star Red Sovine urged Charley Pride to go to Nashville and audition at Cedarwood Music.

Instead, he decided to give baseball one last shot. He travelled to Clearwater, Florida in 1963 to try out at the New York Mets summer training camp. Mets manager Casey Stengel turned him away.

En route back north, Pride stopped in Nashville. Cedarwood’s owner was country star Webb Pierce. After hearing Pride sing, Pierce directed him to manager Jack Johnson.

Johnson funded a recording session that included Pride singing “Snakes Crawl at Night,” penned by Cedarwood songwriter and future singing star Mel Tillis. Johnson played the tapes for maverick producer Jack Clement, who agreed to work with the aspiring singer.

Clement recorded Pride and took the result to Chet Atkins at RCA Records in 1965. Atkins always believed he would be forever remembered as the man who signed Charley Pride to a recording contract.

Pride broke through on the country charts with the Jack Clement compositions “Just Between You and Me” (1966) and “I Know One” (1967).

Opry star Bill Anderson gave the newcomer his first television exposure by inviting Pride to be a guest on his nationally syndicated TV show. On Jan. 1, 1967, Charley Pride made his debut on the Opry, introduced by Ernest Tubb. He was invited to join the show’s cast in 1968, but had to decline because he was suddenly too busy to become a show regular.

The Hank Williams classic “Kaw-Liga” became a

Charley Pride accepting one of his two trophies when he won for both Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the year at The 5th Annual CMA Awards. Photo: Courtesy CMA

substantial hit in 1969 and was followed by Pride’s first No. 1 single, “All I Have to Offer You Is Me.” This was the first of six consecutive chart toppers, including 1970’s “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone.”

His 1971 performance of “Did You Think to Pray,” co-written with Johnson, won Pride a gospel Grammy Award. That same year’s “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” took home the Grammy for Country Song of the Year for its writer, Ben Peters.

Charley Pride was named the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in 1971 and its Male Vocalist of the Year in both 1971 and 1972.

In 1972, Pride sang “All His Children” as the theme song for the Paul Newman movie Sometimes a Great Notion. It was nominated for an Oscar, and Pride sang it on the Academy Awards international telecast. In 1973, his album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs won a Grammy Award.

In 1975, he became the first Black artist to co-host the CMA Awards, appearing alongside Glen Campbell.

By the mid 1970s, Charley Pride was outselling the other artists on RCA, at times even outpacing Elvis Presley. His string of smash hits continued with such classics as “Amazing Love” (1973), “We Could” (1974), “Hope You’re Feelin’ Me (Like I’m Feelin’ You)” (1975), “My Eyes Can Only See as Far as You” (1976), “She’s Just an Old Love Turned Memory” (1977), “Someone Loves You Honey” (1978) and “Where Do I Put Her Memory” (1979).

As a Nashville businessman, he formed the Music Row song publishing company Pi-Gem Music with producer Tom Collins. This gave him ready access to such top-tier songwriters as John Schweers (“Don’t Fight the Feelings of Love,” etc.) and Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan (“Missin’ You,” etc.). The latter

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team’s 1981 Pride hit “Roll On, Mississippi” later became a state song.

The Prides made their home in Dallas. There, he formed the management and booking company Chardon. This firm helped launch the careers of Dave & Sugar, Janie Fricke and Neal McCoy, among others. Pride was also heavily invested in Dallas real estate and banking.

His 1978 hit “Burgers and Fries” (again penned by Ben Peters) earned Pride another Grammy nomination. In 1980, he issued There’s a Little Bit of Hank in Me, a tribute album to his idol, Hank Williams. It spawned back-to-back chart toppers with his revivals of “Honky Tonk Blues” and “You Win Again.” He also revived the Johnny Rivers hit “Mountain of Love” (1982), the George Jones classic “Why Baby Why” (1982) and the Webb Pierce standard “More and More” (1983).

Other disc successes of the 1980s included “I Don’t Think She’s in Love Anymore” (1982), “You’re So Good When You’re Bad” (1982) and “Night Games” (1983). His last top-10 hit was 1988’s “Shouldn’t It Be Easier Than This.”

But he was far from idle in the 1990s. He finally took the Opry up on its open-ended invitation to join the cast by becoming a member in 1993. The following year, he opened his 2,200-seat theater in Branson, Missouri and published his acclaimed autobiography, Pride. Admirers Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Hal Ketchum and Marty Stuart joined him on a 1994 CD.

In 1996, he performed for the Clintons in the White House, accepted the Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta and scored a No. 1 hit album in Australia. He holds attendance records at a number of Canadian venues and has also appeared in Japan, Guam, New Zealand, Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, Fiji and a number of other countries.

By 2000, his record sales exceeded 35 million. That was the year he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Neal McCoy has always cited the superstar as a mentor. In 2013, he issued the tribute album Pride. Other stars who received career boosts from the legend include Ronnie Milsap, Trini Triggs, Exile, Janie Fricke, Brad Paisley and Steve Wariner.

Some of them have recorded with Pride, as have such country greats as The Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton.

In 2016, Pride was one of the artists featured in the No. 1 country single and video “Forever Country.” The event, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the CMA won the Video of the Year award and became a Gold Record.

Charley Pride was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2017. The Nashville Association of Talent Directors banquet also saluted him that year, with Bobby Bare presenting the NATD’s Career Achievement honor.

Last year, Pride was honored with the PBS American Masters bio-documentary, Charley Pride: I’m Just Me, narrated by Tanya Tucker. The CMA’s Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to him by current Black country hit maker Jimmie Allen during the 2020 CMA telecast on Nov. 11.

Jimmie Allen is part of a brigade of contemporary Black country artists who owe their careers to Pride’s breakthrough. Others who have come through the door he opened include Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton, Chapel Hart, Rissi Palmer, Darius Rucker, Reyna Roberts, Willie Jones, Shy Carter, Blanco Brown and Tony Jackson.

Charley Pride came on the country scene during the height of the Civil Rights struggle. He faced prejudice, insults, discrimination and racial barriers with grace, humor, perseverance and dignity. His character exhibited the same warmth and class as his singing voice.

He is survived by his wife Rozene and by children Kraig, Dion and Angela, as well as by siblings Harmon, Stephen, Catherine and Maxine, plus five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pride’s family and close friends will hold a private wake and memorial in Dallas this week, with future plans for a public celebration of life memorial ceremony to be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to The Pride Scholarship at Jesuit Preparatory School, Saint Philips School & Community Center and/or The Food Bank. MR

Pictured (L-R): Bill Anderson, Charley Pride, Randy Owen and Jimmy Fortune attend the 2019 Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony. Photo: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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2021 New Faces Show Lineup Revealed

Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) has announced the lineup for the CRS 2021 New Faces of Country Music Show, to be held Feb. 19 during CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience.

The show lineup includes Tenille Arts (19th & Grand), Travis Denning (Mercury), HARDY (Big Loud), Ashley McBryde (Warner/WMN),and Matt Stell (Records/Arista).

Formed in 1970, the annual New Faces of Country Music Show is one of the most anticipated events at Country Radio Seminar, and has played a pivotal role in the careers of almost every major country star. The show is co-sponsored by the Academy of Country Music and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience will take place Feb. 16-19. Registration is $199 per person and New Faces of Country Music Show tickets are included. Standalone tickets to the CRS 2021 New Faces of Country Music Show are also being made available for $49 per ticket. Individual tickets may be purchased by contacting [email protected]. MR

Chris Lane’s “Big, Big Plans” Tops The Charts

Chris Lane has reached the top of the charts with his latest single, “Big, Big Plans” which landed at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay and Country Aircheck/Mediabase Airplay charts, while also reigning atop the Billboard Canada Country Airplay and Mediabase Canada Country charts. “Big, Big Plans” is Lane’s third career chart-topper in the U.S., and his fourth No. 1 in Canada.

The Gold-certified smash which was written by Lane, Jacob Durrett and Ernest Keith Smith, has tallied 149 million on-demand streams and marks Lane’s first No. 1 as a songwriter. Penned ahead of his engagement to now-wife, Lauren, the song was first heard in their heart-warming proposal video. Once released, “Big, Big Plans” inspired more than 20 onstage fan proposals during Lane’s Big, Big Plans Tour, and countless others shared online.

“As an artist the most rewarding thing for me is writing a song and hearing fans sing it back, and make it part of their own story as well,” said Lane. “It’s been so much fun to see the way such a personal song for me has impacted other people over time. From proposing to my

wife, to seeing others’ proposals at shows and on social media, to it now hitting No. 1 on country radio is unbelievable. I couldn’t be more excited.” MR

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WAAG Galesburg, ILWMCI Mattoon, ILWYOT Rochelle, ILWRTB Rockford, ILWCCI Savanna, ILWIFE Connersville, INKAIR Atchison, KSWKDZ Cadiz, KYWBKR Owensboro, KYWDHR Pikeville, KYKRRV Alexandria, LAWUUU Covington, LAWKPE Hyannis, MAWVMD Cumberland, MD

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MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

New On The Chart —Debuting This Weeksong/artist/label—Chart PositionTime Changes/Stephanie Nash — 79

Greatest Spin Increasesong/artist/label—Spin IncreaseWhat's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 140Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 130Starting Over/Chris Stapleton/Mercury Nashville — 105Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen./Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line/Broken Bow/Dack Janiels — 102Famous Friends/Chris Young & Kane Brown/RCA — 95Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 91Just The Way/Parmalee x Blanco Brown/Stoney Creek — 727 Summers/Morgan Wallen/Big Loud Records — 61

Most Addedsong/artist/label—No. of AddsFamous Friends/Chris Young & Kane Brown/RCA — 7Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 6Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen./Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line/Broken Bow/Dack Janiels — 5Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 3Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 3Chain Breaker/Zach Williams/Provident Label Group — 3The Good Ones/Gabby Barrett/Warner Music Nashville — 3Heaven On Dirt/Teddy Robb/Monument — 2

On Deck—Soon To Be Chartingsong/artist/label—No. of SpinsFreedom And Wings/Heather Smith — 167Love Like Crazy/TJ Ashley/Music Train Records — 164Invent A T-Shirt/Jenny Tolman/Old Sol Records — 157Just Friends/Caylee Hammack/Capitol — 157What Would Dolly Do?/Tori Martin/Lucky Sky Music — 155

NO. 1 SONGCHART ACTION


Chris Stapleton returns to No. 1 this week on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart with “Starting Over.” Stapleton co-wrote the song with Mike Henderson.

This is the title track to his latest Mercury Records release which debuted at No. 1 on the country albums chart according to Nielsen. It also landed at No. 2 on Spotify’s all-genre Top 10 U.S. Album Debuts and No. 5 on Spotify’s Top 10 Global Albums Debut chart.

Stapleton‘s “Tennessee Whiskey” won an award for the Most-Played Song at this year’s Tunie Awards Show.

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LastWeek

ThisWeek Song / Artist / Label

Spins / Reports

% Spin Power Spins +/-

16 3 1 Starting Over / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville 1866/57 6 1059 1 2 Down To One / Luke Bryan / Capitol 1784/64 -7 -13129 2 3 Almost Maybes / Jordan Davis / MCA Nashville 1775/63 0 311 4 4 Better Together / Luke Combs / Columbia 1645/48 -5 -9116 5 5 7 Summers / Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records 1610/63 4 6133 6 6 Lady / Brett Young / BMLG 1566/61 3 446 10 7 What’s Your Country Song / Thomas Rhett / Valory 1526/63 10 14044 8 8 Nobody / Dylan Scott / Curb 1485/56 4 5420 7 9 I Should Probably Go To Bed / Dan + Shay / Warner Music Nashville 1412/45 -6 -858 13 10 Gone / Dierks Bentley / Capitol 1404/65 7 9134 9 11 Made For You / Jake Owen / Big Loud Records 1378/57 -2 -2615 12 12 Settling Down / Miranda Lambert / Vanner Records/RCA Records 1356/62 2 2812 11 13 One Too Many / Keith Urban & P!nk / Capitol 1343/57 1 87 14 14 Hell Of A View / Eric Church / EMI 1249/66 12 13012 15 15 Next Girl / Carly Pearce / Big Machine 1068/54 3 3528 16 16 Hard Days / Brantley Gilbert / Valory 997/48 -1 -617 17 17 Good Time / Niko Moon / RCA Nashville 995/36 3 3010 20 18 Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s / Sam Hunt / MCA Nashville 917/44 5 4125 22 19 The Good Ones / Gabby Barrett / Warner Music Nashville 902/44 5 4750 19 20 Somebody Like That / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand 901/39 2 1727 21 21 Wine, Beer, Whiskey / Little Big Town / Capitol 880/40 1 1346 18 22 Momma’s House / Dustin Lynch / Broken Bow 880/36 -1 -1117 23 23 Good Time Waitin’ To Happen / James Robert Webb / Bison Creek Records 840/47 1 625 24 24 Grew Up On That / High Valley / Warner Music Nashville 814/43 0 311 26 25 Tiny Town / Laine Hardy / Buena Vista Records 781/41 8 5822 25 26 Land Of Y’all / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville 779/35 5 369 27 27 We Didn’t Have Much / Justin Moore / Valory 732/44 6 3924 28 28 Mix ‘Em With Whiskey / Drake White / Reverend White 689/32 1 87 29 29 Memory I Don’t Mess With / Lee Brice / Curb 649/46 0 217 31 30 Wash My Truck / Bobby Wills / MDM Recordings 632/35 2 1316 30 31 Waitin’ On 5 / Chris Janson / Warner Music Nashville 597/32 -4 -2512 34 32 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink / Gary Allan / EMI 590/35 1 436 32 33 To Hell & Back / Maren Morris / Columbia 587/37 -1 -721 33 34 Made For Mornings / Lockeland / Lockeland Entertainment LLC 586/34 0 -110 35 35 If It Wasn’t For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 580/35 6 326 37 36 Blame It On You / Jason Aldean / Broken Bow 573/37 7 3611 36 37 Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives / Shane Owens / Amerimonte Records 556/36 2 118 38 38 Heaven On Dirt / Teddy Robb / Monument 553/45 3 1810 40 39 Where I Find God / Larry Fleet / Big Loud Records 548/33 7 349 43 40 Just The Way / Parmalee x Blanco Brown / Stoney Creek 511/26 16 72


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21 39 41 Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy / Mo Pitney / Curb 507/26 -4 -2213 41 42 Sometimes Late At Night / Eric Burgett / Bow To Stern Records 503/36 1 420 44 43 We Were Rich / Runaway June / Wheelhouse Records 430/27 0 -18 46 44 Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville 416/32 5 2019 48 45 Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ / Lucas Hoge / Forge Entertainment 414/22 8 3111 42 46 Bad Guy / Casey Donahew / Almost Country Records 413/27 -8 -3418 45 47 Simple Things / Dylan Gerard / SSM Nashville 400/27 -1 -412 47 48 The Mountain / Calamity Jane / Mountain Records 399/29 1 310 49 49 Comin’ Home / The Desert City Ramblers / Crane Kick Records 392/24 3 1212 50 50 Sometimes Always Never / Brandon Ratcliff / Monument 369/29 0 013 51 51 Population 2 / Tom Sexton / Lots To Do Music, LLC 368/25 4 152 61 52 Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen. / Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line / Broken Bow/Dack

Janiels349/28 41 102

14 52 53 Dear Rodeo / Cody Johnson / CoJo Music/Warner Bros. 345/20 3 1114 53 54 Never Be Sorry / Old Dominion / RCA Nashville 317/17 -4 -138 54 55 As Soon As You / Bri Bagwell / 10XMusic 310/21 0 011 55 56 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Josh Turner / MCA Nashville 308/20 3 95 57 57 Anybody Else / Mira Goto / ArtistMax/Copperline 288/21 7 204 60 58 Ain’t Gonna Be Today / Ward Davis / Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers 283/26 14 3411 56 59 Bad Decision / Emily Jean / SSM Evolution 266/19 -2 -55 66 60 Meghan / Brecken Miles / Rhyme Partners 262/20 11 265 64 61 God Save The World / Jeff Carson / MC1 Nashville 260/15 9 215 62 62 Worship You / Kane Brown / RCA Nashville 257/14 5 137 67 63 Calling All The Angels / Brooke Lee / Brooke Lee Music 250/15 10 233 58 64 Cold Beer Calling My Name / Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs / River House Artists/

Columbia Nashville249/20 -3 -9

18 65 65 Single Saturday Night / Cole Swindell / Warner Music Nashville 244/17 3 67 63 66 Same Ole / Chris Kroeze / 241/18 0 -16 69 67 Ghost Town Nation / Travis Tritt / Big Noise 225/14 5 104 75 68 Heartland / Hailey Whitters / Big Loud Records/S&D 222/19 10 203 76 69 Just Like You / Paige King Johnson / PCG Artist Development 219/19 9 182 71 70 Extra / Kylie Trout / Kylie Trout Music 218/19 3 77 68 71 Your Love Won’t Let Me Cheat / RT Johnson / CCB Nashville 217/16 -1 -27 70 72 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records 216/16 1 33 73 73 River Bent / Caleb Kelley / River Bend Entertainment 215/18 4 83 77 74 Radio Back / Danny Kensy / Rad Records 199/14 -1 -14 79 75 Won’t Forget / Rusty Gear / Chickahominy Marsh Records 193/15 1 119 72 76 betty / Taylor Swift / MCA Nashville/Republic Records 190/12 -10 -212 80 77 Whiskey And Rain / Michael Ray / Warner Music Nashville 187/14 3 67 78 78 Martha Devine / Ashley McBryde / Atlantic Records/WMN/WAR 184/15 -7 -141 81 79 Time Changes / Stephanie Nash / 171/14 4 68 74 80 Beers To Catch Up On / LOCASH / Wheelhouse Records 171/12 -16 -32

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Sony Music Nashville has promoted Paige Altone and Liz Cost to Vice President, Marketing, effective immediately. Altone and Cost will report to recently promoted SVP, Marketing, Jennifer Way.

“Liz and Paige are two of the smartest marketing executives I’ve ever had the privilege of working alongside,” said Way. “Their extraordinary leadership and creativity is vital to the ongoing success of Sony Music Nashville and our artists, and I’m so excited to watch them continue to thrive in their roles with these well-earned VP Stripes.”

Sony Music Nashville Chairman and CEO Randy Goodman added, “I’ve looked forward to this day for a long time as it was my dream to be able to

Paige Altone (Photo: Matthew Berinato), Liz Cost (Photo: Cameron Powell)

promote to the new positions from within SMN. The growth and leadership development of Liz and Paige, particularly in these unprecedented times, has been extraordinary and gratifying for me to see. Our future is in good hands.”

The newly announced Marketing Vice Presidents will oversee the strategy, development, and execution of targeted marketing campaigns and consumption growth for the Sony Music Nashville roster of artists.

Altone joined SMN as Manager of Marketing in 2016, and most recently was promoted to Senior Director of Marketing in 2019. Altone started her music business career in the promotions department of Atlanta’s WKHX. In 2011, she was hired by Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Artists and worked with the Zac Brown Band, Blackberry Smoke and The Wood Brothers. While still with Southern Ground Artists, she moved to Nashville. In 2014, she joined AEG Presents, handling tour marketing for Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons and Imagine Dragons, among other acts. Reach Altone at [email protected].

Cost joined the SMN marketing team in January 2017 as Manager of Marketing. Cost started her music business career at the Ryman Auditorium working as a backstage hospitality coordinator and was later hired by Bigger Picture where she worked in artist management and rose to a Director of Marketing. She joined DigSin/Digmark as a project manager executing digital strategy for artists and brands, and became a Director of Strategic Branding and Event Management at SESAC. At SMN, she was upped to Associate Director, Marketing in August 2018 and Senior Director, Marketing in June 2019. Cost is a graduate of William Smith College. Cost can be contacted at [email protected]. MR

Show Dog Nashville Promotes Rick Moxley, Adds Teddi Bonadies

Show Dog Nashville VP/Promotion Rick Moxley has been elevated to Senior VP/Promotion, and the company has added accomplished promotion veteran Teddi Bonadies as VP/Promotion. A 12-year company veteran, Moxley continues to report to label founder/owner Toby Keith. Bonadies reports to Moxley.

Moxley’s career began in sports media with franchises including the Golden State Warriors and Oakland A’s. Transitioning to the music business with Warner Bros. Records, he went on to Giant Records, Rising Tide, and BNA. Along the way he championed hits and led campaigns for artists including Hank Williams, Jr., Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Faith Hill, Clay Walker, Kenny Chesney, and Lonestar. He joined Show Dog Nashville in 2008, and leads promotion efforts for the roster featuring Clay Walker, Krystal Keith, Waterloo Revival and Founder/Owner, Toby Keith.

“Show Dog Nashville is entering an exciting new phase with Teddi’s hire. Our promotion department will kick ass,” says Keith. “And we just signed the talented, chart-topping Clay Walker. Look out 2021.”

Bonadies has worked 87 No. 1 country records in her career and has been instrumental in breaking artists including Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Eli Young Band, Granger Smith, and Runaway June. Her prior stops include a substantially successful stay at Arista Records/Nashville. She also held positions at CBS Records, Universal South, and Wheelhouse Records. MR

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“As an artist, I’ve experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I know what it’s like to have to choose between eating and paying rent, to work a 9-to-5, then pull an all-nighter in the studio to get closer to the dream of being a self-sustaining musician,” says Palmer. “Any success I have achieved has been because of the kindness of others and their belief in me, and I want to pay it forward. The Color Me Country Artist Fund will be an extension of the work I do with my radio show to further the careers of artists of color in the country music space. I don’t want anyone’s dreams deferred because of financial hardships. 100% of the funds will go to artists in need. I thank Kelly McCartney and the Rainey Day Fund for planting the seed.”

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‘Opry Live’ Notches No. 1 on Year-End Livestreamers Chart

Dolly Parton And Edge Beauty Team For New Fragrance Partnership

‘And The Writer Is…’ Podcast Launches New Live Demo Review Series For Songwriters

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TriScore Music Inks Deal With Tim Mcgraw’s TMP Publishing Company, Signs Rob Williford

Nashville based music publisher, TriScore Music, has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Tim McGraw’s new publishing company, TMP. As part of the new deal, they also announced the signing of Rob Williford to the new co-publishing venture, in association with the Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett Warren).

Williford won the 2019 CMA Song of the Year award for “Beautiful Crazy,” and is a co-writer on two of Luke Combs’ most recent releases, “Forever After All” and “The Other Guy.” Warner Chappell Music will handle world-wide administration.

“We are really honored to partner with Tim McGraw on the publishing front,” said TriScore Principal, Steve Broome. “Obviously he is one of the greatest artists of all-time but there is nobody better at songs than Tim. I can’t think of a better publishing partner.”

“When Tim and the Warren’s approached us about signing Rob Williford to kick this thing off, it made perfect sense,” said TriScore VP, Juli Griffith. “Rob has established himself as one of the premier writers in Nashville and we look forward to many hits together.”

“We had met Rob a few years back and we encouraged him to go for it,” said the Warren’s. “We are glad we did! And now we are in business together and are excited to not only help find homes for his songs but writing together as well.”

“My passion has always been songwriting,” said Williford. “I met the Warrens when I arrived in Nashville 15 years ago, and I’m excited to be working together with two guys I’ve admired and respected for so long in this industry. I’m humbled and grateful to be a part of the TriScore team.”

“Being in the room with Rob and the Warren Brothers is really something special—the creative sparks fly and great music is a guarantee,” said Ben Vaughn, president/CEO Warner Chappell Music Nashville. “We appreciate the trust that Rob, the Warren Brothers, and TriScore have placed in us to take care of their copyrights” MR

Pictured (L-R, back row): Blake Chancey, Steve Broome, Juli Griffith, Ben Vaughn, Scott Siman; (L-R, front row): Brad Warren, Rob Williford, Brett Warren

Leading global talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency (UTA) officially announced on Dec. 17 the company’s Heartland Initiative, a dedicated practice to identify, develop, and showcase the voices of creators and storytellers from America’s Heartland.

The Heartland Initiative focuses on storytelling rooted in the shared values of community, faith and family. The group will work with emerging and established artists and entrepreneurs, and launches with a roster that includes filmmakers The Erwin Brothers, Rove Productions and Tacklebox Films, Kathie Lee Gifford, Duck Dynasty’s Willie, Korie and Sadie Robertson, podcaster and author Annie F. Downs, writer Holly Gleason, comedians John Crist and Kevonstage, kids media brand GoNoodle, pastor Chad Veach, and music artists Danny Gokey, Ross Copperman, and Louis York.

The new initiative will be led by Nashville-based UTA agent Nick Barnes. Barnes previously worked with country music artists Eric Church and Brothers Osborne, and as a digital executive at Sony Music Nashville. He joined UTA in 2017, originally as a Digital Strategy agent in UTA IQ, the agency’s research and analytics division.

“We believe there’s an extensive range of stories to be told and audiences eager to hear them—particularly in today’s content-thirsty world,” says Barnes. “UTA’s Heartland Initiative will bring to bear all of our resources into building bigger platforms for this underserved market. Millions of Americans will see themselves reflected in the unique voices and creative visions of our Heartland artists and entrepreneurs.”

UTA’s Heartland Initiative will be based in Nashville, where the agency is preparing to relocate the Nashville headquarters to the historic, original site of the Carnegie Library near the Tennessee state capitol building in the heart of Music City. MR

United Talent Agency Launches Heartland Initiative

Kathie Lee Gifford, Nick Barnes. Photo: Kathy Hutchins

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Jimmie Allen, Charley Pride. Photo: Courtesy of CMA Brothers Osborne. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

Pictured (L-R, top row): The Highwomen, John Prine; (L-R, bottom row): Black Pumas, Brittany Haas

The Highwomen Lead Americana Music Award Winners

Winners of the 19th annual Americana Music Honors & Awards were announced Tuesday (Dec. 15), with The Highwomen earning three honors and the late John Prine being named Artist of the Year.

In lieu of the usual awards ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium, the Americana Music Association revealed winners via social media channels.

Supergroup The Highwomen (Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires) swept in three out of the six membership-voted awards categories with wins for Album of the Year for their self-titled debut, produced by Dave Cobb; Song of the Year for “Crowded Table,” written by Carlile, Hemby and Lori McKenna; and Duo/Group of the Year.

Following a prolific couple of years thanks to his critically acclaimed final album The Tree of Forgiveness, Prine became the first artist in Americana Honors & Awards history to be posthumously nominated in the Artist of the Year category. This is his fourth Artist of the Year win since 2005. He also received the 2003 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting.

Rising duo Black Pumas were named Emerging Act of the Year after garnering praise for their full-length debut, Colors. The band has sold out multiple tours across North America and Europe while making national television appearances and receiving multiple Grammy nominations.

Regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation, Brittany Haas takes home the award for Instrumentalist of the Year. A member of the quartet Hawktail, Haas has also lent her virtuosic skills to collaborators including Steve Martin, Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and others over the years.

“I could not be more proud of this slate of winners,” shared Executive Director of the Americana Music Association, Jed Hilly. “Although we terribly miss celebrating

together at the Ryman as we usually have in years past, we’re thrilled to still be able to recognize these distinguished members of our community.”

NPR Music’s World Café, SiriusXM Outlaw Country, Gimme Country and several radio stations that report to the Americana Radio Charts will be celebrating this year’s nominees and winners with special programming.

2020 Americana Honors & Awards Winners

Album of the Year: The Highwomen, The Highwomen, produced by Dave Cobb

Artist of the Year: John Prine

Song of the Year: “Crowded Table,” The Highwomen, written by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna

Duo/Group of the Year: The Highwomen

Emerging Act of the Year: Black Pumas

Instrumentalist of the Year: Brittany Haas

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Bruce Kalmick’s WHY&HOW Staffs Up

Artist manager Bruce Kalmick on Wednesday (Dec. 16) shared more details about his recently launched company, WHY&HOW, which represents artists including BRELAND, Chase Rice, KALEO, and many others (full roster below).

Kalmick was previously a partner at Triple 8 Management, with several artists moving from Triple 8 to WHY&HOW.

Based in Austin, Texas with representatives across several major cities, WHY&HOW is a full-service artist management company with diversified ventures across music, entertainment, digital, branding and spirits, representing clients both domestically and globally.

Joining Kalmick on the WHY&HOW team are three artist managers who previously worked with him and are being elevated to Vice President roles: Rachel Cave (Belle Mt., ZZ Ward), Eddie Kloesel (Chase Rice, Bones Owens, Whiskey Myers) and Kelly Kresen (KALEO, Nox Holloway, FERBY).

Additional staff members include Artist Manager Pete Olson (Tyler Braden, Seaforth), Day to Day Manager Matt Stubbs (Kelleigh Bannen), Creative Director Evan Kaufmann, Senior Marketing Director Lesley DiPietro, Marketing Directors Avery Bashaw and Chelsea Cankar, Executive Assistant Chloe Strickland and Management

Assistants Eric Radford, Wane Lindsey and Olivia Dahlstrom.

Olson, Stubbs, Kaufmann and Bashaw previously worked with Kalmick, while DiPietro, Cankar, Strickland, Radford, Lindsey and Dahlstrom join the team as new hires.

Wednesday’s announcement says the organization plans to diversify with focuses ranging from publishing to educational and philanthropic endeavors.

“We believe the foundation of success in any business starts with paying it forward,” notes Kalmick. “Our first initiative is to give back; both in charitable donations with W&H IMPACT, and also through our W&H EDU initiative further aiding educators by being a resource and encouraging a diverse group of future industry leaders attending universities around the world.”

WHY&HOW Artist Roster: Belle Mt., Bones Owens, BRELAND, Chase Rice, Deezie Brown, FERBY, KALEO, Kelleigh Bannen, Nox Holloway, Seaforth, SRPN (Samantha Ronson & Pete Nappi), Taylor McCall, Tyler Braden, Whiskey Myers, ZZ Ward

Contacts for WHY&HOW staff members are listed here.

Bruce Kalmick

Pictured (L-R): Al Andrews, Tatum Allsep, Jess Brownsberger, Emilie Gilbert, Alyson Woods, Jonah Rabinowitz. Photo: Jack Carlisle

As 2020 draws to a close, Society of Leaders in Development (SOLID) celebrates the inaugural year of SOLID Shares, its new fundraising initiative announced in May. SOLID Shares allows the organization to select four to six nonprofits annually to serve as the beneficiaries of its external fundraising events, simultaneously expanding its reach in the Nashville community while reinforcing the tenets of its mission. 2020 SOLID Shares partners included Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Music Health Alliance, Porter’s Call, and W.O. Smith.

The 2021 SOLID Shares partners will be Equity Alliance, MusiCares, the National Museum for African American Music, Notes for Notes and Ryan’s Grove/The Onsite Foundation.

SOLID Celebrates Inaugural Year Of SOLID Shares, Announces 2021 Partners

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This year’s Christmas parade of Nashville sounds seems never ending.

I finally bit the bullet this week and wrote down how many folks have submitted holiday tunes. The list went on for four single-spaced pages.

So I decided to narrow it down. With the year’s emphasis on reclaiming female voices, I chose to spotlight only women’s discs today. That left me with only (!) 30+ releases. This column has a baker’s dozen of them, leaving out fine efforts by Stephanie Owens, Taylor Swift, Jessica Lynn, Jessie James Decker, Caroline Jones, Tami Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Karen Waldrup, Jamie Kyle, Paulina Jaye, Chevel Shepherd and more.

The Disc of the Day prize goes to Brandy Clark, and Scarlett Burke wins the DisCovery Award.

Read Robert K. Oermann's reviews of Brandy Clark, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Ingrid Andress, Runaway June, Maddie & Tae, RaeLynn, and more, here.

DISClaimer Singles Reviews: Brandy Clark, Dolly Parton, Runaway June, Maddie & Tae, More

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John Prine Named Artist of the Year at 2020 Americana Awards

Morgan Wallen Announces Ryman Concert

Nashville Entrepreneur Center Expands Project Music to All Realms of Entertainment

Victoria Shaw’s ‘Songwriters Under The Covers’ Returns For Season 2

Season 2 Of ‘The Song’ Returning In January

Weekly Register: Carrie Underwood’s ‘My Gift’ Stays At No. 1

The Other Nashville Society Teams With German Publisher For Virtual Songwriting Camp

Willie Nelson Pays Homage To Fellow Icon Frank Sinatra With New Studio Album, ‘That’s Life’

Artists Remember Charley Pride

Patrick Mayberry Signs With Centricity Music

Randall King Debuts First Major-Label EP, ‘Leanna’

David Nail Drops New EP ‘Bootheel 2020’ Today

Lee Brice Receives 12th New RIAA Certification Of 2020 With “One Of Them Girls”

Sturgill Simpson Releases Second Surprise Bluegrass Album

Ralph Peer II To Become Executive Chair of peermusic, Mary Megan Peer Appointed CEO

Matt Stell Closes Out The Year With Free “Sunday Sessions” Virtual Concert

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Blake Shelton and Gwen StefaniDarius RuckerRascal FlattsMorgan WallenSam HuntCarly PearceOld Dominion

2 4 Randy Montana Pretty HeartBetter TogetherWe Didn't Have Much

Parker McCollumLuke CombsJustin Moore

3 5 Ernest Keith Smith Somebody's ProblemBig, Big PlansMore Than My HometownBreaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s

Morgan WallenChris LaneMorgan WallenSam Hunt

4 6 Hillary Lindsey Favorite Time of YearOne Beer

Hole In The BottleAlmost Maybes

Carrie UnderwoodHARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin DawsonKelsea BalleriniJordan Davis

5 2 Michael Hardy Livin’ The DreamStill Goin DownMore Than My HometownOne Beer

Single Saturday Night

Morgan WallenMorgan WallenMorgan WallenHARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin DawsonCole Swindell

6 3 Morgan Wallen Livin’ The DreamStill Goin DownSomebody's ProblemMore Than My Hometown7 Summers

Morgan WallenMorgan WallenMorgan WallenMorgan WallenMorgan Wallen

7 7 Ross Copperman Happy AnywhereBeers And SunshineLadyWe Were Rich

Blake Shelton and Gwen StefaniDarius RuckerBrett YoungRunaway June

8 8 Ashley Gorley One Of Them GirlsHole In The BottleWhat's Your Country SongWe Were RichSingle Saturday Night

Lee BriceKelsea BalleriniThomas RhettRunaway JuneCole Swindell

9 10 Parker McCollum Pretty Heart Parker McCollum

10 9 Jacob Durrett Livin’ The DreamSomebody's ProblemBig, Big Plans

Morgan WallenMorgan WallenChris Lane

11 16 Brandon Kinney Ain't Always The Cowboy Jon Pardi

12 17 Josh Thompson Ain't Always The Cowboy Jon Pardi

13 12 Parker Welling Love You Like I Used ToWhat's Your Country Song

Russell DickersonThomas Rhett

14 11 Dallas Davidson One Of Them GirlsDown To One

Lee BriceLuke Bryan

15 15 Luke Combs Forever After AllBetter Together

Luke CombsLuke Combs

16 13 Jesse Frasure Hole In The BottleWhat's Your Country SongAlmost Maybes

Kelsea BalleriniThomas RhettJordan Davis

17 18 Chris Stapleton Starting Over Chris Stapleton

18 19 Mike Henderson Starting Over Chris Stapleton

19 14 Ryan Vojtesak Still Goin DownMore Than My HometownWorship You

Morgan WallenMorgan WallenKane Brown

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

20 23 Matt Jenkins Happy Anywhere Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani

21 20 Ben Johnson One Of Them GirlsGone

Lee BriceDierks Bentley

22 30 Chris Lane Big, Big Plans Chris Lane

23 24 Casey Brown Love You Like I Used To Russell Dickerson

24 25 Russell Dickerson Love You Like I Used To Russell Dickerson

25 22 Shane McAnally Champagne Night7 SummersNext GirlNever Be Sorry

Lady AntebellumMorgan WallenCarly PearceOld Dominion

26 21 Jake Mitchell One Beer HARDY Feat. Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson

27 31 Dan Isbell Better Together Luke Combs

28 26 Zachary Kale I HopeThe Good Ones

Gabby BarrettGabby Barrett

29 27 Gabby Barrett I HopeThe Good Ones

Gabby BarrettGabby Barrett

30 29 Jon Nite I HopeLady

Gabby BarrettBrett Young

31 38 Dan Smyers Take Me Home For ChristmasI Should Probably Go To Bed

Dan + ShayDan + Shay

32 39 Shay Mooney Take Me Home For ChristmasI Should Probably Go To Bed

Dan + ShayDan + Shay

33 34 Niko Moon Good TimeGone

Niko MoonDierks Bentley

34 33 Lee Brice One Of Them Girls Lee Brice

35 32 Rodney Clawson Somebody's ProblemMomma's House

Morgan WallenDustin Lynch

36 36 Jason Evigan I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

37 37 Sean Douglas I Should Probably Go To Bed Dan + Shay

38 35 Brock Berryhill Happy DoesHard Days

Kenny ChesneyBrantley Gilbert

39 40 Kyle Fishman Down To One Luke Bryan

40 41 Justin Ebach Down To One Luke Bryan

41 79 Aben Eubanks Under The Mistletoe Kelly Clarkson & Brett Eldredge

42 80 Kelly Clarkson Under The Mistletoe Kelly Clarkson & Brett Eldredge

43 70 Corey Crowder Long LiveDrinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. AmenFamous Friends

Florida Georgia LineChase Rice feat. Florida Georgia LineChris Young + Kane Brown

44 42 Jamie Paulin Happy Does Kenny Chesney

45 43 Brad Clawson Happy Does Kenny Chesney

46 44 Greylan James Happy Does Kenny Chesney

47 45 Andrew DeRoberts Champagne NightAll Night

Lady AntebellumBrothers Osborne

48 46 John Thomas Harding Beers And Sunshine Darius Rucker

49 47 Darius Rucker Beers And Sunshine Darius Rucker

50 52 M. Beeson How They Remember You Rascal Flatts

51 53 Allen Shamblin How They Remember You Rascal Flatts

52 48 Jordan Davis Almost Maybes Jordan Davis

53 49 Kevin Bard Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

54 50 N.W. Sipe Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

55 51 Matt Thomas Just The Way Parmalee x Blanco Brown

56 54 Kelsea Ballerini Hole In The Bottle Kelsea Ballerini

57 55 Steph Jones Hole In The Bottle Kelsea Ballerini

58 56 Josh Murty Good Time Niko Moon

59 57 Anna Moon Good Time Niko Moon

60 58 Jordan Minton Good Time Niko Moon

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Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

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Singles

December 18Jamie Trent/Throwbacks and Keepers/Restless Kardigan Music

January 4Chris Young & Kane Brown/Famous Friends/RCA

January 11Gary Burk III/Two Lane Airplane/MC1 Nashville

Albums

December 18Jordan Feliz/Say It/Centricity Music

January 4Steve Earle & The Dukes/J.T./New West Records

January 8Morgan Wallen/Dangerous:The Double Album/Big Loud/Republic RecordsAaron Watson/American Soul/BIG Label RecordsBarry Gibb/Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook/Capitol Records

January 15Devin Dawson/The Pink Slip EP/Warner Music Nashville/AtlanticJake Hoot/Love Out Of Time

Industry Events

January 31, 2021The 63rd Grammy Awards

February 17-19, 2021Country Radio Seminar

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