Arista Nashville duo, Zach and Colton, The Swon Brothers, performed their latest single “Pray For You,” on Fox’s HUCKABEE, which aired on January 3rd. Host Mike Huckabee also performed with the duo during the show. To everyone’s surprise, the former Governor of Arkansas announced that this show would be his last, making his jam session with The Swon Brothers the series’ musical swan song.
Archive | January 5, 2015
Arista Nashville Duo The Swon Brothers Perform on Huckabee’s Last Show
Kenny Rogers Joins First Edition Band Mates in Special Program Saturday, Jan. 17
WHAT: Panel Discussion: The First Edition Drops In
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kenny Rogers made hit recordings, appeared on TV shows, and undertook successful tours as a member of the First Edition. In the process, Rogers laid the groundwork for his later solo stardom. In this free-ranging conversation, First Edition members Kenny Rogers, Mike Settle, Terry Williams, Mary Miller, and Gene Lorenzo will discuss the group’s impressive career, which included hits such as “Just Dropped In (to See What Condition my Condition Was In)”; “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town”; Settle’s original song “But You Know I Love You”; and “Ruben James.” Presented in support of the exhibit Kenny Rogers: Through the Years.
TIM McGRAW KICKS OFF 2015 ON TOP OF THE COUNTRY RADIO CHARTS WITH HIS LONGEST-RUNNING #1 HIT IN 10 YEARS
While 2015 may have just begun, Superstar TIM MCGRAW and Big Machine Records are continuing the celebration by scoring the #1 song in the nation with “Shotgun Rider” on both the Billboard Country and Mediabase charts. McGraw logs a four-week run at #1 on Mediabase, with a three-week stint at the pinnacle on both Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and Billboard Country Airplay. Written by Marv Green, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, “Shotgun Rider” signifies McGraw’s 36th career chart-topper and remains the current best-selling song on the iTunes Country Singles chart with over 500,000 copies sold to date. The fete marks McGraw’s 27th #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, which is the most of any artist in the chart’s 25–year history.
PHOTO: Tyler Farr performance at the NFL Wild Card Game (January 3rd – Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers)
$499 Regular Rate for CRS 2015 Ends Jan. 12
Monday, Jan. 12 is the deadline to purchase $499 regular rate registrations for Country Radio Seminar 2015. The on-site rate will take effect on Jan. 13, increasing registrations to $599 per person.
Maddie & Tae “FLY” With New Single
Only the third female duo since the inception to Billboard’s Country Singles Chart – the first 71 years ago – MADDIE & TAE have been embracing impossible dreams since leaving Ada, Oklahoma and Sugar Land, Texas in the name of writing and singing their own songs. You could joke it’s hard to be young, pretty and talented, but when you’re starting, that doesn’t always make the way easier… or your confidence impenetrable.
