Crossover Country

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Dean

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• Nov 21, 2018

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Folks, there have been many crossover country hits, many of them blockbusters.

Here's one.

What are your favorites?

Dean
Hello Darlin

 

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SVcummins

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• Nov 21, 2018

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That?s a good tune . You?re right crossover country has been around a long time even Marty Robbins had cross over music but none of it?s the Same the crap on the radio now .

 

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Dean

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• Nov 21, 2018

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Here's another less well known one but a favorite of mine.

Enjoy this one by Dickey Lee.

If you do not know of Dickey Lee, post back and I'll post a link to his blockbuster 1962 hit.

Dean
Ashes of Love

 

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paul

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• Nov 21, 2018

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Country is good music. Old, not so old.

I like a lot of crossover stuff.

Somewhere around the turn of the century it has taken an odd turn. I don?t hate it, but I have to hunt and pick some now to find songs I like. It?s not just automatic I?ll enjoy a whole playlist any more......

It seems the really bad mash up of country and rap has faded some. That?s a good thing.

Paul

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Who did Dont it make your brown eyes blue? I think it was a crossover?

 

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sms

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Crystal Gayle

 

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WayneLee

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Loretta Lynn's little sister Crystal Gayle. A song from the later 70's.

 

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Den N Ms

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• Nov 22, 2018

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It was a blockbuster 1972 not 1962 hit,I also like his Teenage Queen song.

 

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DPittman

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Devil went down to Georgia

 

Crazy Horse

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• Nov 22, 2018

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This is the Teenage Queen song I know about, actually Ballad of a Teenage Queen .... Johnny Cash! Not crossover music by any means, maybe I'm not reading the posts properly?
Johnny Cash Ballad of a Teenage Queen

 

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Dean

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Agreed, Den, but Dickie Lee had a blockbuster hit on the pop charts in 1962.

IIRC, it went to #1.

Dean
Patches

 

greenmech

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• Nov 22, 2018

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I like that one! Ron MN

 

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Dean

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Folks, when it comes to crossover country hits, they don't get any better than this.

It was Connie's very first recording, and it went to # 1 on both country and pop charts in 1965.

Dean
Once A Day

 

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paul

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• Nov 22, 2018

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One of the ?clearest? vioces ever! Saw her in concert once.

Paul

 

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55 50 Ron

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Dean,

Are you a country music historian, singer, musician, or? Seems you have a great grasp of the music.

Ron

 

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Dean

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• Nov 22, 2018

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No, Ron, I'm not. I play no instruments and haven't sang since HS choir in the late 1960s. I just like music, especially 1950s music, both popular and country.

Dean

 

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55 50 Ron

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Is there more than one "Ashes of Love"? The original was written by Jim and Jack Anglin and Johnny Wright. Made famous by the singing of Johnny and Jack.

Never before heard it being sung by Dickie Lee. The Desert Rose Band does a fantastic version of it with Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel guitar and John Jorgenson on electric lead guitar.

Ron

 

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55 50 Ron

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• Nov 22, 2018

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Lee's first writing success was "She Thinks I Still Care" sung as a big hit by George Jones. I've just learned that tune on the pedal steel guitar. Jones did it in key of "B". Lots of sharps !!

 

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SVcummins

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• Nov 22, 2018

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That?s a good song there