Waylon & Willie "Good Hearted Woman" (video)

On this day in 1976 (2/21) Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson share the top spot on the Billboard country chart with "Good Hearted Woman."  Enjoy a live performance below from 1987, and if you enjoy this blog, click around a few ads to help support us.  Also to purchase any of Waylon's music or Willie's music just click on their names.

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CMA Awards: 1979

This Wednesday the 2009 CMA Awards will be handed out in Nashville, so today lets look back 30 years at the big winners. The show originated from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on October 8, 1979 and Kenny Rogers hosted the show.

Single Of The Year - The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band

• Song Of The Year (Songwrites Award) - The Gambler, Don Schiltz
• Album Of The Year - The Gambler. Kenny Rogers
• Vocal Duo Of The Year - Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
• Vocal Group of The Year- Statler Brothers
• Female Vocalist Of The Year - Barbara Mandrell
• Male Vocalist Of The Year - Kenny Rogers
• Entertainer Of The Year - Willie Nelson

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Outlaws! Willie, Waylon and more...

Here is a review of one of the great Classic Country albums. The term "outlaw" had been bandied about after Waylon Jennings' 1972 hit "Ladies Love Outlaws," but it didn't permanently gel until the release of the album Wanted! The Outlaws in 1976. The songs in this packaged product weren't new — the album contained previously released material by Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jennings' wife Jessi Colter (who had hit the charts a year earlier with "I'm Not Lisa"). But it marked the industry's recognition of the changing times, and as the center point of a campaign to publicize Nashville's new "progressive" breed, it worked like a charm. It quickly became the first country album to sell more than a million copies, and it boosted the careers of all involved. by Kurt Wolff

Wanted! The Outlaws Buy The CD Now!

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Willie Nelson "City Of New Orleans" #1 11/3/84

It was on this day, November 3, 1984 that Willie Nelson took the Arlo Guthrie #4 hit from 1972 all the way to the top of the Billboard Country Charts. The song was written by Steve Goodman on a train trip to New Orleans after his wife had fallent to sleep. Keep it classic!

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Willie Nelson "Georgia On My Mind"

It was on this day (2/15/79) that Willie Nelson picked up two awards at the Grammy's including Best Country Vocal Performance for "Georgia On My Mind." Check out the video below as Willie performs the song with Ray Charles. And for more Classic Country, click here.

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Highwaymen

On this day in 1986 The Highwaymen album was certified Gold. The Highwaymen were a Who's Who of Country Legends which included Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. Also on this day in 1978 Ronnie Milsap hit #1 with "Almost Like A Song." Then on this day in 1979 Eddie Rabbitt began a 3-week run at the top spot with "Every Which Way But Loose." For more Classic Country, click here.

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Oak Ridge Boys

It was on this day (2/9/1980) that the Oak Ridge Boys hit #1 on the Billboard Country Charts with the Rodney Crowell penned song "Leaving Louisiana in The Broad Daylight." Also in 1975 Willie Nelson recorded "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain," and birthday wishes going out today to Travis Tritt who turns 46. Enjoy the Oaks below performs "Louisiana" and "Elvira" below on the Tonight Show (1981). And for more Classic Country, click here.

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