Country Countdown USA

Nominees for the 60th annual CMA Awards have been announced. This years awards will be handed out on Wednesday November 18th at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The host of this year’s program is Lainey Wilson. The show will be broadcast live on ABC-TV.

The co-host this wknd is Hardy, who is in our Top 20 now with “McArthur.” Hardy also is a writer on the current Top 30 songs by Blake Shelton and Jelly Roll. He was a writer on Ella Langley’s #1 “Be Her.” He & his wife just returned from a vacation in Japan. Plus he’s about to make his movie debut.

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The history of country music is filled with songs about work and workers. The Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers, wrote a dozen songs on the subject, mostly about trains and trainmen, but also about muleskinners, sailors, and farmers. Recent history has continued the trend, with Merle Haggard, Alabama, and Alan Jackson each delivering several appropriate songs. This list...

The co-host this wknd is Tucker Wetmore, who was named the ACM New Male Artist of the Year. His new single is Who Told You That. His latest #1 is Brunette. He also just released a 6-song EP he calls the Sunburn Mixtape. Plus stories about a lor of Tucker’s friends in the Top 30.

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Dolly Parton may be gone. But she left many memories from her music and activities. In 2022, she co-hosted Country Countdown USA for the first time. We actually took the show to her studio complex near Nashville. The building housed a TV studio where she shot a number of TV shows and specials. There was also a small recording studio where we did the Countdown. At the time, Do...