july 7, 2008 issue 97 spin the promo wheel: davis to big machine
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Spin The Promo Wheel: Davis To Big Machine If you’ve been keeping score, or even just managing to stay awake, you’ve probably noticed the incredible rate of change in label promotion departments. By our count, close to 30 regional, national or VP level jobs have changed hands, been eliminated or created in just the last two months. And the changes are far from over. The latest came this evening (7/7) as Equity Southeast regional Jeff Davis has been hired to work the same region for Big Machine. Davis, who’s been with Equity since January 2005 after several pop promotion stops, fills the post vacated by Bobby Young, who has been named Senior VP/Promotion for Country Thunder and new sister imprint Permian. “Bobby’s hard work and whistle will be missed in the BMR hallways,” VP/Promotion Jack Purcell says. “Moving forward it became crystal clear to us that with Jeff’s relationships and veteran experience, they made him the perfect Bobby Young replacement part.” And replacement parts seem to be on back order these days. There are still open regional slots at RCA, Capitol and,
A Capitol Fifth: The expectant one (Keith Urban) met with radio and label peeps prior to his eye and ear popping Poets & Pirates Tour LP Field performance in Nashville Saturday. Pictured (l-r) are Capitol’s Brent Jones, WGKX/Memphis’ Tim Jones, Capitol’s Jimmy Harnen, Urban, WKDF/Nashville’s Billy Harper and Capitol’s Shane Allen.
now, Equity. Senior VP/Promotion David Haley says Davis’ replacement is on final approach. And with that announcement coming this week, it’s a safe bet the new Equity Southeast rep will leave a hole behind at his or her previous posting. Not to mention the staffing-up expected at Permian, the long-rumored James Stroud label(s), several openings at
Jeff Davis
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Show Dog and the vaguely outlined promotion efforts of concert behemoth Live Nation. And around and around we go. Davis, by the way, starts next Monday (7/14) and can be reached at 615-324-7776 or [email protected].
State AGs Bash Sat Merger While members of Congress pepper FCC Chairman Kevin Martin with pleas to institute and enforce stiff conditions on the proposed XM/Sirius merger or reject it outright, the Attorneys General of Tennessee and Connecticut, joined by staff of AGs in 12 more states, teleconferenced with Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate July 1 to convey similar positions. Tate is thought to be the swing vote among the five commissioners. Other states participating in the ex-
My Tunes: Music ThaT shaped My Life
WGAR/Cleveland PD Brian Jennings discusses his most meaningful songs, albums or concerts:1. Reba’s 1995 Tour: The full costume changes, the amazing special effects. Possibly the only tour to rival Garth.2. Tracy Lawrence/Today’s Lonely Fool: The combination of fiddle and piano in that song tears my heart out every time.
3. Merle Haggard/What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life): It’s easy to drink away the loss of a woman for one night. But trying to figure out what you’ll do after that is the scary part. One of The Hag’s greatest ever!4. David Ball/When The Thought Of You Catches Up With Me: The lonely voice, the killer strings and one of the best written songs of the ‘90s.5. Allison Moorer, Miss Fortune: She was one of country’s greatest undiscovered gems before she moved on to Triple A. This album was as good as anything released mainstream that year.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: Red-Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson. I’m ashamed to admit it. Everyone says it’s one of the greatest concept albums ever.• An “important” piece of music you just don’t get: Coldplay. My wife thinks they’re great. I think they’re poop.• An album you played or listened to incessantly: David Ball’s Amigo. The album scanned a few hundred thousand units because of “Riding With Private Malone.” But the rest of the album is so much better. He does everything from western swing to blues. I still pull that one out every month or so as it’s probably one of the 10 greatest country projects of this decade. If you’ve got a copy in the station somewhere, go back and let it play while you’re working. David Ball’s a genius.
Life’s A Beach: BNA’s Kenny Chesney celebrated the midpoint of his Poets & Pirates tour at Nashville’s LP Field Saturday night. The industry heavy crowd, and 50,000 of their drunkest friends, saw performances from Gary Allan, LeAnn Rimes, Sammy Hagar and Keith Urban, capped by Chesney’s thoroughly entertaining closing set. Pictured with him at the show (l-r) are manager Clint Higham, Sony BMG/Nashville Chairman Joe Galante and manager Dale Morris.
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parte filing submitted afterwards to the FCC include Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. Read the filing here.
Radio News• Production: KBWF/San Francisco board operator/street team member Tim Lock has been upped to morning show producer.
• Gig Alerts: Clear Channel Senior VP/Programming Clay Hunnicutt is seeking his CC/Atlanta OM, WUBL/Atlanta PD and Braves Network replacement as he rises in the company.
Tuesday (7/8) - Toby Keith, Fred Young (Kentucky Headhunters), Terry Choate, Pam Green ([email protected]), Mike Kraski ([email protected]), Lee Logan ([email protected]), Matt Williams, Joe Relyea
Wednesday (7/9) - David Ball, Monty Holmes, Bob James ([email protected]), Laura McKinley
Thursday (7/10) - Jessica Simpson, Bela Fleck, Gary LeVox (Rascal Flatts), Ken Mellons, Shaw Wilson (BR549), Tracy Fleaner, Stephanie Lynn ([email protected]), Johnny Dorris Jr. ([email protected])
Friday (7/11) - Scotty Emerick, Jeff Hanna, Dale Turner ([email protected]), Kelley Keith ([email protected])
Saturday (7/12) - Adam Gregory, Tim Alexander, Joe Manual, Allen Brown ([email protected]), Sandy Neese
Sunday (7/13) - Louise Mandrell, Victoria Shaw, Neil Thrasher, Chris Melancon ([email protected]), Nikki Landry ([email protected])
Monday (7/14) - Del Reeves, Ray Herndon, Leslie Satcher, Eric Marshall, Angel Mullins, Steve Sharp, John Spalding ([email protected]), Buzz Stone, Chad Hudson
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But Definitely Not The Last: Warner Bros.’ Whitney Duncan made her very first radio tour stop today (7/7) with Midwest rep George Meeker at WBUL/Lexington to see PD Mark Grantin (r).
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Send your packages to Clear Channel/Atlanta, Human Resources, 1819 Peachtree Rd., Ste. 700, Atlanta, GA, 30309. WCTK/Providence VP/GM Tom Wall is seeking a new PD and can be reached at 75 Oxford St., #402, Providence, RI 02905 or [email protected].
• Syndication: Jewel will be the guest host for American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks July 12-13. Jack Ingram, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks all filled in for Whitney Allen last week on Dial-Global’s The Big Time while she was on vacation.
• Seminar: CRB Board and Agenda Committee members will convene July 15-17 to create the agenda for CRS-40. If you’re interested in sharing panel ideas contact Agenda Committee coordinator Sheree Latham at [email protected].
Chart Chat Hearty congrats to Blake Shelton, promotion execs Gator Michaels, Nancy Tunick and Bob Reeves, and the extended Warner Bros. staff on scoring this week’s No. 1 single with Shelton’s “Home.” The song is Shelton’s fourth Mediabase No. 1, joining “Some Beach,” “The Baby” and “Austin.”
Industry News Booker T. and the MG’s, The Memphis Horns, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Friends, The Crickets, Al Kooper and Billy Sherrill will be inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame October 28 at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Veteran journalist and broadcaster Neil Haislop will launch countryforever.com Aug. 1 to commemorate his 30 years in the business. The site will feature country music
Upcoming Releases: July 15 Randy Travis Around The Bend (Warner Bros.)
July 22 Sugarland Love On The Inside (Mercury)
Aug. 5 Jamey Johnson That Lonesome Song (Mercury) Heidi Newfield What Am I Waiting For (Curb) Keith Anderson C’mon! (Columbia) Various Artists Beer For My Horses Soundtrack (Show Dog)
Aug. 19 George Jones Burn Your Playhouse Down (Bandit)
Aug. 26 Lost Trailers Holler Back (BNA)
Sept. 9 John Michael Montgomery Time Flies (Stringtown)
Sept. 16 Carter’s Chord Carter’s Chord (Show Dog)
Oct. 7 George Strait Classic Christmas (MCA)
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Wall Bling: The Statler Brothers long form video from their Farewell Concert in Salem, VA has been certified Gold by the RIAA with sales in excess of 50,000 units. GAC’s Bill Cody (l) presented (l-r) Don Reid, Harold Reid, Phil Balsley and Jimmy Fortune, with their plaques during a taping of the Master Series. Yell Records Pres. Doug Grau (rear) was also in attendance.
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6 in Burgettstown, PA after playing to nearly 500,000 and grossing almost 20 million dollars.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com.
• Clear Channel Radio refined its senior executive tier aligned by region and market size, and for the first time linking programming execs with operations execs as follows: Tom Schurr (EVP/Ops, Eastern Region) with SVP/Programming Clay Hunnicutt and another exec TBA; Susan Karis (EVP/Ops, Western Region) with EVPP Gene Romano; Mark Kopelman (SVP/Ops, in Houston) with SVPP Darren Davis; George Toulas (SVP/Ops, Miami) and SVPP Brad Hardin; Dave Crowl (SVP/Ops, in Cincinnati) with SVPP Alan Sledge; Tom Thon (SVP/Ops, in Columbus, OH) with SVPP Phil Hunt. Tom Owens remains EVP/Content & Programming Development. (CAT 7/3 & 7/1)
• Former Columbia SW regional Jordan Pettit, who left the Sony BMG imprint June 6, was hired by Universal Republic to handle promotion for the Eli Young Band, whose music is also being promoted by Universal South. Though not officially joining Universal South at this time, Pettit will also cover the Northeast & Midwest regional duties previously handled by Chuck Swaney, who resigned the post he took in February, 2006. Swaney can be reached at 248-486-6122 or [email protected]. Pettit starts next Monday (7/14) and can be reached at 615-259-5383 or [email protected]. (CAT 7/7)
• RCA Mgr./West Coast Regional Promotion Matt Galvin will be moving to Nashville to assume the Midwest region previously handled by Mike Sirls. Sirls announced he was leaving the label last month (CAT 6/23). Galvin has been with the label
Tuesday 7/8 - Phil Vassar, GAC Nights.
Wednesday 7/9 - Miranda Lambert, Origins (GAC).
Thursday 7/10 - Chris Cagle, Jennifer Hanson, Crook & Chase (RFD-TV).
Friday 7/11 - Rascal Flatts, Today (NBC).
Saturday 7/12 - Ricky Skaggs, Opry Live (GAC).
Sunday 7/13 - Tim McGraw, Superstar Sessions (GAC).
Monday 7/14 - Montgomery Gentry, Master Series (GAC).
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news, features and history amassed from Haislop’s thousands of interviews with country artists and others in the industry. The George Jones University two and a half day Fall seminar will be held September 25-27.
Artist News Lady Antebellum is among the artists recording tracks for the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack, which will debut on the NBC & Telemundo broadcasts of the 2008 Olympic Games. Songs will also be available for download at www.att.net and NBCOlympics.com with proceeds benefiting Team USA. Franklin, TN’s Jo Clark is the winner of the Amber Rhodes Songwriter Contest with her song “Taken Man.” Clark receives a co-writing session with Rhodes July 18 in addition to an Epiphone guitar and single-song publishing deal with Sharp Objects. Former Maverick Raul Malo has joined the roster of Concord Music Group’s Fantasy Records. He is recording his next album with Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin as co-producer. Tim McGraw’s Live Your Voice Tour 08 with special guests Jason Aldean and Halfway Hazard wrapped up July
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August 21 - 2008 SOURCE Foundation Awards and Dinner - Musician’s Hall Of Fame and Museum - www.sourcenashville.com
September 8 - Miller Harris Memorial Golf Tournament - Franklin, TN
September 13 - Swampstock 2008 - Rayville, LA
September 25-27 - George Jones University Fall Seminar - Franklin, TN - www.georgejonesuniversity.net
October 2 - 2nd Annual Women Rock For The Cure - Nashville, TN - www.solidnashville.com
October 16 - 14th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards - Nashville, TN - www.ccma.cc
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group since interning in 1995 and joined the RCA promo team in 2004. An announcement about the open West Coast Nipper posting is pending. (CAT 7/7)
• Forever’s Top 40 WGMR/State College, PA flipped to Country Froggy 101 on Monday (7/7). PD Chris Prospero will take on mornings with co-host Dawn Behnken, middays go to Lucas Bubb, Promotions Dir. Jaysen Gold signs on for afternoons, syndicated The Lia Show will cover nights and Johnny Marsh will handle overnights. WGMR will change their calls to WFGE when sister WFGE/Murray, KY switches to WFGS. (CAT 7/3)
• Hall Communications’ WCTK/Providence PD Steve Giuttari exited after 22 months with the station. He can be reached at 401-398-8113 or [email protected]. (CAT 7/2)
• Sony BMG/Nashville Sr. Dir./A&R Jim Catino was promoted to VP/A&R, reporting to Exec. VP/A&R Renee Bell. (CAT 7/2)
• South Central’s AC WCJK/Nashville PD Randy Hill joined Renda’s WGNE/Jacksonville as PD/afternoon jock. He replaces Jeff Davis who exited in April. (CAT 7/1)
Gonna Need A Bigger Key Chain: Renda’s WWGR/Ft. Myers morning co-host Valleri St. John (r) celebrated her 11th year with the station today (7/7). To commemorate the event, her service to the community and her recent ACM Medium Market Personality of the Year award, Bonita Springs Mayor Ben Nelson, Jr. presented her the key to the city.
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2 1 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 13925 350 4641 94 35.295 0.814 121 0
1 2 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) 13717 -333 4519 -105 34.718 -1.334 121 0
4 3 ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 13563 543 4578 186 34.369 1.649 121 0
3 4 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 11830 -1681 4021 -468 29.704 -4.223 121 0
7 5 BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 11001 745 3780 263 26.946 1.085 121 0
6 6 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 10877 147 3606 47 26.396 0.156 121 0
8 7 SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 10857 803 3611 361 27.5 1.778 121 0
9 8 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 9820 199 3286 125 22.953 0.236 117 0
11 9 KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 4 9755 1153 3160 376 24.906 2.786 120 0
10 10 TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 4 9669 914 3145 255 24.508 2.471 121 0
12 11 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 8969 465 3019 146 22.931 1.817 117 0
13 12 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 7818 105 2780 102 19.45 0.717 118 0
16 13 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 7343 349 2460 109 17.415 1.434 118 0
17 14 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 7268 422 2414 131 16.648 1.308 117 0
15 15 REBA MCENTIRE/Every Other Weekend (MCA) 7174 116 2466 23 17.326 -0.005 115 0
14 16 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOD/Another Try (MCA) 7090 -98 2447 -37 16.712 -0.448 117 0
18 17 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 6884 622 2282 242 15.753 1.263 116 2
20 18 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 5856 402 1948 164 14.024 0.629 113 2
19 19 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (Arista) 5793 160 1908 57 13.167 0.343 114 0
21 20 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 5708 329 1856 161 13.68 1.205 111 3
22 21 GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 5532 670 1940 246 14.498 2.06 111 4
25 22 JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 4838 689 1562 245 11.151 1.478 103 5
26 23 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 4666 535 1564 167 10.944 1.148 100 2
24 24 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb) 4381 186 1498 92 9.6 0.174 96 5
27 25 BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 4 4342 968 1426 318 10.782 2.281 107 10
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28 26 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 3504 302 1165 96 7.46 0.792 99 3
29 27 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 3124 269 1088 83 6.684 0.671 93 6
37 28 RASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 4 2965 1525 979 486 6.952 3.56 85 27
23 29 TRISHA YEARWOOD/This Is Me You're... (Big Machine) 2907 -1362 925 -406 6.619 -3.328 110 0
31 30 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 2602 279 945 114 5.172 0.704 84 2
30 31 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 2590 62 869 25 5.813 0.073 80 5
33 32 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 1989 110 734 51 4.074 0.272 69 1
36 33 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 1916 352 704 138 3.841 0.902 63 2
32 34 SUGARLAND/Life In A Northern Town (Mercury) 1887 -347 610 -101 5.331 -1.151 36 0
34 35 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 1838 170 656 58 3.281 0.194 75 5
35 36 RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) 1629 58 617 35 3.42 0.401 64 0
39 37 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're... (19/BNA) 1601 254 521 83 3.2 0.779 59 6
38 38 ADAM GREGORY/Crazy Days (Midas) 1523 150 622 67 2.975 0.52 59 2
39 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 4 1391 1029 481 363 3.604 2.452 66 40
40 40 ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) 1389 137 425 48 3.2 0.354 38 2
42 41 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 1296 180 491 65 2.508 0.583 57 6
44 42 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 1147 204 343 82 2.647 0.589 41 11
43 43 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 1115 83 364 12 1.641 0.218 50 3
41 44 ERIC CHURCH/His Kind Of Money (My Kind...) (Capitol) 1056 -110 394 -28 1.963 -0.15 38 1
45 KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 979 460 329 143 2.404 1.116 16 9
45 46 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 955 91 324 27 1.877 0.168 39 2
49 47 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 945 347 190 64 2.333 0.955 15 7
46 48 RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720) 868 22 319 16 1.907 0.173 35 0
50 49 LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb) 719 173 274 61 1.235 0.254 31 4
50 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 698 176 239 65 1.387 0.31 29 4Debut
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Aircheck Top Point GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 1525 4KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 1153 4TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 1029 4BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 968 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 914 4SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 803BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 745JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 689GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 670JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 622
Aircheck Top Spin GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 486KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 376TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 363SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 361BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 318BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 263TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 255GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 246JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 245JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 242
Activator Top Point GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 504 4TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 473 4KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 398 4BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 311 4SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 283 4ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 231GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 224BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 223JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 199DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 197
Activator Top Spin GainersRASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 292TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 282KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 276BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 198SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 194BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 161JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 139JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 133GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 129ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 122
Aircheck Add LeadersTOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 40RASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 27LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 11BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 10JEWEL/I Do (Valory) 10KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 9LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 9PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 7ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 6JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 6KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're... (19/BNA) 6
CMT RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Universal/Republic)REBA McENTIRE f/K. CHESNEY/Every Other Weekend (MCA)
CMT Pure RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb)ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Universal/Republic)REBA McENTIRE f/K. CHESNEY/Every Other Weekend (MCA)CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA)
GAC RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) REBA McENTIRE f/K. CHESNEY/Every Other Weekend (MCA)CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA)CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA)
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Aircheck Top RecurrentsBRAD PAISLEY/I'm Still A Guy (Arista) 9340JAMES OTTO/Just Got Started Lovin' You (Warner Bros.) 8748CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Last Name (19/Arista) 8349TRACE ADKINS/You're Gonna Miss This (Capitol) 7770GEORGE STRAIT/I Saw God Today (MCA) 7231LADY ANTEBELLUM/Love Don't Live Here (Capitol) 5670RASCAL FLATTS/Every Day (Lyric Street) 5512PHIL VASSAR/Love Is A Beautiful Thing (Universal South) 4871CHRIS CAGLE/What Kinda Gone (Capitol) 4285RODNEY ATKINS/Cleaning This Gun (Come On...) (Curb) 4203
KEVIN FOWLER/Best Mistake I Ever Made (Equity) 407 points, 86 spins; 0 ADDS
CROSSIN DIXON/I Love My Old Bird Dog (BBR) 378 points, 162 spins 1 ADD: KUBL*
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
Aircheck Activity KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) Enters at 45*; 979 points, 329 spins 9 ADDS: KBEQ, KBWF, KEEY, KIIM*, KKBQ*, KVOO, WUSN*, WWNU, WYNK
RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) Moves 45*- 46*; 955 points, 324 spins 2 ADDS: WGH, WIRK*
PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) Moves 49*- 17*; 945 points, 190 spins 7 ADDS: KATM*, KDRK, KKNG, KSON, WBCT, WWGR, WXBQ
RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720) Moves 46*- 48*; 868 points, 319 spins; 0 ADDS
LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb) Moves 50*- 19*; 719 points, 274 spins 4 ADDS: KBWF, WQHK, WUBE, WXCY
ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) Enters at 50*: 698 points, 239 spins 4 ADDS: KKNG, KUZZ, WEZL, WYPY
JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 673 points, 282 spins 5 ADDS: KBWF, KRST*, WGNA, WRBT, WXTU
JEWEL/I Do (Valory) 653 points, 228 spins 10 ADDS: KFRG*, KHKI*, KNIX, KWJJ, KWLI*, WGH, WIVK, WKKT, WQYK*, WWYZ
MARCEL/I Love This Song (Lyric Street) 589 points, 220 spins 3 ADDS: WCTO*, WGKX*, WMAD
GRETCHEN WILSON/Don’t Do Me No Good (Columbia) 482 points, 111 spins 4 ADDS: KJUG, KSCS*, WKKT, WQYK*
ROAD HAMMERS/Girl On The Billboard (Montage) 430 points, 171 spins; 0 ADDS
LONESTAR/Let Me Love You (Lonestar/CO5) 428 points, 182 spins; 0 ADDS
DAVID NAIL/I’m About To Come Alive (MCA) 413 points, 153 spins; 0 ADDS
JULY 14BILLY CURRINGTON/Don’t (Mercury)LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol)DAVID FRIZZELL & FRIENDS/This Is Our Time (Nashville America)PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA)GEORGE & GEORGETTE JONES/You And Me And Time (Bandit)BRYNN MARIE/Start Now (Rhythm House)LANCE MILLER/Old Back In The New School (Lofton Creek/Big 7)TRISHA YEARWOOD/They Call It Falling For A Reason (Big Machine)PHIL VASSAR/I Would (Universal South)
JULY 21JEFF BATES/Riverbank (Black River) RANDY OWEN/Like I Never Broke Her Heart (BBR) CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Just A Dream (Arista)
JULY 28JUSTIN MOORE/Back That Thing Up (Valory)
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2 1 ALAN JACKSON/Good Time (Arista) 5177 231 3147 122
1 2 BLAKE SHELTON/Home (Warner Bros.) 4964 -4 2999 -3
3 3 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Back When I Knew It All (Columbia) 4855 -72 2902 -98
6 4 BROOKS & DUNN/Put A Girl In It (Arista) 4 4379 311 2678 198
4 5 KENNY CHESNEY/Better As A Memory (BNA) 4312 -593 2571 -399
7 6 DIERKS BENTLEY/Trying To Stop Your Leaving (Capitol) 3997 132 2483 97
9 7 SUGARLAND/All I Want To Do (Mercury) 4 3896 283 2404 194
8 8 KEITH ANDERSON/I Still Miss You (Columbia) 3688 67 2256 50
10 9 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Gunpowder & Lead (Columbia) 3461 92 2242 92
12 10 KEITH URBAN/You Look Good In My Shirt (Capitol) 4 3435 398 2101 276
11 11 TAYLOR SWIFT/Should've Said No (Big Machine) 3367 143 2043 105
13 12 GARY ALLAN/Learning How To Bend (MCA) 2931 37 1784 33
15 13 JOSH TURNER f/T. YEARWOOOD/Another Try (MCA) 2821 5 1755 0
17 14 GEORGE STRAIT/Troubadour (MCA) 2720 224 1631 129
16 15 JOSH GRACIN/We Weren't Crazy (Lyric Street) 2666 -25 1654 6
18 16 LOST TRAILERS/Holler Back (BNA) 2493 128 1494 81
19 17 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (Arista) 2432 137 1407 85
20 18 JIMMY WAYNE/Do You Believe Me Now (Valory) 2415 199 1439 133
20 19 DARIUS RUCKER/Don't Think I Don't Think... (Capitol) 2200 197 1331 119
22 20 JULIANNE HOUGH/That Song In My Head (Mercury) 2099 188 1229 113
23 21 LUKE BRYAN/Country Man (Capitol) 2014 156 1206 85
24 22 BRAD PAISLEY/Waitin' On A Woman (Arista) 1883 223 1098 161
25 23 JESSICA SIMPSON/Come On Over (Columbia) 1753 196 1036 139
26 24 HEIDI NEWFIELD/Johnny And June (Curb) 1585 36 938 29
27 25 JASON ALDEAN/Relentless (BBR) 1522 50 866 17
31 26 RASCAL FLATTS/Bob That Head (Lyric Street) 4 1415 504 801 292
29 27 CRAIG MORGAN/Love Remembers (BNA) 1200 158 670 97
30 28 CHUCK WICKS/All I Ever Wanted (RCA) 1116 92 629 61
32 29 JAMEY JOHNSON/In Color (Mercury) 883 80 458 51
46 30 TOBY KEITH/She Never Cried In Front Of Me (Show Dog) 4 829 473 464 282
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33 31 RODNEY ATKINS/Invisibly Shaken (Curb) 740 -41 387 -25
34 32 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Lookin' For A Good Time (Capitol) 712 89 345 30
35 33 BUCKY COVINGTON/I'll Walk (Lyric Street) 690 68 391 50
39 34 KELLIE PICKLER/Don't You Know You're ... (19/BNA) 595 47 310 32
36 35 ERIC CHURCH/His Kind Of Money (My Kind...) (Capitol) 593 -23 327 -6
38 36 ASHTON SHEPHERD/Sounds So Good (MCA) 590 21 280 7
37 37 JO DEE MESSINA/I'm Done (Curb) 576 3 247 -5
40 38 CRYSTAL SHAWANDA/You Can Let Go (RCA) 507 -14 215 -6
43 39 ADAM GREGORY/Crazy Days (Midas) 481 61 203 34
41 40 JAMES OTTO/For You (Warner Bros.) 480 -20 209 2
42 41 CHRIS YOUNG/Voices (RCA) 445 17 191 2
44 42 ELI YOUNG BAND/When It Rains (Republic/Universal South) 422 30 214 28
45 43 RANDY HOUSER/Anything Goes (Universal South) 402 24 237 16
52 44 GRETCHEN WILSON/Don't Do Me No Good (Columbia) 301 99 75 32
49 45 RISSI PALMER/No Air (1720 Entertainment) 298 39 176 22
50 46 JEWEL/I Do (Valory) 279 27 107 10
59 47 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Fine Line (Capitol) 255 131 79 39
51 48 FISHER STEVENSON/No Tomorrow Here Tonight (Big Machine) 238 25 87 9
54 49 DIERKS BENTLEY f/S. BUXTON/Sweet And Wild (Capitol) 230 50 46 10
Debut 50 PAT GREEN/Let Me (BNA) 224 105 83 45
Debut 51 LEE ANN WOMACK/Last Call (MCA) 216 126 101 52
54 52 CHRIS CAGLE/No Love Songs (Capitol) 188 3 87 4
Debut 53 KID ROCK/All Summer Long (Atlantic/CO5) 179 105 120 67
48 54 CARTER'S CHORD/Different Breed (Show Dog) 178 -93 86 -23
55 55 MARCEL/I Love This Song (Lyric Street) 178 3 97 -1
Debut 56 CROSSIN DIXON/I Love My Old Bird Dog (& I..) (BBR) 177 90 75 21
Debut 57 SARA EVANS/Love You With All My Heart (RCA) 163 82 65 21
56 58 ZAC BROWN BAND/Chicken Fried (Live Nation Artists) 149 -2 87 0
Debut 59 LEE BRICE/Upper Middle Class White Trash (Curb) 126 29 63 8
58 60 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY/If You Ever... (Stringtown/CO5) 125 -9 62 0
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