Box Office Results - Challengers (15 million)

#2 – Unsung Hero (8 million)

#3 - Godzilla - Kong (7 million)

New This Week – The Fall Guy / I Saw The TV Glow / Star Wars Episode 1 (Jar Jar Binks)

Again? - A live-action TV series based on Scooby-Doo is in the works at Netflix

Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams - Are both interested in working on a sequel to Mean Girls.

Nicole Kidman - Received the AFI Life Achievement Award this week in Hollywood.

My Country Music Memory Lane  - (link)

Also - 50 Most Important Country Songs 1980 – Today #33 (LINK)

Mega Star Tim McGraw is having a birthday this week, and it's a good time to look at him with a birthday revisit.  What an amazing career that took a while to get started.

Mega Star Series - Tim McGraw!

How Do  - Mary Chapin Carpenter  - 1989 -  (Album - State Of The Heart)

 Mary Chapin Carpenter sold a ton of albums in the 1990's.  She is perhaps one of the more underrated singers of that remarkable decade as sometimes, time is not overly kind to some of our past stars.  In the long run, MCC was not traditional country, she was not pop, but what she was, was a very interesting mix of a few kinds of music, and much of it was for the thinking person.  This song was not her biggest hit by any means. But this was her very first successful hit single.  And this is among the most savvy debut songs in all the years I've been doing this. More artists should follow this formula. This is short, concise, uptempo, fun and hard not to sing along with, or at least tap your toes. When introducing yourself to someone, many times less is more, and leaving them wanting more is a key as well.  That's exactly what this song does, and even though she was not traditional, this song is.  It checks every box for a proper introduction, and after this, she was on her way for a decade of big hit songs.   Smart, slick and perfect for an introduction.  Young artists - listen up!

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My Full Profile On Mary Chapin Carpenter

 Well the 90's were over and it was a new century.  Lee Ann Womack was a terrific country singer with a great look and a wonderful voice that gave real emotion to much of her material.  This ushered in 2000 and was perhaps the first gigantic country hit of the new millennium. It was universally loved by about everyone on the planet, winning about every award a song can.  Grammy's, ACM, CMA the list goes on and sold millions.  This written song is about perfect.  It speaks of every parents hope for their own child, taking every parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, or Godparent to the vision of the children in their life and their dreams for them.  But a song this good needs a voice and it ended up where it should have, with Womack who was a young mother herself at this moment, which gave it real credibility.   This is a confluence of many great things that spawned a huge hit song.  Then toss in the wonderful background vocals of the Sons Of The Desert and you have about the perfect mix yet again.  The video was a big part of this enormous #1, that was the zenith of LAW's career, as it became a huge crossover hit as well.   Funny thing, many times a song this big and influential can be a curse at the same time.  With all the awards, airplay and sales, there comes the "what's next"  factor.  Her next song, Ashes Buy Now, was her last song to really chart well.  Although her There's More Where That Came From, album from 2005, was a big success and is a work of art.  But every artist would love a song this big, and this important that introduced us to millions, upon millions of new fans.  And still does when played.

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My Full Profile On Lee Ann Womack

In case you missed some of my articles with week from WQMX.com   So grab a coffee, and our earbuds and let's get you caught up! Thanks for reading and listening every day!

Eat Of The Week

50 Most Important Country Songs 1980-Today #34

Forgotten Jukebox - WH-95

CMML - Hal Ketchum (B-Day Revisit)

Wynn At The Movies And More!

Love a good breakfast!  I am an egg breakfast kind of guy, but if you make this French Toast, I'll eat it without any question!  This looks amazing!

Better Than A Diner - French Toast

Box Office Results - Civil War -  (11 million)

#2 – Abigail -  (10 million)

#3 - Godzilla / Kong -  (9 million)

New This Week – Unsung Hero  / Challengers  / Boy Kills World

Big Story – Of the weekend was Abigail was expected to bring in 30-40 Million – Budget was modest 28 million

Deadpool - The second trailer for  Deadpool and Wolverine is out this week.

Steve Carell and Tina Fey - Will star in Netflix’s The Four Seasons, an update of the 1981 Alan Alda film.

Get A Clue - A big-screen adaptation of Clue may be in the works.

Wow - Several crew members were injured this weekl filming an action scene on the Atlanta set of the Eddie Murphy movie The Pickup

Netflix - On May 6^th will have a live “roast” of Tom Brady hosted by Kevin Hart

Anne Hathaway - Says they are in a good place on the likelihood for a Princess Diaries 3

CBS - Has canceled So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas, Final shows in May

My  - Country Music Memory Lane (link)

Also - 50 Most Important Country Songs 1980 – Today #34 (Link)

The late Hal Ketchum was born this month, and in the 1990's he had a very short, but very successful career and had a real nice fan base.  Let's remember Hal Ketchum

Hal Ketchum - Birthday Revisit

Old Enough To Know Better - Wade Hayes - 1995

 This song was loved, and was a very big hit for newcomer Wade Hayes.  It was popular on the radio, sold a ton and was very popular in country bars and dance clubs.  This, in its sound was very indicative of what 90's country was all about. Being honest, it hard to not like this song.  It's catchy, has a hook you could catch a fish with, upbeat, honest and delivered by the big warm voice of a new star.  I loved playing this song on the air.  This was a solid number one song, that will still fill a dance floor.  But Hayes would not enjoy near the success that this song would bring him in the years ahead.  He released a few more albums over the course of a number of years, with a couple more top 10 hits.  But sometimes the giant success of a huge debut song can be tough to duplicate. But with that said, this record is just fantastic and should be enjoyed on the dance floor, the radio, or in the Forgotten Jukebox - What a GREAT song!

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 This little song in its written form became one of the biggest songs in country in the early 80's and it's importance should not be underestimated.  In fact with it's impact at that time, there could be an argument that it be higher on this list and I'd listen to it.  Country then in it's popularity was nothing like it is today.  We were sandwiched between Urban Cowboy pop country and whatever was next, and we didn't know what that was yet.  The beautiful Sylvia had a number of songs before this, and some of them were big hits.  (I loved Drifter). was a #1 and in many aspects is about perfect.  Sylvia with a powerful, borderline angelic voice, was incredibly talented and extremely likable. When Nobody came out it was an instant smash as it without any question, ended up in the perfect hands of Sylvia. Written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan who were the preeminent song writers in Nashville at that time. This song rocketed to #1, and then #5 A/C.  It got Sylvia nominated for a Grammy, and was the most played song on the radio of 1983, and won her an ACM.  It charted around the world and was very popular no matter what kind of music you were into.  Truth is, we needed this song.  It was the runaway hit of its time and brought attention to us that we badly needed then.  Of course as this song stands, it clearly sounds different than the sounds of today.  But this song did us a lot of good. This was a giant hit, and we owe all involved a thank you for such a big song, at an important time.

Last Week #35

My Full Profile On Sylvia