#1 -  Nobody - $6.7 Million  Did very well, way above expectations. 

About Half - Of us feel comfortable going to a movie theater  (Story)  

Cinemasafe  - Nice Website

Regal Cinemas - Will reopen this weekend to show Godzilla VS. King Kong  this weekend and Mortal Kombat later this month   (Story)

Godzilla / Kong – Is out and Mortal Combat is out April 16

New This Week – Drive Ins. Many open this weekend  (Good List)

Sylvester Stallone - Is writing a ''Rocky'' prequel  (Story)

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane (link)

The WEEKEND is here!  Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!

Expected Weather 

Saturday  - Sun 61

Sunday - Sun 68

Music

Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week  - (Janie Fricke)

Read My Song Of The Week -  (Just About Over You)

Wynn's Weekend Breakfast! 

How about a delicious breakfast -

Food And Drink

Wynn's Wine Of The Weekend - Intermingle  (Red)

Wynn's Cheese Of The Weekend  - Honey Goat Cheese with Jerky!

Wynn's Weekend Menu  - This Looks Good!  (Recipe)

Treat Yourself This Weekend Or Next  - Tavern At Twin Lakes (link)

Saturday is - Chocolate Mousse Day

Sunday is   -  Cordon Bleu Day

Viewing

In Theaters  -  Theater listings  (listings)

Drive- Ins  -  Most Drive Ins are opening this weekend

HBO Max  - Godzilla VS. Kong

Weekend Golf?  - 

Courses Improving Quickly -  Valleaire in Hinckley  (Link)

This Weekend -  Bunker Hill In Medina (Link)

PGA Tour  -  TPC San Antonio  (Golf Channel and Local TV)

Sports

NCAA - This Weekend Final Four (Local TV CBS FAmily)

NASCAR - OFF No RAce (Easter)

The Tribe  - Regular Season in Detroit (Local TV)

The Blue Jackets - Saturday and Sunday In Miami (Local TV)

Cavs Play - Saturday In Miami  (Local TV)

Have a GREAT weekend!

Follow Me On Instagram / Twitter / @Scott Wynn Radio

Who ever thought these two would be very important characters in today's real life world?  Funny how two movie legends that have spent decades destroying things suddenly have a new charge.  Now we are relying on Godzilla and Kong to help us put an entire industry back together. Big jobs requires big.....well, monsters. Seriously, Hollywood is betting a lot on them this week- and this month.

 In Theaters And On HBO Max - TODAY!

In case you are living under a rock, you know that today the new Godzilla VS. Kong opens today in theaters, and is a major reason many theaters chains and Drive-Ins are re-opening this weekend.  These two are icons. Godzilla will be starring in his 37th movie role....as himself, (he's always type-cast) after debuting in 1954.  The original was a big movie making breakthrough at the time, and it also made a very loud statement within the story, against Nuclear testing and weapons.  Godzilla's genesis was a product of man's Nuclear quest and test in the original film, and he was portrayed as a victim, as much as a terror.

Original Godzilla Movie - Starring Raymond Burr - A Big Star At The Time!

Kong is a bit older, born on screen in 1933, and there have been 13 Kong flicks.  The original looks so technicaly silly by today's standards, but was honestly very scary to people in the 30's, as that type of movie had never been seen before. This was a major movie making achievement at the time, compare it to Jurrasic Park as far as film making was concerned.  Talking movies were only 6 years old at the time.  Kong was a sympathetic character in the original because of man's greed, and still is today.  So between them, 50 flicks.

King Kong - 1933 - A Classic!

James Bond has only been in 26. And in case you're wondering, Sherlock Holmes holds the all time record, appearing in 254 movies!  I think Godzilla is second.

Jackie asked about Janie Fricke and I was glad she did. She, along with Kathy Mattea have the two most mispronounced names in format history. (Frick-y or Frick-ee). Janie Fricke was extremely popular when I got my start in country music and country radio. She was also the first star I met backstage as a pro at my first country station, WOBL in Oberlin, Ohio. She was at the Lorain County Fair early 1980's.  (I doubt she remembers me LOL)

This Song Was Very Popular When In First Got My First Country Radio Job.

To accurately give you an overview, Janie Fricke was a pure singer, a sensational vocalist, and an incredible talent that literally did everything a singer can possibly do. And she did it all very well. Yes, we'll remember her as an award winning country star which she was, but believe it or not that's only the beginning. Being honest, time has not been overly kind in remembering her legacy, or many other's legacy's from that era (1980-1986 or so) as country has dramatically pivoted so much since then. Her chart run happened during a time we were really trying to find our way.  But that doesn't mean she wasn't great, because she was.

Great Ballad Sung With Heart  - Fantastic Song!

Before she ever had her own songs on the radio, she did some incredible things in the mid to late 1970's.  She sang backup for Dolly, Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap, Crystal Gayle, Conway Twitty, Tanya Tucker, and Eddie Rabbitt, a serious "A" List at the time.  And Oh yeah....Elvis.  She was also one of the most sought after jingle singers anywhere, recording jingles for numerous ad campaigns. She then recorded a series of background vocals/duets with country singer Johnny Duncan that really catapulted her to a new level. She also did duets with Vern Gosdin, and later with Merle Haggard. She deserved and got her own deal, but it would be a couple years before she would really take off.

I Always Loved This Song - Very Vulnerable - Well Done

But solo success did come, and ran through about 1986.  A bunch of number one songs, touring with Alabama, and winning the CMA Female Vocalist Of The Year  in 1982 and 1983, and ACM Female Vocalist Of The Year  1983 as well.  She also did some TV acting on various shows, and was very popular within our format. But truth be told, country was getting ready to explode in a brand new direction about 1986, and many of the stars popular early in the decade were about to be replaced by neo traditional stars on the charts.  Even Alabama. 

Big Song For Her - Early 80's - Clearly

The new Mashalls in town were, George Strait, Randy Travis, Dwight Yokam, Keith Whitley, Patty Loveless, Holly Dunn, Reba, Kathy Mattea and others. They were the start of the flood that would follow.  Country was rapidly shedding "pop country,"  and a far more traditional sound was in.  But I really want to say this. There are alot of singers, both past and present in many different formats that wish they could sing as well as Janie Fricke.  She's blessed with the ability to make any song sound great.  I think she could sing a refrigerator owners manual -  and make it sound good.

Terrific Duet With Merle Haggard  - A live Version

Janie Fricke had a nice run.  I am proud to say I played all of Janie Fricke's songs on the radio for many years.  Her talent was amazing, her voice powerful, clean, pure and very versatile. She never got lost in a song, you heard her right up front, she owned it, and her singing was always very confident.  She was as confident of a singer as we've ever had.  She knew exactly where the notes were and nailed them with skill of a singing marksman.  No matter what changes were happening in country, or the rest of the music world Janie Fricke could flat out sing most of the competition in any format.

Later In Her Run - Loved This Song  - Another #1

I remember talking with her at the Lorain County Fair backstage with my Program Director Dave Lenahan from WOBL.  I couldn't believe I was talking with a real star that I played on the radio that very morning.  I was about 20, and was mesmerized by this beautiful and talented woman, wearing her signature headband, and concert outfit who was telling us stories about singing with Elvis. It's a memory I will never forget.

When you add it all up, Janie Fricke did it all. She's from a very different era that had way more limits for huge success for all of our stars.  No social media, and almost no TV exposure. Heck, most of us didn't have cable TV.  No YouTube, no internet, no downloading music, and hardly any country music videos. You had to buy the album at the store and for the most part, we were not selling a lot of those then. But she was a star, and led our format when we needed leaders.

Janie Fricke.  Amazingly talented.

With warmer weather here, or at least teasing us a bit from time to time, it's Treat Season!  I think that going to your neighborhood ice cream place for an evening cone, (or cup as I am anti-cone), is a simple pleasure that you never outgrow and will always be a part of who we are. 

The other day, The Beautiful Windy and I went out and had a happy hour on the outdoor patio at River Merchant  (Great Place) in Kent. It was a fantastic day, and as we left she said, "Let's go to Strickland's, my treat."  Okay!  There was no decision to be made and I was thrilled at the idea.  We had an ice cream treat and it capped off a good day.

Delish!!

This season, make sure you support your local ice cream place as many of them are just small businesses trying to make a living and be a part of the community.  Maybe make a few extra trips there this year.  We live in Streetsboro, and Strickland's is our most local shop.  But we don't live too far from Handel's, so we'll head there a few times this summer too.

If we all do that, not only will we be full and happy, but support local biz too.

There is nothing I don't love about newcomer Priscilla Block and her song, Just About Over You.  It is a wonderfully written song. This song is a great example of a classic country feeling song, that is slick and up to date.  It's a story of a woman that runs into an old flame in a bar setting after having a few, that she clearly is not all the way over.

Who hasn't been there a time or two in one way shape or form?  This is a terrific example of a hurtin' song in today's country.  This is not your mom and dad's hurtin' song. This is up to date but still traditional in its overall feel.  

I have always loved hurtin' songs from any era, and I deeply respect the artists that record them because they take guts to sing.  They are not angry songs, they are honest songs and that to me is the draw.  A hurtin' song is earned by actually living the song, and the willingness to sing it is brave.  And once it's recorded, it's there forever, on digital, on tape, on film, and in your concerts.

I love this, I love her and I can't wait to hear more.  I want to meet her, shake her hand and have her sing this song on our show. This is a great country song!  Grab a coffee and take a listen.

Priscilla Block Website

Priscilla Block Facebook

The WEEKEND is here!  Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!

Expected Weather 

Saturday  - Sun / Clouds 66

Sunday -Sun / Clouds 56

Music

Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week  -  (Barbara Mandrell)

Read My Song Of The Week -  (The Villain)

Wynn's Weekend Breakfast! 

How about a delicious breakfast - Country Fried Steak And Eggs  (Recipe)

Food And Drink

Wynn's Wine Of The Weekend - Castle Rock (Red)

Wynn's Cheese Of The Weekend  - Smoked Cheese -  And I'm Doing This Soon!!  (Must SEE)

Wynn's Weekend Menu  -  Taco Salad  (recipe)

Treat Yourself This Weekend Or Next  - (Barrel Lodge) Streetsboro Good Food -  Ate There Last Week

Went To -  River Merchant in Kent on Wednesday GREAT place  (Link)

Saturday is -   Spanish Paella Day  (Mallorca Cleveland)  Thier Paella is incredible!  Worth a trip Downtown.

Sunday is   -   Black Forest Cake Day   (Recipe)

Viewing

In Theaters  -  Theater listings  (listings)

Drive- Ins  -  Some are opening this weekend  - some next

HBO Max  - New This Week And Month

Netflix -  New This Week And Month

Prime - New This Week And Month

New Disney Plus -  New This Week And Month

Weekend Golf?  - 

Courses Improving Quickly -  We Playe Briarwood (Link) 

This Weekend -  Sleepy Hollow (Link)

PGA Tour  -  WGC In Austin  (Golf Channel and Local TV)

Sports

NCAA - This Weekend (Local TV CBS FAmily)

NASCAR - Bristol This Weekend  (Local TV)

The Tribe  - Play All Weekend  (Local TV)

The Blue Jackets -  In Chicago All Weekend Saturday and Sunday  (Local TV)

Cavs Play - West Coast all Weekend  (Local TV)

Have a GREAT weekend!

Follow Me On Instagram / Twitter / @Scott Wynn Radio

Box Office – Raya and the Last Dragon - #1  (3 Weeks)  

Disney Plus -  Prices going up (Story)

Godzilla Vs Kong  - In Theaters and HBO MAX  -  NEXT WEEK!

Regal Cinemas - Will reopen April 2 to show Godzilla VS. King Kong and Mortal Combat
(Story)

New This Week – Drive Ins. Many open this weekend  (LIST OF DRIVE INS)

The Oscars - NO ZOOM this year – if you're nominated, you need to be there, NO ZOOM OPTION if you win!  (Story)

A Father of the Bride - Remake with Andy Garcia is in the works.   (Story)

Ace Ventura 3 - Looks like it will happen  (Story)  The Original 1994???

New Series – About Mike Tyson with Jamie Foxx is being developed (Story)

There - Is an R rated version of Mrs. Doubtfire and it may be a documentary soon  (Story)

Vin Diesel's Son - Lil Vinnie Joining 'Fast & Furious' Franchise as Younger Dom. (Story)

Eddie Murphy - is working on ''Beverly Hills Cop 4.''  (Story) 

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane (link)

My Other Articles This Week - Remember This Song?  /  Song Of The Week  /  The Players Barn

Megan messaged me and asked about the song, Complicated.  I asked, "What, the Avril Lavigne song?"  And no, she said the country song -  Oh yeah!  I forgot.  Good record!  Good Memory, Megan!

When I first came to WQMX in 2001, this song was very popular, and so was she, Carolyn Dawn Johnson.  She came back to visit us a few years later a couple times. She was on the morning show with us and did a show for us in our concert room.  Think she did a Bosom Buddies too.  She also wrote the big hit, Single White Female.

BTW - Her Complicated album?  Is quite good!

This was a big song  went to #5

Carolyn Dawn Johnson Facebook

Here comes Barbara Mandrell.  It's hard to effectively communicate now just how big of a star she was. Stars of an era get no bigger or better than her, and she is on my very short list of the overall most talented stars we have had.  I proudly played Barbara Mandrell songs on morning shows on great stations around the country. I feel her gifts to us outside the music are as important as Dolly's or Reba's, just over a shorter period of time.  My gut feeling is that they would both agree.

Her First Big Song!

Let's put these numbers right up front, because they're incredible -  She has 2 Grammy's, 4 ACM's, 4 CMA's, and 7 American Music Awards. She was the first PERSON ever to win the CMA Entertainer Of The Year TWICE.  She won 9 CMT Awards, and 9 People's Choice Awards.  In all she has over 50 awards.  She has 6 number one songs, 27 albums and a Live album.  She also hosted the ACM's and the CMA's multiple times.  She's in the Country Music Hall Of Fame, (I believe Dolly inducted her in 2009) The Musicians Hall Of Fame, and the Country Gospel Music Hall Of Fame. 

This Was A Monster Hit Country And Pop  (Great Performance)

Barbara Mandrell had a long line of hit songs from the mid 1970's through the mid 80's.  She was blessed with a beautiful and exceptionally versatile voice that sounded effortless and was incredibly was easy to listen to.  She was also a beyond talented musician who played the guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, banjo, accordion, and saxophone.  And when you went to her concerts, you would see her playing all of these - very well -  at some point of the show.  She really helped change the stage show for everyone in Country as she was a complete entertainer.  She and Dolly were among the first country women to headline really big tours.  Barbara had opening acts like Randy Travis, Steve Wariner and Garth Brooks open shows for her when they were young artists.

Crackers - A Hugely Quoted Song

At a very young age (13) she was playing pedal steel in Patsy Cline's band and had drawn the attention of all of Nashville.  She was one of the best pedal steel players around, and performed and toured with Johnny Cash at 12.  From a very young age, Barbara's complete showmanship was obvious from her family band that toured together.  All could see she was very different and could be a game changer given the right break.

Big Song -  This Is Where The Saying Came From

The story of her eventual "discovery" is legendary.  Word is in about an hour of a nightclub appearance in Nashville, she got offers from a bunch of different record companies. Some say it was six in one night.  Quite frankly, she was something we never really had before, as she would become an incredible live performer.  Even though today's concerts are far more techie, bigger and highly advanced, a Barbara Mandrell show was high energy as she was insanely talented on all of her instruments and vocals. We have not seen her equal since on that regard.  A Mandrell show was way more than singing and standing at a mic, countless wardrobe changes, and walking around onstage possibly playing a guitar.  It was the opposite -  It was real musical talent.

This Was A Big Hit

She broke through big in 1978 with Sleepin' Single In A Double Bed, and If Lovin' You Is Wrong, and the rest is history.  She then ran off a long line of big songs as she was right on time. Urban Cowboy Pop Country was coming into fashion and her sound and image was clearly that, and she took center stage.  She was not simply a country singer.  She was a great singer - vocalist and had mass appeal in and out of the country realm.  Taking nothing away from these great and talented women, but Mandrell, long before Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Shania and even Maren Morris, was melding different genres together in search of a unique sound. She was way ahead of the game and some of her songs more recently have had slick DJ  and rap remixes.

Till You're Gone - Saxophone

She had her own TV show starting in 1980 with her sisters on NBC. It was a variety show with good ratings and sent her soaring with new fans that ran for a few seasons.  She also guest starred on about every network prime time drama series of the era as she was also a pretty good actor.  Barbara Mandrell was a gigantic star, at the peak of her popularity on the charts on TV and in pop culture.

Great Song  -  Remade Nicely

On September 11, 1984 she was in a horrific car accident as a 19 year-old young man crossed the center line and hit her car head on. The young man was killed instantly, and Barbara was severely injured. Terrible leg injuries, memory loss, confusion, major speech problems, and serious lacerations.  I remember it like it was yesterday. I got my daily wake up call for the morning show at WRMZ in Columbus, and my friend and Overnight Personality, Doug Daniels told me about the accident as it happened at night. It was a sad day for the entertainment world at large. She spent almost two years recovering.

Pics From Scene And More

She did recover but stopped recording after a year or so and only performed.  Her priorities changed as did the entire direction of her life, then she retired in 1997.  And even though she does not perform, she remains a member of the Grand Ol Opry since she was invited to join in 1972.  She became an advocate for seat belt wearing, as she and her children in the car had put theirs on only a couple minutes before the crash.  (They all survived).

Barbara Mandrell's Amazing Home She Sold in 2002 Now A Hotel

There are others with more number ones and more gold albums, there always is. But Barbara Mandrell is one of the greatest entertainers ever in Country Music.  She was class and elegance in addition to be talented beyond measure in every way possible.  Dolly I feel inspired a whole new wave to want to be country singers, but I feel Barbara inspired new artists to be great.  She brought us a ton of new fans and we should always thank her for that. She was very important in our history.

The truly incredible  - Barbara Mandrell.

Read About Many Other Great Country Women Here!