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Top 10 Super Country Hits - December 16th, 2007 - 50th Survey - Fifth Year
songs rated based on points system from radio and tv play
Artist/Song
a.. 1 - Taylor Swift - Our Song
a.. 2 - Carrie Underwood - So Small
a.. 3 - Sugarland - Stay
a.. 4 - Kenny Chesney - Don't Blink
a.. 5 - Garth Brooks - More Than A Memory
a.. 6 - Josh Turner - Firecracker
a.. 7 - Montgomery Gentry - What Do Ya Think ABout That
a.. 8 - Trace Adkins - I Got My Game On
a.. 9 - Keith Urban - Everybody
a.. 10 - Gary Allan - Watching Airplanes

Hot Rising Single
Tim McGraw - Suspicions

Keep An Eye On Single
Kenny Chesney - Shiftwork

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      MONTGOMERY GENTRY RECEIVES FIRST GRAMMY NOMINTATION!



      (Nashville, TN) The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 
announced the nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards today and 
country music super duo, MONTGOMERY GENTRY have garnered their first 
nomination in the following category:


      ·         Best Performance by a Duo of Group with Vocals for "Lucky 
Man"


      "We are excited and humbled," said Troy Gentry. "We have won an ACM, 
CMA and an American Music Award, but have never received a GRAMMY nomination 
in our ten years of making music together. Receiving this nomination 
completes the circle for me and my recording partner and best friend, Eddie 
Montgomery."


      "I am speechless," said Eddie Montgomery. "We are so humbled by this 
honor. We want to thank our families, friends, fans, supporters, and most of 
all, God who makes all things happen."


      The GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, February 10th at 8pm 
EST on CBS. You can find out more information on the awards show by visiting 
www.grammy.com. For more information on Montgomery Gentry please visit 
www.montgomerygentry.com.

      Montgomery Gentry Media Contact:


      Columbia Records / Song BMG
      Wes Vause
      615-301-4373

      Media Contacts:


      Webster & Associates Public Relations 615-777-6995
      Newspaper: Megan Jakes / megan@websterpr.com
      Magazines: Don Grubbs / don@websterpr.com
      TV: Kirt Webster / kirt@websterpr.com
      Online: Nick Carver / nick@websterpr.com
      Syndicated Radio: Chelsey Shults / chelsey@websterpr.com
      International: Marty / marty@websterpr.com

      Emerson Drive Receives GRAMMY Nod!

      Nashville, TN  --  Midas Recording artists Emerson Drive just marked 
another career milestone with a GRAMMY nomination this morning for "Best 
Country Performance By A Group or Duo with Vocals" for their #1 hit 
"Moments."

      "Wow, what a great way to wrap up 2007!  We just found out about our 
nomination this morning while we were in the recording studio working on our 
new record.  To be nominated in the same category with The Eagles, who are 
our heroes, as well as all of the other great artists in the category is a 
real honor for us.  We are so grateful and now supercharged for the rest of 
the day!" commented Brad Mates, lead vocalist.

      The band is taking a break from the road right now, but not taking 
time off. They are in the studio working on their next release. They also 
took advantage of their time at home here in Nashville on Tuesday to drop by 
and sing a few songs at their favorite "in town gig," The Grand Ole Opry. 
The band performed several songs including their #1 hit "Moments," and their 
newest hit "You Still Own Me," and received an impromptu request from the 
evening's host Keith Bilbrey to perform yet another song for the packed 
house at the renowned Ryman Auditorium.

      www.emersondrive.com and www.myspace.com/emersondrive

      CRB, Inc. Announces Performers For CRS 39 New Faces of Country Music 
Show T



      (Nashville, Tennessee - December 5, 2007) - Country Radio 
Broadcasters, Inc. is pleased to announce the performers for the 2008 
Country Radio Seminar ® (CRS-39) New Faces of Country Music Show T on March 
7th, 2008. The participating artists are Luke Bryan, Jason Michael Carroll, 
Bucky Covington, Jake Owen, and Taylor Swift.


      The New Faces of Country Music Show T (co-sponsored by Radio and 
Records and The Country Music Association) is one of the major highlights of 
the seminar each year. It includes 20-minute performances by five emerging 
artists that have achieved significant success at country radio during the 
qualification period. The participants are chosen by the country radio 
registrants who attended the Country Radio Seminar ® earlier this year.* 
This year's votes were tallied by the Nashville based firm of Flood Bumstead 
McCready & McCarthy Inc.


      "The 2008 New Faces of Country Music ® is one of the strongest classes 
to perform at CRS," said CRB Executive Director Ed Salamon. "The radio and 
music industry attendees will have a great opportunity to experience 
Country's future stars."


      Luke Bryan grew up in Leesburg, GA working on his father's farm. Bryan 
got his first guitar at the age of 14, within two years he was an 
accomplished songwriter, and the leader of a popular local band. In 2001, he 
came to Nashville to pursue his career and signed with Capitol Records 
Nashville. In 2006, Bryan released his debut album, I'll Stay Me which 
includes his hit single "All My Friends Say."


      As the son of a North Carolina preacher, Jason Michael Carroll was not 
allowed to listen to secular music at home. This didn't deter Carroll from 
pursuing his dreams. After high school, he played with local bands and won 
Fox's "Gimme the Mike" vocal competition. Following his move to Nashville, 
he recorded several demos and signed with Arista Records. Carroll released 
his debut studio album, Waitin' in the Country in 2006. His breakout single 
"Alyssa Lies" earned him considerable national attention upon its release.


      Bucky Covington grew up in Rockingham, North Carolina racing dirt 
bikes and four wheelers and loving Country music. Years of singing with 
Country and Southern Rock bands led him to a spot on American Idol. His 
self-titled debut album was produced by Mark Miller, of Sawyer Brown fame. 
Covington's debut single, "In A Different World," on Lyric Street Records 
was instantly accepted by Country Radio and earned him a place on country 
playlists all across the country.


      Growing up in Florida, Jake Owen was a stand-out athlete until a 
sport's injury led him to explore other interests. In college he started 
playing guitar and performing at small venues around the Florida State 
University campus. Nine credits short of his political science degree, Owen 
moved to Nashville to pursue a music career. He signed to RCA Records and 
released his debut album, Startin' With Me in 2006 and has been a fixture on 
the national charts ever since.


      At age 12, Taylor Swift picked up a guitar and was immediately 
inspired to write songs. Her family moved to Nashville from Wyomissing, 
Pennsylvania so that she could pursue her dream of being a Country artist. 
Since signing with Big Machine Records, her career has taken the fast track 
with a Platinum debut album, a CMA Horizon Award, and back to back radio 
successes including her debut "Tim McGraw", and the chart topping "Teardrops 
On My Guitar."


      CRS-39 ® will be held March 5th through March 7th, 2008 at the 
Nashville Convention Center. Complete seminar information may be obtained by 
contacting CRB, Inc. at 615.327.4487 or by visiting www.crb.org. Country 
Radio Seminar is a registered trademark of Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.


      ###


      *Registered radio attendees from the previous Country Radio Seminar 
who provided or provide an email address will be asked to vote for FIVE 
participants from the ballot. (Radio is defined as any employee of a 
call-letter, terrestrial radio station.

      CAROL CHANNING RECORDS SONG FOR ALL-STAR TRIBUTE ALBUM HONORING GOSPEL 
MUSIC LEGEND DOTTIE RAMBO


      NASHVILLE, TENN.  (December 6, 2007)-Tony Award-winning Carol 
Channing, star of stage and screen, has recorded the song "One More Valley" 
for an upcoming all-star tribute album featuring the songs of gospel music 
legend Dottie Rambo.  Scheduled for release in 2008 from the Daywind Music 
Group, the album will feature performers from various music genres and areas 
of entertainment singing classic songs from Rambo's vast repertoire. 
Channing recorded the song in her hometown of Modesto, California, earlier 
this month with arranger John Wyatt.


      "Singing 'One More Valley' written by Dottie Rambo is the classic 
reflection of our lives and living," said Channing.  "I have the honor and 
privilege of doing this tribute to her, and I hope to be asked to do a 
similar work someday.  Holiday greetings to all!"


      "I can't stop playing the song," said an exhuberant Rambo.  "I'm like 
a little girl on Christmas morning, opening her first doll.  What a thrill 
and an honor to have Carol's outstanding contribution to this project."


      Rambo's manager, Larry Ferguson, who is executive producing the 
tribute album, described Channing's recording as "sort of a fusion 
Dixieland, traditional gospel, and New Orleans music mixed with a lot of 
Carol Channing.  I have always loved her voice and her ability to tell a 
story with her trademark vocal."


      Rambo ranks with the legendary Fanny Crosby as women who have had the 
greatest impact in the field of gospel music.  She began writing songs as an 
eight-year-old sitting on a creek bank near her Morganfield, Kentucky home. 
She left home to tour at age 12 and was "discovered" as a teenager by the 
legendary Gov. Jimmie Davis of Louisiana, who signed her to a publishing 
deal.  Hardly any modern hymnal fails to include at least one of the more 
than 2,500 songs Rambo has written and published.  Her songs have been 
recorded by a "Who's Who" of American music, including Whitney Houston ("I 
Go to the Rock"), Jerry Lee Lewis ("He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My 
Needs," "Too Much to Gain to Lose"), Dolly Parton ("Stand By the River") and 
Elvis Presley ("If That Isn't Love").  Rambo won a Grammy® award in 1968 for 
her album It's the Soul of Me. Rambo was recently inducted into the 
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.  She is a member of the Southern Gospel 
Music Association Hall of Fame and is a two-time inductee into the Gospel 
Music Hall of Fame - once as a soloist and again as a member of the Rambo 
trio.   In 2001, Rambo received the ASCAP Foundation's Lifetime Achievement 
Award.  She is also a member of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.


      Carol Channing made her Broadway debut in 1948 in Blitzstein's No For 
An Answer and came to international prominence with her performance as 
Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.  She won a Tony Award for her 
portrayal of Dolly Levi in Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! while the original 
cast album knocked the Beatles off the charts when it was released in 1964. 
Channing's performance as Muzzy in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie earned 
her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award.  She has made multiple 
appearances in television specials, variety series and movies, including 
Alice Through the Looking Glass, where she portrayed the White Queen.  Her 
unique voice is also well-known to children, as she has voiced characters in 
The Addams Family, Thumbelina and Space Ghost, among others, and recorded 
twenty albums reading classic children's stories, including Winnie the Pooh 
and Madeline.  Channing received the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995 
and the Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award from the Actors' Fund of 
America in 2003.



      Contact:

      Karen Byrd/Karen Byrd Public Relations

      615-595-1500

      Karen.byrd@gmail.com



      CANADIAN CMA ANNOUNCES VANCOUVER AS HOST OF COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK AND 
AWARDS FOR 2009

      2008 Week Activities Set For Winnipeg, Manitoba



      (Nashville, TN -- December 5th, 2007) The Canadian Country Music 
Association announced that Vancouver, British Columbia will play host to 
Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Awards in 2009; which 
marks the first time the events will take place on the West Coast since 
1987.


      Today's announcement was made in Vancouver by the Chair of the 
Canadian CMA Board of Directors, Heather Ostertag, who presented Stan Hagen, 
Minister of Tourism, Sports and the Arts, with a special award to 
commemorate Vancouver's successful bid for Canada's biggest week in country 
music. Also on hand for the announcement were honorary Co-Chairs of the 
Vancouver Host Committee, Lisa Brokop and Steve Darling.


      "We are thrilled to be coming to Vancouver in 2009," said Ostertag. 
"The support we have received so far, not only from the Bid Committee but 
also from the Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver has 
been incredible. Vancouver is a beautiful city and we are excited to be 
bringing Canada's top country artists to the fans."


      Lynn Robertson, Co-Chair of the Vancouver Bid Committee said, "We were 
delighted to hear that our bid submission was successful and we look forward 
to working with the Canadian CMA to put together a memorable event for both 
the music industry and fans alike.


      "Our goal as a Host Committee is to make the most enjoyable, most 
profitable, and most attended event the Canadian CMA has ever seen," said 
Co-Chair of the Bid Committee, Mark Jiles. "Having Country Music Week 2009 
in Vancouver will be held September 11-14 with the CCMA Awards to be held 
September 14. Before heading to the West Coast, the Canadian Country Music 
Association will celebrate Country Music Week on the Prairies.


      The 2008 Country Music Week is set for September 5-8 in Winnipeg, 
Manitoba. Details regarding the week's activities are forthcoming. For more 
information, please visit www.ccma.org.


CHERYL DUNN is releasing her first ever Christmas album - titled EMMANUEL 
WHITE CHRISTMAS!

The official release date will be December 15th. Emmanuel White Christmas 
was recorded in Ottawa an includes some traditional Christmas songs along 
with a couple new songs co-written by Cheryl!

"Recording this Christmas album was truly a dream come true, as Christmas is 
a very special time for my family and I. I'm looking forward to sharing 
Emmanuel White Christmas with my fans and extended family on my 2007 
Christmas Tour. This will definitely be a night to rejoice, a time to 
reflect and a time to spread good will!"  Watch Cheryl's schedule for 
concerts in your area. To go to the Cheryl's website click CherylDunn.com or 
for a direct link to the schedule go to CherylDunn/Events .

Cheryl Dunn Music Ministry
http://cheryldunn.com
cheryl@cheryldunn.com

"Best Song of the Month"
Canada's singer/songwriter BREA (Lawrenson) recently was announced as the 
winner of the "Best Song of the Month" Contest for the month of November for 
her song "IF I'M NOT HERE TOMORROW". Currently Brea is attracting airplay 
across Canada with "First Day Of School" from her debut album - NO REGRETS. 
The SongwriterUniverse Magazine's "Best Song of the Month" contest honors 
and publicizes the top songs which are submitted to SongwriterUniverse each 
month. The contest not only spotlights the winning song and songwriter, but 
also showcases the Top Five new songs each month. We at Deborah Wood 
Publicity congratulate Brea on this win and look forward to working with 
Brea once again in the new year on her next single! For further information 
on Brea's win please go to: www.songwriteruniverse.com For further 
information on Brea please go to: www.breanoregrets.com  or 
www.myspace.com/brea001  For interviews or copies of Brea's debut album 
please contact Deborah Wood Publicity at 905-373-4186 or codeywt@yahoo.com 
or deborahwoodpublicity@gmail.com



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