(L-R): John Van Mol, chairman of the board, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation; Gregg Morton, President of AT&T of Tennessee and inductees Tony Arata, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Larry Henley and Kim Williams.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 42nd Anniversary Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony was held last night (10/7) at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame inductees
Larry Henley: “Til I Get It Right,” “Is It Still Over,” “The Wind Beneath My Wings”
Kim Williams: “Papa Loved Mama,” “New Way To Fly,” “Three Wooden Crosses”
Mary Chapin Carpenter: “The Hard Way,” “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”
Tony Arata: “Here I Am,” “Holding My Own,” “The Change,” “The Dance”
Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award: the late Donna Hilley, former president and chief executive officer of Sony/ATV Nashville
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Songwriter Achievement Awards
Song of the Year: “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton, which returned to radio this year following the untimely death of superstar Whitney Houston.
Songwriter/Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift won for the fifth time in six years for self-penned hits including “Sparks Fly,” “Ours,” “If This Was A Movie,” and “The Story Of Us.”
Songwriter of the Year: Dallas Davidson, co-writer of hits such as “We Owned The Night” and “Just A Kiss” by Lady Antebellum, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” by Luke Bryan, “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” by Justin Moore, “Where I Come From” by Montgomery Gentry, “This Ole Boy” by Craig Morgan, “Take It Off” by Joe Nichols and “A Buncha Girls” by Frankie Ballard.
“The Songs I Wish I’d Written”
“A Woman Like You” (Phil Barton, Johnny Bulford, Jon Stone / recorded by Lee Brice)
“Better Than I Used To Be” (Ashley Gorley, Bryan Simpson / recorded by Tim McGraw)
“Cost Of Livin’” (Phillip Coleman, Ronnie Dunn / recorded by Ronnie Dunn)
“Even If It Breaks Your Heart” (Will Hoge, Eric Paslay / recorded by the Eli Young Band)
“Fly Over States” (Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher / recorded by Jason Aldean)
“I Will Always Love You” (Dolly Parton / recorded by Whitney Houston)
“Just Fishin’” (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, Ed Hill / recorded by Trace Adkins)
“Red Solo Cup” (Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren / recorded by Toby Keith)
“Springsteen” (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell / recorded by Eric Church)
“You And Tequila” (Matraca Berg, Deana Carter / recorded by Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter)
As announced last week, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame will soon have a physical home in the new Music City Center.
For exclusive awards coverage, read the subscriber-only column, “Bobby Karl Works The Room.”
R.O.P.E. Awards Thursday Night
/by Sarah SkatesT.G. Sheppard and Kelly Lang
The R.O.P.E. (Reunion Of Professional Entertainers) Awards will be presented Thurs., Oct. 11. It is the 25th Anniversary of the banquet and ceremony.
T.G. Sheppard and Kelly Lang will perform at the event at the Nashville Palace on McGavock Pike. Keith Bilbrey from Larry’s Country Dinner will host.
The 6 PM meet and greet will lead into dinner at 7 PM, followed by the awards presentation at 8 PM and the show at 9 PM.
Tickets are $50 each or $1000 for a sponsor table. For more information, contact R.O.P.E. at 615-860-9257
CMA and IEBA Partner For Live Music Awards
/by Eric T. ParkerCMA CEO Steve Moore spoke exclusively with MusicRow about the event. Moore has previously received three SRO honors himself, including as Promoter of the Year for his work as the first Executive Director of the Starwood Amphitheater and as SVP of AEG Live.
He says, “On a personal level, the event got me exposed to the CMA. It was meaningful to receive that recognition among my peers, friends and colleagues for work behind the scenes. So, it seemed fitting to bring it back to honor some of the unsung heroes who keep the live events moving. It isn’t that big of a secret that the live touring industry is a strong and vital component of our industry. This year we partnered with another non-profit industry professional organization, IEBA, which I think will work out very nicely.”
For the collaborative evening, IEBA will honor Hall of Fame inductees Charley Pride, Ray Pilszak and Joe LaGuardia (posthumously), with appearances by David Cassidy, Peter Noone, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Ronnie Dunn, Neal McCoy and surprise guests. Set to perform are Melinda Doolittle and Belmont University School of Music students Reid Johnson, Charles Rogers and Rayvon Owen, under the direction of Henry W. Smiley. MC Hammer will host.
Click here to view a list of SRO nominees.
Tickets for the event are sold out.
Artist Snapshots (10/9/12)
/by FreemanJerrod Niemann just released his sophomore album Free The Music on Oct. 2 and on release day he was in New York to visit and make a donation to the children of PS22 Chorus. The talented fifth graders, who have been featured on Oprah, NBC Nightly News and more, surprised Niemann by accompanying him on the choruses of his current single “Shinin’ On Me.” See the visit here.
Jerrod Niemann poses with some of the talented fifth graders of the PS22 Chorus. Credit: PS22 Chorus
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(L-R): Guitarist Cade Doyle and Maggie Rose at Heinz Field.
Maggie Rose performed the national anthem this past Sunday, October 7 before the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Philadelphia Eagles at Heinz Field. “I was a little nervous to sing the anthem, but those Steeler fans made me feel right at home,” says Maggie. The rpme artist was recently named CMT’s Listen Up artist for the month October, and her single “I Ain’t Your Mama” is making its way up the charts. Click here to listen to the performance from this weekend.
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Claudia Lee as Magnolia. Photo: Greg Gayne/The CW; 2012 The CW Network.
Singer/actress Claudia Lee has released her new single to radio called “Take My Hand.” Lee, who currently stars as Magnolia on the CW Network’s Hart of Dixie, will perform the song in the second episode of the show’s second season, which airs tonight at 8 pm/ET. It will be the first time her character has performed on the show. Previous singles include “Hollywood Sunset,” “3 Leaf Clover,” and “It Gets Better.” Lee has also been cast in the upcoming film Kick-Ass 2 for Universal Pictures.
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Photo: Talladega Superspeedway
Republic Nashville’s new artist RaeLynn sang the national anthem at the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on October 7th. The performance was aired nationally on ESPN before the race.
Preview Aldean’s “Night Train” on iTunes
/by Sarah SkatesLead single “Take A Little Ride” is in its third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Songs chart. It was the biggest digital debut ever by a male country artist and rose to the top of the country charts faster than any other song this year. This marks Aldean’s sixth consecutive No. 1 and tenth of his career.
Aldean recently earned three Country Music Association Awards nominations for the Nov. 1 show, in the categories of Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year for “Dirt Road Anthem.”
Additionally, the BBR artist has sold out every show on his My Kinda Party Tour presented by State Farm®, selling 1.9 million tickets and breaking over 40 venue attendance records. The tour wraps Oct. 27 in Dallas.
Industry Ink (10/9/12)
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David Levin
BMI has announced the appointment of David Levin as Vice President, New Media. The New York-based Levin will be responsible for the growth of digital revenues, addressing digital market needs, and managing day-to-day operations for BMI’s New Media licensing business. Previously, Levin spent 12 years at Sony Music Entertainment where he was most recently SVP, Digital Sales. He will report to Richard Conlon, SVP of Corporate Strategy, Communications, and New Media.
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Live music powerhouses Tour Supply, Inc. and JH Audio have announced a strategic partnership to serve their mutual customers with top quality gear. Sales reps from JH Audio will be based out of Tour Supply’s New York and Nashville locations, to provide a one-stop hub for sales of JH Audio’s popular in-ear monitor systems and Tour Supply’s pro audio goods.
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The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) recently named Lisa Harless, Sr. VP of Regions Bank’s Sports and Entertainment Division, the 2012 recipient of its Stephen Foster Award. The honor was presented at NSAI’s “World’s Largest No. 1 Party” on Sept. 17 in recognition of Harless’ outstanding support to songwriters, the music industry, and NSAI.
(L-R): Lee Thomas Miller, President of NSAI; Lisa Harless, Regions Bank Sports and Entertainment Division; Maria Pallante, United States Registrar of Copyrights; Susan Stewart, South Regional Director of The Recording Academy; Robert Frost of Frost Specialty; Susan Myers, Director of Sponsorships, NSAI.
CMA Broadcast Award Winners
/by Sarah SkatesJason Aldean congratulates "CMT's Country Countdown USA" host Lon Helton.
Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley surprised radio professionals this week with news of their CMA Broadcast Award wins. Paisley called all Station and Broadcast Personality of the Year winners in the Small, Medium, Large, and Major Market categories.
Aldean notifed National Broadcast Personality of the Year winner Lon Helton during a visit to a taping of Helton’s popular “CMT’s Country Countdown USA.”
The CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year and CMA Radio Station of the Year recipients will be recognized during The 46th Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Paisley and Carrie Underwood Thurs., Nov. 1 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, airing live on ABC.
The announcement of the CMA Broadcast Award winners is the pinnacle of what CMA has deemed the Year of Country Radio. As a cornerstone of the campaign, CMA granted complimentary membership to every Country radio station in the U.S. as well as complimentary individual memberships to the general manager and program director at each station.
2012 CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year Winners
National – Lon Helton, “CMT’s Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Dial Global)
Major Market – Donna Valentine and Mike Mussman, “K102 Wakeup Crew” KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Large Market – Randy Carroll and Jamie Martin,“KJ and Friends” KAJA, San Antonio, Texas
Medium Market – Tom O’Brien, Roger Todd, and Melissa Moran, “The 97 Country Breakfast Club” WPCV, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
Small Market – Bill Poindexter and Melissa Turner, “Dex and Mo Show” WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
2012 CMA Radio Station of the Year Winners
Major Market – WKLB, Boston, Mass.
Large Market – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Medium Market – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn.
Small Market – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
CMT Artists of the Year to Air in December
/by FreemanThe 90-minute special will celebrate 2012’s biggest and brightest country artists with one-of-a-kind performances and tributes. Previous honorees include Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Zac Brown Band.
CMT Artists of the Year is executive produced by R.A. Clark, John Hamlin, and Margaret Comeaux.
Oak Ridge Boys Celebrate 40th Anniversary
/by Eric T. ParkerOak Ridge Boys. Photo: Mike Payne
The Oak Ridge Boys will mark four decades of music with the a commemorative CD and The Oak Ridge Boys 40th Anniversary Tour.
January 19-20 will mark the beginning of the tour at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, TX.
Whistle stops will continue for the group’s ongoing partnership with America by Rail, which invites audiences traveling by rail to visit the Oak Ridge Boys Theatre in Branson.
The quartet will also set sail to Cozumel for The Oak Ridge Boys Rally at Sea, February 28-March 4, including two shows and a meet & greet.
The band released the new CD Christmas Time’s A-Coming on September 25. An exclusive version of the album, featuring two bonus tracks, is available at Cracker Barrel. The album marks the group’s sixth holiday CD, which will be supported by the group’s annual Christmas tour of 20 years, preceding the 40th Anniversary Tour.
More information can be found here.
Weblinks: New Film In Nashville
/by Sarah SkatesSeth Green on the set of The Identical.
• Columbia’s Steve Barnett could jump ship from Sony to Universal, according to the New York Times. He is currently one of two chairmen of Sony’s Columbia and could be named chairman of Universal’s Capitol Records Group, heading EMI’s US labels, including Capitol, Virgin and Blue Note.
• Independent feature film The Identical started production in Nashville last week. Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green, and Joe Pantoliano star in the drama, which is the first movie from local outfit City of Peace Films. Nashvillian Dustin Marcellino is directing. His father, Yochanan Marcellino and grandfather, record producer Jerry Marcellino (Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson) are producing original music for the story which follows a musical family from the 1950s to 1970s. Nashvillian Howie Klausner (Space Cowboys) wrote the screenplay. Locations have included the Grand Ole Opry House and War Memorial Auditorium. The Identical is slated for fall 2013 release. More from Variety.
• Late Nashville resident Donna Summer is among the nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. Also on the list are The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, Deep Purple, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Albert King, Kraftwerk, The Marvelettes, The Meters, Randy Newman, N.W.A., Procol Harum, Public Enemy, and Rush. Ballots will be sent to an international voting body of more than 600 artists, historians and members of the music industry. The 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Thurs., April 18, 2013. The show will be broadcast on HBO at a later date. More here.
• The Wall Street Journal offers an “Insider’s Guide to Nashville” featuring the favorite spots of Lee Ann Womack, Manuel, Eddie George and Margot McCormack.
Honorees at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner
/by Sarah Skates(L-R): John Van Mol, chairman of the board, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation; Gregg Morton, President of AT&T of Tennessee and inductees Tony Arata, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Larry Henley and Kim Williams.
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 42nd Anniversary Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony was held last night (10/7) at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame inductees
Larry Henley: “Til I Get It Right,” “Is It Still Over,” “The Wind Beneath My Wings”
Kim Williams: “Papa Loved Mama,” “New Way To Fly,” “Three Wooden Crosses”
Mary Chapin Carpenter: “The Hard Way,” “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”
Tony Arata: “Here I Am,” “Holding My Own,” “The Change,” “The Dance”
Frances Williams Preston Mentor Award: the late Donna Hilley, former president and chief executive officer of Sony/ATV Nashville
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Songwriter Achievement Awards
Song of the Year: “I Will Always Love You” by Dolly Parton, which returned to radio this year following the untimely death of superstar Whitney Houston.
Songwriter/Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift won for the fifth time in six years for self-penned hits including “Sparks Fly,” “Ours,” “If This Was A Movie,” and “The Story Of Us.”
Songwriter of the Year: Dallas Davidson, co-writer of hits such as “We Owned The Night” and “Just A Kiss” by Lady Antebellum, “I Don’t Want This Night To End” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” by Luke Bryan, “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” by Justin Moore, “Where I Come From” by Montgomery Gentry, “This Ole Boy” by Craig Morgan, “Take It Off” by Joe Nichols and “A Buncha Girls” by Frankie Ballard.
“The Songs I Wish I’d Written”
“A Woman Like You” (Phil Barton, Johnny Bulford, Jon Stone / recorded by Lee Brice)
“Better Than I Used To Be” (Ashley Gorley, Bryan Simpson / recorded by Tim McGraw)
“Cost Of Livin’” (Phillip Coleman, Ronnie Dunn / recorded by Ronnie Dunn)
“Even If It Breaks Your Heart” (Will Hoge, Eric Paslay / recorded by the Eli Young Band)
“Fly Over States” (Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher / recorded by Jason Aldean)
“I Will Always Love You” (Dolly Parton / recorded by Whitney Houston)
“Just Fishin’” (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, Ed Hill / recorded by Trace Adkins)
“Red Solo Cup” (Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren / recorded by Toby Keith)
“Springsteen” (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell / recorded by Eric Church)
“You And Tequila” (Matraca Berg, Deana Carter / recorded by Kenny Chesney w/ Grace Potter)
As announced last week, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame will soon have a physical home in the new Music City Center.
For exclusive awards coverage, read the subscriber-only column, “Bobby Karl Works The Room.”