"Live A Little" At No. 1

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BMI toasted the team behind the Kenny Chesney No. 1 hit “Live a Little” at a party in its Music Row lobby on June 2. The single, Chesney’s twenty-second trip to the top of the charts, was co-written by Shane Minor and David Lee Murphy. BMI songwriter Minor has lived more than a little: He was a bull rider and Los Angeles police officer before his current career as a hit-maker. The recent Chesney smash marks his fifth chart-topper.

(L-R): BMI’s Clay Bradley, BNA Records’ Bryan Frasher, producer Buddy Cannon, co-writers David Lee Murphy and Shane Minor, EMI Music Publishing Nashville’s Tom Luteran, BNA Records’ Skip Bishop, and BMI’s David Preston. Photo: Steve Lowry

Artist Updates: Sunny Sweeney, Margaret Durante, LeAnn Rimes

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Sunny Sweeney performed to a packed crowd in Louisville, KY recently (6/10) at 4th Street Live! Her set included several tunes from her album, due out on August 23, including her current single, “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving” and the Top 10 hit, “From A Table Away.”

Pictured (L-R): Sweeney and WAMZ PD Coyote Calhoun. Photo: Shari Roth, Courtesy of Republic Nashville

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Margaret Durante dropped by the MusicRow offices on Tuesday (6/14) to visit with the staff and perform a few songs from her Maybe Tonight digital EP.

Front Row (L-R): Tim McFadden, R&J Records; David Ross, Music Row; Margaret Durante; Sarah Skates, Music Row; Jon Freeman, Music Row. Back Row (L-R): Christie King, Music Row; Scott Siman, RPM Management; Schatzi Hageman, Hot Schatz PR; Sherod Robertson, Music Row Photo: Courtesy Hot Schatz PR

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LeAnn Rimes





LeAnn Rimes released her new song “Give” this week (6/14). “’Give’ is a powerful song with a message that I believe needs to be shared with the world, especially in these times,” Rimes says. “I’m so honored to sing this song and help spread that message.” Click to listen to the song.