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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
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International: Marty / marty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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@xxxxxxxxx



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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"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@xxxxxxxxx
or deborahwoodpublicity@xxxxxxxxx



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