Comments on: 100 Greatest Men: #98. Lee Greenwood

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:05:43 +0000

…lee greenwood is a fine example of what country music can, but really shouldn’t be. on the other hand, i seriously enjoy listening to that greatest hits collection of his and his sound represents his era in a way that one could even favourabley conclude that he was somewhat responsible and perhaps even influential for how country sounded in the early eighties.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:26:29 +0000

I loved “Hopelessly Yours.” Lee has a great voice, and he and Suzy sound so great together.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:25:39 +0000

He did, Scott. Top of the list.
http://www.countryuniverse.net/features/countdowns/

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:51:14 +0000

‘It turns me Inside out” Great debut single..Hey kevin, Maybe you should do a top 50 Greastest Debut Singles feature at some point?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:18:29 +0000

Besides “God Bless the USA”, the only Lee Greenwood song I ever heard before is “Hopelessly Yours”, his duet with Suzy Bogguss.

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:26:13 +0000

Lee Greenwood was actually a pretty good singer with at least some grit in his voice to go along with the 80s production. For a short while in the late 70s or early 80s, Lee lived in Central Florida and did some commercials in the area

Lee was pretty good at selecting songs and was the first artist to record “Wind Beneath My Wings”, planning on it being the second single off the SOMEBODY’S GONNA LOVE YOU album after “I.O.U.”. Ultimately Gary Morris recorded and rush released the song was “I.O.U.” was still high on the charts. Lee’s version is still the best version of the song that I’ve ever heard.

By the way, the essential album is Lee Greenwood:The Definitive Collection, released in 2006 on MCA Nashville – it has all of his big hits – 23 top twenty records.

I think Lee belongs a little higher than this but not much higher