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100 Greatest Women, #68: Holly Dunn

April 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #68 Holly Dunn Opry member Holly Dunn had a solid five year run of hits that made her one of the more popular female country singers of the late eighties. That’s a

100 Greatest Women, #69: Gail Davies

April 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #69 Gail Davies Some artists simply come along before their time. They lay out a path that other artists will follow, but they don’t reap the benefits of it. Gail Davies was

100 Greatest Women, #70: Sammi Smith

April 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #70 Sammi Smith She may not have been part of the legendary Outlaws album, but long before the Outlaw movement was a media craze, Smith was the living embodiment of it. Her

Carrie Underwood, “Praying For Time”

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 11

Last year, the first Idols Give Back special found Carrie Underwood transforming the Pretenders classic “I’ll Stand By You” into an immaculate country ballad. This year, she reinvents the George Michael smash “Praying For Time.”

100 Greatest Women, #71: Norma Jean

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 0

100 Greatest Women #71 Norma Jean It’s hard to imagine Dolly Parton having trouble filling anybody’s shoes, but when she replaced Norma Jean on The Porter Wagoner Show in 1967, she was stepping into very

100 Greatest Women, #72: Nanci Griffith

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #72 Nanci Griffith The eighties brought a mini-folk revival to Music Row, with coffeehouse artists scoring major label deals. Of this group, only Mary Chapin Carpenter went on to mainstream country success,

100 Greatest Women, #73: Melba Montgomery

April 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #73 Melba Montgomery Ask most contemporary country fans about who George Jones sang all of those classic duets with, and they’ll say Tammy Wynette. Ask a fan with a deep love for

100 Greatest Women, #74: Shelby Lynne

April 20, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #74 Shelby Lynne She was only eighteen years old when she scored a major label record deal, but Shelby Lynne had already had enough life experience to be a convincing singer of

100 Greatest Women, #75: Sharon and Cheryl White

April 19, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #75 Sharon and Cheryl White (The Whites) One of the coolest success stories of the eighties. The Whites are a family bluegrass group made up of father Buck and daughters Sharon and

100 Greatest Women, #76: SHeDaisy

April 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women ong> #76 SHeDaisy When SHeDaisy hit the scene in 1999, they seemed like a quirky pop-country hybrid, two parts Shania Twain and one part Dixie Chicks. From the beginning, they were used