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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.”

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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

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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,

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Bucky Covington, “I’ll Walk”

April 19, 2008 Leeann Ward 14

This song by Bucky Covington has the potential to be his biggest hit to date. It has everything that mainstream country music programmers clamor to spin—an inoffensive production and an inspirational story. “I’ll Walk” is

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