Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Strait, “It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You” March 19, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4 George Strait’s adept phrasing skills make this ballad soar.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Strait, “Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her” February 23, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 3 George Strait makes a hit out of an awkward framing device.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Strait, “The Chair” January 8, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4 Three future Hall of Famers get together for the most out of left field chart topper of the year.
Pam Tillis Ranked: #25 – #1 June 22, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 0 Our inaugural edition of Ranked concludes with the top 25 records to date from the legendary Pam Tillis.
Every #1 Single of the Nineties: George Strait, “Easy Come, Easy Go” January 16, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 3 One of George Strait’s best nineties hits keeps his hot streak going.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: George Strait, “If I Know Me” July 20, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 George Strait continues to keep pace with the new and rising stars of the early nineties.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: George Strait, “I’ve Come to Expect it From You” July 4, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 4 George Strait takes the Billboard chart into 1991 with this long-running No. 1 single.
Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Hank Williams, Jr, Marty Stuart, and Dean Dillon August 12, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 4 An excellent set of inductees this year.
Single Review: George Strait, “Every Little Honky Tonk Bar” February 16, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 4 This is way better than any of the drinking songs you’re going to hear on the radio today, and a promising preview of his upcoming studio album.
2017 ACM Awards: Predictions and Personal Picks April 2, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 11 Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi are already winners. Here are our predictions and picks for the rest of this year’s ACM ballot.