Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Restless Heart, “A Tender Lie” August 21, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 3 Restless Heart’s final No. 1 hit of the eighties.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Restless Heart, “Wheels” June 25, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4 Restless Heart benefit from a change of subject.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Restless Heart, “Why Does it Have to Be (Wrong or Right)” May 13, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4 Restless Heart wonders why it has to be one promise too late.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Restless Heart, “I’ll Still Be Loving You” April 11, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 5 Restless Heart’s signature hit tops both charts.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Restless Heart, “That Rock Won’t Roll” March 14, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 6 Restless Heart gets an inauspicious start.
CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2022 Edition) November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 9 The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Restless Heart, “Fast Movin’ Train” June 4, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 “Fast Movin’ Train” is the sound of a superstar band slowing down.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #380-#371 December 14, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 8 Clint Black, Willie Nelson, and Ernest Tubb are the blue skies here.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #450-#441 September 11, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 11 The best entries in this run come from the slick countrypolitan era. The backside of the seventies, if you will.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #500-#491 July 27, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 6 As we enter the top 500 of this list, a YouTube playlist of the available entries can now be found at the end of the post.