Country Sweep: June 16th, 2012...
Now its time for a recap of the songs hitting the Billboard country chart this week...
The highest debut belongs to the reformed retro-country group the Mavericks, who were one of the most critically lauded (and personal favorite) groups of the 90s. They have five top-40 country hits, though they never even got close to a top-10 hit (thought they had a top-4 British pop hit with "Dance The Night Away"). Their latest comes in at #54, and it's "Born To Be Blue"..
American Idol contestant Bucky Covington debuts at #59 with "I Wanna Be That Feeling"...
and finally at #60, Lionel Richie's Tuskegee album of covers pairing him with country artists generates another single on the country charts for him, as "Deep River Woman" (a top-10 country hit with Alabama in the 80s gets revived with help from four-person harmony powerhouse group Little Big Town....
(Sorry for the crappy video here's a link to listen in Rhapsody) and here's a audio clip...
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