Chiseled in Stone

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"Chiseled in Stone"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album Chiseled in Stone
B-side "Tight as Twin Fiddles"
ReleasedAugust 27, 1988
Genre Country
Length3:51
Label Columbia Nashville
Songwriter(s) Vern Gosdin, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
"Set 'Em Up Joe"
(1988)
"Chiseled in Stone"
(1988)
"Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time"
(1989)

"Chiseled in Stone" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in August 1988 as the third single and title track from the album Chiseled in Stone . The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Gosdin wrote the song with Max D. Barnes.

Vern Gosdin American country music singer

Vernon Gosdin was an American country music singer. Known as "The Voice" he had 19 top-10 solo hits on the country music charts from 1977 through 1990. Three of these hits went to Number One: "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance ", "Set 'Em Up Joe", and "I'm Still Crazy".

<i>Chiseled in Stone</i> (album) 1988 studio album by Vern Gosdin

Chiseled in Stone is a studio album by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in 1988 via Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

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"Chiseled in Stone" won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1989.

Country Music Association US music industry organization

The Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre. The objectives of the organization are to guide and enhance the development of Country Music throughout the world; to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers, consumers, and media; and to provide a unity of purpose for the Country Music industry. However the CMA may be best known to most country music fans for its annual Country Music Association Awards broadcast live on network television each fall.

Country Music Association Awards music award

The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are presented to country music artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry. The televised annual presentation ceremony features performances and award presentations by popular country music artists, with occasional appearances from pop and rock artists.

The backing vocals you hear in the song is a country artist who tours extensively with Gosdin by the name of Rodney Collins from the Second Hand Smoke Band.

Chart performance

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. December 10, 1988.