Lila Elaine McCann is an American country music singer who made her debut at age 16 with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997 and was certified platinum in the United States.
Rebecca Lynn Howard is an American country music artist. She has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and has released three studio albums. Her highest-charting single, "Forgive", peaked at No. 12 on the country music charts in 2002. She is a founding member of the country-rock group Loving Mary.
"It's Your Love" is a song written by Stephony Smith, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in May 1997 as the first single from his album Everywhere. The song, featuring wife Faith Hill, reached number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in its fifth week on the chart. The song stayed there for six weeks, and became McGraw's and Hill's first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number seven. The accompanying music video, directed and produced by Sherman Halsey is notable in that it showcases Hill, who was very noticeably pregnant with the couple's first daughter, Gracie. The music video won Video of the Year at the 1997 Academy of Country Music Awards. The song was later recorded by pop trio She Moves, whose version peaked at number 67 on the Hot 100. The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country.
"Sweet Dreams" or "Sweet Dreams " is a country ballad, which was written by Don Gibson. Gibson originally recorded the song in 1955; his version hit the top ten of Billboard's country chart, but was eclipsed by the success of a competing version by Faron Young. In 1960, after Gibson had established himself as a country music superstar, he released a new version as a single. This version also charted in the top ten on the country chart and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number ninety-three. The song has become a country standard, with other notable versions by Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris.
"Country Sunshine" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West, remembered both as one of West's biggest chart hits, and also as the jingle from a classic Coca-Cola television ad: co-written by West with Billy Davis and Dianne Whiles, "Country Sunshine" was released September 1973 as the first single from West's Country Sunshine album.
"What If" is a song written by Diane Warren, and released in November 1997 by Reba McEntire and re-released in May 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robin Lee is an American country music artist. She recorded in the 1980s and 1990s as Robin Lee for Evergreen and Atlantic Records, charting at number 12 on Hot Country Songs in 1990 with Black Velvet. After charting her last single in 1994, she began working as a songwriter for other artists.
Lila is the debut album of American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "Down Came a Blackbird" (#28), "I Wanna Fall in Love", a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" (#42) and finally, "Yippy Ky Yay" (#63). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies, and it was the highest-selling debut album by a country artist in 1997.
Complete is the third album by the country music artist Lila McCann. Her final studio album to be released, it produced only one single on the Billboard country music charts in "Come a Little Closer". After that single failed to make Top 40 on the country charts, McCann left Warner Bros. Records' roster. The track "Mighty Mighty Love" was later recorded by Ty Herndon on his 2006 album Right About Now, from which it was released as a single. "Because of You" was later recorded by Celine Dion for limited editions of her 2002 album, A New Day Has Come. It is McCann's only album to not contain any writing credits from McCann herself.
Something in the Air is the second album from American country music singer Lila McCann. Her second and final album for Asylum Records, it was released in 1999 and it achieved RIAA gold certification. Four of its singles entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "With You" (#9), "Crush" (#41), "I Will Be" (#47) and "Kiss Me Now" (#41); "With You" was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 41, and became her first and only song to chart in the U.S.. "You're Gone" was originally slated as the album's first single, but was not released.
"Right Time of the Night" is the title of a composition by Peter McCann which became a Top Ten hit single in 1977 via a recording by Jennifer Warnes.
"Who's Cheatin' Who" is a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with "Love Scenes" on the B-side, and in early 1981, was her first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. 17 years later, Alan Jackson had chart success with the song as well, with his cover version reaching Top Five on the country charts. In January of 2020 the song was covered again and released as a single by the Vermont Rock and Roll band Third Shift.
Hope Floats: Music From the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1998 film Hope Floats. It was released by Capitol Records on April 7, 1998, featuring 13 tracks by country and rock singers. That year, the album reached #4 on The Billboard 200 and #1 on Top Country Albums. It is certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for U.S. shipments of two million copies.
"I Wanna Fall in Love" is a song written by Buddy Brock and Mark Spiro, and recorded by American country music artist Lila McCann. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from her debut album Lila. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1998 and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.
"With You" is a song written by Robin Lee Bruce and Matt Hendrix, and recorded by American country music artist Lila McCann. It was released in January 1999 as the first single from her album Something in the Air. The song reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1999, becoming her last Top 40 single to date. It was also McCann's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 41.
"She's Single Again" is a song written by Peter McCann and Charlie Craig and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in May 1985 as the first single from the album Somebody Else's Fire. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was also recorded by Reba McEntire for her 1985 album, Have I Got a Deal for You.
"Country Girl" is a song co-written and recorded by the American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in March 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Country Girl. The song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In addition, "Country Girl" was West's first song to enter the Canadian RPM Country chart, reaching a peak of number 5. West wrote the song with Red Lane.
"She Reminded Me of You" is a song recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in October 1988 as the second single from the album Chasin' Rainbows. The song reached #23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Peter McCann and Wayland Holyfield.
"Almost Over You" is a 1983 single by Sheena Easton from her Best Kept Secret LP. The single reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, while its Adult Contemporary peak was number 4. In Canada, the song reached number 35 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Buddy Brock is an American country music songwriter. His biggest hits to date are "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and made the Billboard Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992. Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something", which reached #6 on the Billboard country chart); "Haunted Heart", a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw; and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You", a top-40 country hit.
