| Ready, Willing and Able | ||||
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| Released | March 28, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:01 | |||
| Label | Giant | |||
| Producer | Richard Landis, Jeff Carlton | |||
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Ready, Willing and Able is the second album of American country music singer Daron Norwood. It was released on March 28, 1995 via Giant Records. The album's singles, "Bad Dog, No Biscuit" and "My Girl Friday", failed to reach the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs chart. [1]
The title track was later recorded by Lari White on her 1996 album Don't Fence Me In . White's version was a number 20 hit on the country charts that year. [2] "Between the Stone and Jones" was later recorded by Thrasher Shiver on their self-titled debut album.
"There'll Always Be a Honky Tonk Somewhere" was originally recorded by Randy Travis on his 1986 debut album Storms of Life .
Chris Dickinson of New Country magazine gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying that Norwood's voice was "straightforward and honest". He also praised the "pumped-up production" and stated that the album had "plenty of hooks", but called "Bad Dog, No Biscuit" "dopey" and "When Mama Cried" derivative of "Love Without End, Amen". [3]
John LaGale Horton was an American country, honky tonk and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits. His 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans" was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska ".
"Honky Tonk Women" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released as a non-album single on 4 July 1969 in the United Kingdom, and a week later in the United States. It topped the charts in both nations. The song was on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson, Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone, and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums). Prior to the band's founding, Carlson was a solo artist. With her as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville. After Carlson left in 1990 to pursue a solo career, the band recorded a fourth album for Warner with Nikki Nelson on lead vocals before exiting the label. One album each followed on Liberty, Intersound, and Free Falls Records under various lineups.
The Ramblin' Man is a studio album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1974.
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of eight albums between those two labels. During this timespan, Chesnutt also charted twenty top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which eight reached number one: "Brother Jukebox", "I'll Think of Something", "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", "I Just Wanted You to Know", "Gonna Get a Life", "It's a Little Too Late", and a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". His first three albums for MCA along with a 1996 Greatest Hits package issued on Decca are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1994's What a Way to Live, also issued on Decca, is certified gold. After a self-titled album in 2002 on Columbia Records, Chesnutt has continued to record predominantly on independent labels.
Mr. Country & Western Music is an album by American country music artist George Jones released in 1965 on the Musicor Records label.
The Reasons Why is the fourth studio album by the Canadian country music singer Michelle Wright. It was released in Canada on September 1, 1994, on Arista Nashville.
Storms of Life is the debut studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on June 2, 1986 by Warner Records. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for American shipments of three million copies. it features the singles "On the Other Hand", "1982", "Diggin' up Bones" and "No Place Like Home". Although "On the Other Hand" charted at number 67 on the Hot Country Songs chart upon its initial release, the song reached number one on the same chart once it was re-released, following "1982" which peaked at number six. "Diggin' up Bones" also reached number one, while "No Place Like Home" peaked at number two.
Flynnville Train is the debut album of American country music band Flynnville Train. The album was released by Show Dog Nashville on September 11, 2007 and it includes two chart singles: "Last Good Time" and "Nowhere Than Somewhere", which peaked at #47 and #50, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album was co-produced by Richard Young, rhythm guitarist of the country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. Richard Young also co-wrote the track "Truck Stop in the Sky" with his brother Fred Young, who is the drummer for The Kentucky Headhunters.
Daron Jay Norwood was an American country music singer. He released two albums for Giant Records and charted six times on Hot Country Songs.
Thrasher Shiver is the only album by the American country music duo Thrasher Shiver, which was composed of singer-songwriters Neil Thrasher and Kelly Shiver. Their only album, it was issued in 1996 on Asylum Records. Two singles were released from it: "Goin' Goin' Gone" and "Be Honest", which respectively reached #65 and #49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Thrasher Shiver produced the album along with Justin Niebank, while Archie Jordan also co-produced "Be Honest". "Between the Stones and Jones" was previously recorded by Daron Norwood on his 1995 album Ready, Willing and Able, and "Closer" was later recorded by the Canadian band Jo Hikk on its 2008 debut album Ride. After this album's release, Thrasher and Shiver parted ways, and Thrasher has since become a songwriter for other artists.
Don't Fence Me In is the third studio album by the American country music artist Lari White, released on February 16, 1996; it was her final album released for RCA Nashville Records, after which the label would drop her. Two singles were released from the album, "Ready, Willing and Able" and "Wild at Heart", the former hitting number 20 while the latter became her first single since 1993 to miss the top forty.
Trace Adkins is an American country music singer. His discography consists of fourteen studio albums and six greatest hits albums. Of his fourteen studio albums, six have been certified by the RIAA: 1997's Big Time is certified Gold, as are 2001's Chrome, and 2006's Dangerous Man. His 1996 debut Dreamin' Out Loud and 2003's Comin' On Strong are certified Platinum. 2005's Songs About Me is his best-selling album, certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. Two of Adkins' compilation albums, Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 and American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II are certified Platinum
Daniel "Dude" Mowrey is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1993, Mowrey recorded two studio albums, both on major labels: 1991's Honky Tonk on Capitol Records Nashville, and 1993's Dude Mowrey on Arista Nashville. These albums produced four singles for Mowrey on the Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these, "Cowboys Don't Cry", was later a Top 40 hit when Daron Norwood recorded it for his debut album three years after Mowrey's version. Another cut, "Fallin' Never Felt So Good", was later recorded by both Shawn Camp and Mark Chesnutt.
"Honky-Tonk Man" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Johnny Horton. It was released in March 1956 as his debut single on Columbia Records, and the album of the same name reaching number 9 on the U.S. country singles charts. Horton re-released the song six years later, taking it to number 11 on the same chart.
"Why Baby Why" is a country music song co-written and originally recorded by George Jones. Released in late 1955 on Starday Records and produced by Starday co-founder and Jones' manager Pappy Daily, it peaked at 4 on the Billboard country charts that year. It was Jones' first chart single, following several unsuccessful singles released during the prior year on Starday. "Why Baby Why", has gone on to become a country standard, having been covered by many artists.
Honky Tonk Boots is an album released in 2006 by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. His only release for the Category 5 Records album, it was also his first studio release since 2003's I Want My Money Back. The album's lead-off single, "Tennessee Girl", peaked at number 43 on the Billboard country charts in 2006. Honky Tonk Boots also reunited him with producers Buddy Cannon and Norro Wilson, who co-produced his first four albums.
"Ready, Willing and Able" is a song written by Jess Leary and Jody Alan Sweet. It was first recorded in 1994 by Daron Norwood for his 1995 Giant Records album of the same name.
Daron Norwood is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music singer Daron Norwood. It was released on February 1, 1994 via Giant Records. The album includes the singles "If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have You", "Cowboys Don't Cry", and "If I Ever Love Again", of which the first two were top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Cowboys Don't Cry" was originally released by Dude Mowrey on his 1991 album Honky Tonk. Both "Phonographic Memory" and "If I Ever Love Again" were originally recorded by their co-writer Curtis Wright on his 1992 self-titled album.
"Cowboys Don't Cry" is a song recorded by American country music artist Dude Mowrey. It was the only single from his 1991 debut album Honky Tonk. Mowrey's version charted at number 65 on the Hot Country Songs chart that year. The song was written by Jim Allison, Doug Gilmore, Bob Simon and Jeff Raymond.