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"Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" is a song written by Larry Boone, Earl Clark and Paul Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in May 1994 as a single from the soundtrack of the 1994 movie Maverick. It peaked at number 7 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 5 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
"Womanhood" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. In Braddock's 2015 memoir, A Life on Nashville's Music Row, he described it as "a song about a girl having a tearful talk with God about losing her virginity." Braddock initially discarded the song after writing it but was convinced by his fiancée to play it for his music publisher.
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- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Tracy Lawrence biography". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ↑ Braddock, Bobby (2015). A Life on Nashville's Music Row. Nashville, Tennessee: Country Music Foundation Press/Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 245–250. ISBN 978-0-8265-2082-1.
- ↑ Billboard , May 13, 1995
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9046." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. July 10, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Tracy Lawrence Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM . December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
