SPRING INTO ACTION AND START REQUESTING THESE NEW SINGLES

It's officially Spring, so spring into action and start requesting these new singles hitting country radio the rest of this month and into April. If you don't request, they don't get added. Your requests make the difference.

April 1

Casey James: The Good Life
Kacey Musgraves: Blowin’ Smoke
Lucas Hoge: Should’ve Loved
Lisa Torres: Get A Little Lonesome

April 8

Pistol Annies: Hush Hush

April 15

Rachel Holder: Five Days
Chris Cagle: Dance Baby Dance

MARCH WINDS ARE BLOWING IN SOME GREAT NEW MUSIC FROM YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS

They say "In like a lion" ... Well  no joke with that because March is blowing in with lots of great new music! Keep letting your stations know you want to hear these great singles. Promote your favorites on social media, your websites, or just word of mouth in your community. That's how good music gets heard (well, that and money. LOL). We prefer to do it above board and get it played because the music is genuinely good.

March  18

Justin Moore/Point At You/Valory
Billy Currington/Hey Girl/Mercury
Phil Vassar/Love Is Alive/Rodeowave
James Wesley/Thank A Farmer/Broken Bow
Tracy Lawrence/Stop, Drop, & Roll/Lawrence-Tenacity
Wynonna/Something You Can’t Live Without/Curb

March 25

Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift/The Highway Don’t Care/Big Machine
Drake White/The Simple Life/MCA
Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin/All In The Same Boat/Big Hit
Weston Burt/Lucky Sometimes/Hitshop
Steve Armstrong/Redneck Side/SMG

April 1

Casey James/The Good Life/19-BNA
Lisa Torres/Get A Little Lonesome/Render

OCTOBER SINGLE RELEASES

October 8

Brett Eldredge/Don’t Ya/WMG
Danielle Peck/Impossible Dreams/Namaste-9 North
Uncle Kracker/Nobody’s Sad On A Saturday Night/Sugar Hill-Vanguard-EMI Nashville

October 16

Kristy Lee Cook/Airborne Ranger Infantry/BBR
Josh Turner/Find Me A Baby/MCA
Chris Young/I Can Take It From There/RCA
Heartland/The Sound A Dream Makes/R&J-Triple Crown
Montgomery Gentry/I’ll Keep The Kids/Average Joes

October 18

Tracy Lawrence/Stop Drop and Roll/LMG

October 22

Josh Abbott Band/I’ll Sing About Mine/PDT-Atlantic-WMN
Sarah Darling/Home To Me/Black River
Sweetwater Rain/Starshine/Curb

October 25

Lathan Moore/Forever Man/Render

UPCOMING SINGLES YOU SHOULD START REQUESTING NOW!

Upcoming singles that will be impacting country radio. Start requesting NOW! Of course, I have to add my own favorite to the list, it doesn't have an impact date yet but several stations already have it added and more are adding every day - "Hauled Off and Kissed Me" from Steve Holy.

September 4

Kix Brooks/Bring It On Home/Arista

Thomas Rhett/Beer With Jesus/Valory

September 10

High Valley/Love You For A Long Time/Eaglemont-Rodeowave

Phoenix Stone/100 Proof Moonshine/Stonehall-Nine North-Turnpike

Kacey Musgraves/Merry Go ‘Round/Mercury

JT Hodges/Sleepy Little Town/Show Dog-Universal

Gloriana/Can’t Shake You/Emblem-WAR

September 17
Craig Campbell - Outta My Head/Bigger Picture

Gary Allan/Every Storm/Runs Out Of Rain/MCA
Joanna Smith/We Can’t Be Friends/RCA

COMING SOON: RADIO ADD DATES FOR NEW SINGLES

Alright ya'll, get your phones and computers ready to start requesting these great new singles being added to country radio! An "add" doesn't mean it will automatically get air play, this means the single is just literally added to the station's library of music and they do have it if you request it. Air play comes from listener feedback and demand so start lighting up those request lines now!

August 13
One Night Rodeo/Real Good/Fox Hill
Bucky Covington with Shooter Jennings/Drinking Side of Country/eOne
Tim Dugger/Tennessee/Curb

August 20
Flynnville Train/The One You Love/Whiskey Bent-Flying Island
Dierks Bentley/Tip It On Back/Capitol

August 27
Claudia Lee/Take My Hand/CLM Enterprises
Lucky Ned Pepper/I Remember The Music/Nine North-Turnpike
Eli Young Band/Say Goodnight/Republic Nashville
Craig Morgan/More Trucks Than Cars/Black River
Tyler Farr/Hello Goodbye/Columbia

September 17
Borrowed Blue/Porch People/Red Buck

"I Like Girls That Drink Beer"; New Single From Toby Keith's New Album Bows July 24 at Radio & Retail

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) His latest smash song is still ringing in radio listeners' ears and his previous hit, “Red Solo Cup,” just certified double platinum. But if there's one constant in the career of Toby Keith, it's the inexorable progression of new music. "I Like Girls That Drink Beer," the first single from Toby's next album, arrives at radio and all digital download sites July 24.

           

            “We were in the studio and everybody who heard it was like, 'You've got to release that,’” Keith said.

           

            Written by Keith with longtime collaborator Bobby Pinson, "I Like Girls That Drink Beer" marries a dyed-in-the-wool country sound with an equally on-point sentiment: "Bye bye, baby I'm leavin'/You can keep your mansion and your money/Your boat and your Benz and your uptown friends/And your country club that ain't really country." Keith promises he'll find what he wants in a honkytonk. Because, of course, he likes girls that drink beer.

           

            As he did on his critically acclaimed 2011 No. 1 album Clancy's Tavern, Keith produced the new single and continues work on the rest of the music that will comprise his next release. A specially mastered version of the song will be available on iTunes.

           

            In other Toby Keith news, his viral sensation "Red Solo Cup," the second single from Clancy's Tavern, has just been certified double platinum by the RIAA. Toby remains on his standing room only Live In Overdrive Tour, Presented by Ford F-Series. And associated endeavors including his I Love This Bar And Grill restaurants and Wild Shot Mezcal continue to experience rapid growth in their markets.

UPCOMING RADIO ADD DATES - START REQUESTING NOW!

Here are the dates for those long awaited singles from your favorite artists! Start letting your favorite stations know NOW that you wanna hear them!

JULY 23

BRIAN MILSON/Too Damn Young (Permian/Quarterback)

JAIDA DREYER/Confessions (Streamsound)

SARA EVANS/Anywhere (RCA)

JASON CASSIDY/Ride Of Your Life (A-Blake/Instigator)

RICH O’TOOLE/Red Wine On Your Lipstick (Triple Crown)

JULY 30

RANDY ROGERS BAND/One More Sad Song (MCA)

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Kick It In The Sticks (Valory)

JASON ALDEAN/Take A Little Ride (Broken Bow)

D.VINCENT WILLIAMS/Down By The River (BPG)

AUGUST 6

CHELSEA BAIN/What If I (Rock Ridge/InstiGator)

HER & KINGS COUNTY/Family Tree (Elektra Nashville/WMN)

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Cruise (Republic Nashville)

Coming Soon! The New Big Machine Records Debut from Tim McGraw - "Truck Yeah" - Start Requesting NOW!

NEW MUSIC COMING OUT THIS MONTH THAT YOU MUST HAVE ON YOUR iPOD

JUNE 18

CASEY JAMES: Crying On a Suitcase
CRAIG MORGAN: Corn Star
GWEN SEBASTIAN: Met Him In A Motel Room

JUNE 25

TRACE ADKINS: Them Lips (On Mine)
MIRANDA LAMBERT: Fastest Girl In Town
MAGGIE ROSE: I Ain’t Your Mama

JULY 2

CHRIS CAGLE: Let There Be Cowgirls
COLT FORD with JAKE OWEN: Back
ANDY GIBSON: Summer Back

THIS WEEK'S NEW ARTIST MEDIABASE ADDS - JUNE 4, 2012

Congratulations to all of the new artists making this week's Mediabase Adds list. People are paying attention to the new music and it's starting to show by the increasing number of stations adding these artists to their libraries. Let's keep that trend going! This list comes to me with both new and established artists, but I choose to only showcase the new artists so you can see how great they're doing as a whole. REMEMBER: An add does NOT guarantee air play, it simply means the station has added the song to their library. Air play is based on demand and sales, so get on the phone/internet/text and start requesting your favorites now. Most major radio stations now allow you to text or email your requests so it's not just making a phone call anymore. If you don't request, don't complain when you don't hear your favorite artist on the radio, plain and simple. These guys need our help, so let's show them we support them and their hard work. Don't depend on their side to do all the promoting if you really love an artist, jump in there and work for them and with them!

This Week's Top 3 Heavy Hitters:




Katie Armiger ... 16 Adds with "Better in a Black Dress" ... Hope you have that black dress ready when the Opry calls you back for a performance of this song!

Lee Brice .... 15 Adds with "Hard 2 Love" ... Ain't nothing hard to love about Lee Brice!

Jake Owen ... 11 Adds for "The One That Got Away" ... This one's definitely not getting away based on this week's adds.

KATIE ARMIGER/Better In A Black Dress (Cold River) 16
LEE BRICE/Hard To Love (Curb) 15
JAKE OWEN/The One That Got Away (RCA) 11
KRISTEN KELLY/Ex-Old Man (Arista) 7
MATT GARY/City Lights (17/Quarterback) 6
RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 6
BILL GENTRY/That Kind Of Life (Tenacity) 5
DUE WEST/Things You Can't Do In A Car (Black River) 5
JERROD NIEMANN/Shinin' On Me (Sea Gayle/Arista) 5
EASTON CORBIN/Lovin' You Is Fun (Mercury) 4
EDENS EDGE/Too Good To Be True (Big Machine) 4
GREG BATES/Did It For The Girl (Republic Nashville) 4
SCOTTY MCCREERY/Water Tower Town (19/Interscope/Mercury) 4
THOMAS RHETT/Something To Do With My Hands (Valory) 4
AARON LEWIS/Endless Summer (Blaster/Quarterback) 3
CHRIS YOUNG/Neon (RCA) 3
GLORIANA/(Kissed You) Good Night (Emblem/WAR) 3
JANA KRAMER/Why Ya Wanna (Elektra Nashville/WAR) 3
JESSIE JAMES/Military Man (Show Dog-Universal) 3
PHIL VASSAR/Don't Miss Your Life (Rodeowave) 3
JUSTIN MOORE/Til My Last Day (Valory) 2
LOVE AND THEFT/Angel Eyes (RCA) 2
AARON WATSON/Raise Your Bottle (Big Label) 1
CRAIG MORGAN/Corn Star (Black River) 1
DARRYL WORLEY/You Still Got It (Tenacity) 1
HUNTER HAYES/Wanted (Atlantic/WMN) 1
JON PARDI/Missin' You Crazy (Capitol) 1
JOSH ABBOTT BAND/Touch (PDT) 1
JOSH THOMPSON/Comin' Around (RCA) 1
KILEY EVANS/One More Spin Around (---) 1
MATT STILLWELL/Ignition (Average Joes) 1
THE FARM/Home Sweet Home (All In/Elektra Nashville/New Revolution) 1
THOMPSON SQUARE/Glass (Stoney Creek) 1

This Week's New Artist Mediabase Adds

 

Congratulations to all of the new artists making this week's Mediabase Adds list. This week was all about the new artists, they AGAIN beat the established artists on adds this week as a whole! People are paying attention to the new music and it's starting to show. Let's keep that trend going! This list comes to me with both new and established artists, but I choose to only showcase the new artists so you can see how great they're doing as a whole. REMEMBER: An add does NOT guarantee air play, it simply means the station has added the song to their library. Air play is based on demand and sales, so get on the phone/internet/text and start requesting your favorites now. Most major radio stations now allow you to text or email your requests so it's not just making a phone call anymore. If you don't request, don't complain when you don't hear your favorite artist on the radio, plain and simple. These guys need our help, so let's show them we support them and their hard work. Don't depend on their side to do all the promoting if you really love an artist, jump in there and work with them!

This Week's Top 3 Heavy Hitters:

Lee Brice ... 30 Adds with "Hard 2 Love" ... Doesn't look like you're too hard to love, Lee!

Jessie James .... 15 Adds with "Military Man" ... Way to go!

Due West ... 12 Adds for "Things You Can't Do in a Car" ... Thank God listening to you isn't one of those things.

LEE BRICE/Hard To Love (Curb) 30

JESSIE JAMES/Military Man (Show Dog-Universal) 15

DUE WEST/Things You Can't Do In A Car (Black River) 12

JAKE OWEN/The One That Got Away (RCA) 12

RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek) 10

JERROD NIEMANN/Shinin' On Me (Sea Gayle/Arista) 9

EASTON CORBIN/Lovin' You Is Fun (Mercury) 7

SCOTTY MCCREERY/Water Tower Town (19/Interscope/Mercury) 7

BUCKY COVINGTON/I Wanna Be That Feeling (eOne/New Revolution) 6

GREG BATES/Did It For The Girl (Republic Nashville) 6

CHRIS YOUNG/Neon (RCA) 5

HUNTER HAYES/Wanted (Atlantic/WMN) 5

KRISTEN KELLY/Ex-Old Man (Arista) 5

EDENS EDGE/Too Good To Be True (Big Machine) 4

JUSTIN MOORE/'Til My Last Day (Valory) 4

BRANTLEY GILBERT/You Don't Know Her Like I Do (Valory) 3

JON PARDI/Missin' You Crazy (Capitol) 3

LOVE AND THEFT/Angel Eyes (RCA) 3

THOMAS RHETT/Something To Do With My Hands (Valory) 3

THOMPSON SQUARE/Glass (Stoney Creek) 3

DARRYL WORLEY/You Still Got It (Tenacity) 2

DAVID NAIL/The Sound Of A Million Dreams (MCA) 2

JAIDA DREYER/Guy's Girl (Streamsound) 2

JOSH THOMPSON/Comin' Around (RCA) 2

PHIL VASSAR/Don't Miss Your Life (Rodeowave) 2

GLORIANA/(Kissed You) Good Night (Emblem/WAR) 1

JT HODGES/Goodbyes Made You Mine (Show Dog-Universal) 1

MATT STILLWELL/Ignition (Average Joes) 1

MISS WILLIE BROWN/You're All That Matters To Me (A&M/Octone) 1

PISTOL ANNIES/Takin' Pills (Columbia) 1

THE BAND PERRY/Postcard From Paris (Republic Nashville) 1

THE FARM/Home Sweet Home (All In/Elektra/New Revolution) 1

TYLER FARR/Hot Mess (BNA) 1

Upcoming Radio Add Dates

It's gonna be a good spring / summer for country music. Get started requesting now!

APRIL 23

NEAL MCCOY/Shotgun Rider (Blaster/Rodeowave)

RICK MONROE/Crazy Not To (Render)

BILLY GILMAN w/VARIOUS ARTISTS/The Choice (--)

APRIL 30

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Pontoon (Capitol)

LEWIS COPELAND/She’s Got It Going On (Phull/Jeff McClusky/Turnpike)

MONTGOMERY GENTRY/So Called Life (Average Joes)

GEORGE STRAIT/Drinkin’ Man (MCA)

KRISTEN KELLY/Ex-Old Man (Arista)

LOCASH COWBOYS/C-O-U-N-T-R-Y (R&J)

JASON STURGEON/Time Bomb (Toolpusher)

MAY 7

RANDY HOUSER/How Country Feels (Stoney Creek)

Start Requesting Now! Little Big Town is Taking a Pontoon To Country Radio on April 30

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "PONTOON"

Check out "Pontoon", the latest upcoming single from the tightest harmonies in music, Little Big Town. The single hits country radio starting April 30 but you need to start requesting it now! Your requests are what move it from adds to spins. 

BUCKY COVINGTON RELEASES NEW SINGLE “I WANNA BE THAT FEELING” TO COUNTRY RADIO

Nashville, TN…(April 16, 2012)…After signing a record deal with Entertainment One Music Group late last year, country music star Bucky Covington is excited to release his long-awaited new single “I Wanna Be That Feeling” to country radio. “I Wanna Be That Feeling,” the lead single from Bucky’s sophomore album expected mid 2012, is the perfect up-tempo country love song, written by Jimmy Yeary and Ben Hayslip. The song delivers to country radio today via PlayMPE with an add date set for May 7th.

The good news is piling up as Covington gears up for a busy touring season. He’s recently played two dates supporting injured police and fire fighters as spokesperson for one of his favorite charities, Help The Good Guys. He just performed this past weekend in Nashville, TN at the Southern Women’s Show supporting Camp Phoenix Burn Camp with Nashville Firefighters Local 140, and in Madisonville, TN with proceeds benefitting injured Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer Sgt. Lowell Russell. Upcoming Help The Good Guys dates are adding often with the next show taking place April 22nd in Little Rock, AR.

The tune is available for purchase now on both iTunes and Amazon. Get your copy, it's gonna be a chart topper!

About Bucky Covington:

Bucky Covington’s self-titled debut CD opened at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with the biggest first week sales for any debut country artist that year. He went on to become the best selling debut artist that year and delivered three consecutive Top 10 hit singles to country radio. In addition to competing on the fifth season of American Idol, Bucky’s national television appearances have included Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly!,Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show and Fox & Friends. To learn more about Bucky Covington, connect at www.buckycovington.com or follow him on twitter @buckycovington.

Best News We've Heard All Day: "How Country Feels", the New Single from Randy Houser Impacting Radio May 7

Y'all better get ready for a promotional blitzkrieg on the new single from Randy Houser, who is one of our favorite artists ever. The single is called "How Country Feels" and impacts country radio on May 7, 2012. This is Randy's debut on his new label, Stoney Creek Records and if Thompson Square is any indication of the power this label has for an artist, then be prepared for an onslaught with Randy Houser. This one's been a long time comin' and let's make sure we're ready. Remember that radio adds just mean the station has it available to play but it's YOUR impact that gets it actual airplay. Start requesting and let radio know you're ready to know "How Country Feels" because no one can deliver real country like Randy Houser. Did I mention we're giddy about this and it's the best news ever?

RADIO ADD DATES FOR MONDAY - START REQUESTING NOW!

The posted release date for these singles to radio is tomorrow, Monday, April 9. Start requesting on your favorite radio station and get them put in regular rotation! An add only means it's been added to the library and they have it, it's up to you to get it played through demand!

JAIDA DREYER -Guy’s Girl

EDENS EDGE  -Too Good To Be True

DIERKS BENTLEY - 5-1-5-0

SCOTTY MCCREERY -Water Tower Town

JERROD NIEMANN - Shinin’ On Me

Add Dates You Need to Know ...

MARCH 26

CHRIS YOUNG - "Neon"
JON PARDI - "Missin’ You Crazy"
MARTINA MCBRIDE & PAT MONAHAN OF TRAIN - "Marry Me "

APRIL 2

BRIAN MILSON - "Country Life"
DAVID FRIZZELL - "Say Hello To Heaven"

APRIL 9

JAIDA DREYER - "Guy’s Girl"
EDENS EDGE - "Too Good To Be True"

Upcoming New Music Releases: Get your "Music Money" Ready!

Looks like some great music on the way, I'm giving you enough lead time to make sure your "music money" is set aside.

CD RELEASE DATES

Feb. 28: 

Pat Green - Songs We Wish We’d Written II

Craig Morgan - This Ole Boy

March 6:  

Luke Bryan - Spring Break 4: Suntan City

Neal McCoy - Twelve

Ty Stone - American Style

March 20:

Casey James - Casey James

April 19:

Rascal Flatts - Changed

May 1:

Colt Ford - Declaration Of Independence

Carrie Underwood - TBA

SINGLE RADIO ADD DATES

February 27:

Easton Corbin: Lovin’ You Is Fun 

Lisa Matassa: Wouldn’t You Like To Know 

March 5:

Aaron Lewis: Endless Summer 

David Nail: The Sound Of A Million Dreams 

Hunter Hayes: Wanted 

James Wesley: Walking Contradiction

March 12:

Glen Templeton: Sing That Song Again

Josh Abbott Band: Touch 

Sonia Leigh: Bar

Info source: www.countryaircheck.com

New Adds: Songs You Need to Start Requesting Now!

If you want to help your favorite artists, one of the best things, and free things, you can do is keep requesting them on your local radio station. You can also request on GAC or CMT if they have a video that's recently been released. An add does NOT mean that the song will get airplay, it only means the station has added it to their library of music, the rest is up to you to make sure it gets the airplay it deserves. Don't be rude when you call a station, be nice and let the person who takes your request know how much you really like the song and that you'd like to help make it a permanent addition to their playlist. Don't call them over and over or CONSTANTLY request on the station's website, Twitter or Facebook either, that will have a counter- productive result and they will get tired of hearing about it. You don't want any negative emotions attached to an artist's song and those will result if you hound a radio station and constantly bombard them. Spread the word, but spread it nicely and tell your friends to do the same.

Here are some songs that have recently been added to radio or are coming up for radio adds that you should start requesting now:

If you can't find a contact for your local station - here is all the info you need - RADIO LOCATOR

Feb 6:
David St Romain - "Some Things"
Shooter Jennings - "The Deed and the Dollar"
Jason Aldean - "Fly Over States"
Tyler Farr - "Hot Mess"

Feb 13:
JT Hodges - "Goodbyes Made you Mine"
Phil Vassar - "Don't Miss Your Life"
The Dirt Drifters - "There She Goes"

Feb 20:
Eric Church - "Springsteen"

Feb 21:
Thomas Rhett - "Something to Do With My Hands"

March 5:
James Wesley - "Walking Contradiction"