It might seem as an unlikely collaboration, but last year, The Band Perry sang with pop star Justin Bieber for a holiday duet: “Home This Christmas.” The song was included in Justin’s album, “Under The Mistletoe.” Kimberly Perry told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that they first met Justin at The Tonight Show about a year ago. […]
The Band Perry toured with Tim McGraw all last year on the Emotional Traffic Tour. The trio told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton, “Tim is a man’s man. I have never been terrified on stage except for one night with Tim McGraw. We were on stage with Tim singing ‘She Can’t Be Really Gone’ when […]
This week, Kip Moore made his Top 30 debut with “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck.” Kip is from Tifton, Georgia. He’s been in Nashville for 9 years. He began work on this record over two years ago. His debut CD will be released in March. We sat down with Kip Moore this week to talk about […]
Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, and the legendary George Jones were on hand Tuesday night as the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences honored Nashville area Grammy nominees. One of the first to enter the celebration was 80-year-old George Jones, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award next month. “It’s a great thrill. It’s a […]
SPOILER ALERT: We reveal the week’s #1 in this post. The Zac Brown Band has relinquished the top spot in the chart after almost a month. That means we have a new #1 song. And it happens to be the very first #1 for this artist, so that means we give him a call to […]
Missouri native David Nail is a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s been fortunate to spend a lot of time around his favorite team. Last year, he was part of a CMT series called “Making The Team,” where he tried out for the team. “I would like to think I didn’t embarrass myself too much, […]
David Nail may be relatively new to the radio. His current hit, “Let It Rain,” is only his second to appear in the Top 10. But he has connections with a number of major stars, and he talked about them when he co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. For example, David sings with Lee […]
David Nail joined Lady Antebellum on the road in 2010. This picture was taken during the tour at Quest Field in Seattle. We all know that Charles Kelley and Dave Heywood are tireless songwriters. David is a songwriter too, and actually co-wrote his current hit “Let It Rain.” So the three got together during that time and […]
David Nail has one of the hottest songs in the country right now with “Let It Rain.” He toured this year with Taylor Swift, and recorded one of her favorite songs, the Top 10 hit “Red Light.” He’s also recorded songs written by Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. But who is David Nail? What’s his […]
Eric Church spent last summer on the road with Toby Keith. When Toby co-hosted the Countdown back in October, he told Lon that he wrote a song with Eric called “Reverend Jack Daniels and the Congregation of the Chemically Altered Mind.” So when Eric was in the studio, we played that story for him. “True story! […]
