“A Little Love” from the 1999 It’s About Time album is another must listen for another excellent performance from him, and it’s also just a great song all around to boot, imo.įrom the 2001 Ten Rounds album, my favorite single is “Just Let Me Be In Love” (Also from that album, I love his cover of Michael Martin Murphey’s “Wildfire.”) I’m not too crazy about most of the other singles he released in the 2000’s though.Įven since I first heard “Why Don’t That Telephone Ring” I was enchanted by the richness of his voice.
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Like CJ above, I also really like his cover of “She’s All I Got.” Of the other Tracy Byrd singles from the rest of the 90’s that didn’t make it to number one, I also love “Love Lessons” (co-written by one of my favorite lesser known neo-traditionalists, Jerry Kilgore), “Heaven In My Woman’s Eyes,” “Big Love,” “Good Ol’ Fashioned Love,” “I Wanna Feel That Way Again,” “When Mama Ain’t Happy,” and “Put Your Hand In Mine.” I especially always thought “Put Your Hand In Mine” was another great showcase of what he’s capable of vocally, plus the song itself always brings back great memories and the storyline still gives me chills.
It only supports Byrd’s claims in Country Music Magazine that MCA wanted to pigeonhole him as a singer of ditties/silly songs. It’s hard to believe that he actually had to talk the label into releasing this as a single after already releasing three ditties in a row. I personally also like the production a lot more on the single version, and it’s aged a lot better than the original, as well, imo. The lower key is much more in his wheelhouse, and as you mentioned, it allowed his voice to shine more on the chorus, whereas on the original, the whole thing just sounds too high for him. Thank goodness he was allowed to re-record this one before releasing it as a single, because I personally think the radio version is miles better than the original recording that’s on No Ordinary Man. I especially love the soaring chorus, which was definitely a fine showcase for his vocal chops. I also think it has a very beautiful melody that makes it stand out from the more generic love songs that were coming out around this time. I also think it’s sincere enough to keep it from being too sappy, and I absolutely love Byrd’s performance on it. I’m pretty much with the first two commenters on this song. Previous: John Michael Montgomery, “I Can Love You Like That” | 1 single to date, “Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo.” His next album, Big Love, featured the top five hits “Big Love” and “Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got.” His fifth and final studio album for MCA, I’m From the Country, included the top five title track and the top ten hit “I Wanna Feel That Way Again.”īyrd switched to RCA at the turn of the century, and if we ever cover the following decade, we will feature his final No. His third album, Love Lessons, produced a top ten hit with the title track. He remained a steady hitmaker in the nineties. But he could make a mediocre song sound good and a good song pretty great, as he demonstrates here.Īnd just like that, we’ve seen Tracy Byrd for the last time in this feature. Because they came out specifically during that time period, it was easier to take them for granted.īyrd often worked with slight material, and rarely had access to the best songs Nashville songwriters were offering up.
I don’t know what was in the water in that part of Texas, but the singers we got from there in the nineties would’ve stood out in any era of country music.
It makes the higher notes that much more impactful when he strives for them. He gives an outstanding performance here, utilizing his lower register to great effect. So how can you make a country love ballad stand out among the glut of mid-nineties love ballads, especially when the song you’re singing isn’t anything special? 1 single, radio passed on the final single from Tracy Byrd, “Why Don’t That Telephone Ring.” However, Byrd’s second album, No Ordinary Man, produced three top five singles out of the gate: “Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous,” “Watermelon Crawl,” and “The First Step.” The album’s final single was chosen due to fan response at concerts, and for radio, Byrd re-recorded it in a lower key than the album version, which is how he was performing it live. Tracy Byrd tops the chart with his signature hit.Īfter “Holdin’ Heaven” became Byrd’s first No. Written by Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo and Karen Staley
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