Musical Interlude: Here's another song from my young days; my parents were fond of this one. It's also a big example of what was later known as the "Nashville sound" or the "Countrypolitan" style, which took country music and added lush strings, smooth tones, and backing choruses, to make it more in line with the pop charts, and pulling country music further away from its honky-tonk roots.

"Rose Garden," performed by Lynn Anderson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHsWBKKNbI

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Lynn Anderson - (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden (Audio) (Pseudo Video)

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"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by #CharlieRich and written by #BillySherrill, #NorroWilson, and #RoryBourke. The #countrypolitan ballad reached No. 1 in the #UnitedStates in 1973 on three #Billboard music charts: #thePopChart (two weeks), #theCountryChart (three weeks), and #theAdultContemporaryChart (three weeks), as well as in #Canada on three #RPM charts: the RPM 100 Top Singles chart, the Country Tracks chart, and the Adult Contemporary chart.
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Charlie Rich + The Most Beautiful Girl + Lyrics / HQ

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HEY! LISTEN: Sometimes you love a place so much it becomes a character in your life. On "when i get back home," R McClure & Tall Shadows use countrypolitan drama to ask what happens when that place becomes a stranger to you.

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LISTEN: R McClure Is a Wayfaring Stranger On “when i get back home to you” – Adobe & Teardrops

Sweet Nothin's by Brenda Lee (with Lyrics)

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Brenda Lee “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me” (1960) #country #countrypolitan https://youtu.be/bKKVnyr-nV8
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)

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George Morgan “Blue Snowfall” (1962) #country #countrypolitan https://youtu.be/0zm3rRIU02Q
George Morgan ~ Blue Snowfall (1962)

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Patsy Cline “If I Could Only Stay Asleep” (1958) #country #countrypolitan #insomnia https://youtu.be/I6bZplmRmxY
If I Could Only Stay Asleep

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Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962) #country #countrypolitan #torch https://youtu.be/YDqwmaI_IdU
I Can't Stop Loving You

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Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart “You Belong to Me” (1952) #countrypolitan https://youtu.be/TzrnVTTBFyc
You Belong to Me - Redd Stewart (Vocals)

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