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The group was founded through the assistance of record producer Larry McBride, who had also launched the career of Alabama. [3] With nine members, Atlanta was the largest country music band at the time. [3] "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" was the band's debut single, released in 1983 on the independent MDJ record label, which McBride owned. [4]
Alabama is the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. [13] In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the CMAs. It also won the ACM's Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard 's New Group of the Year honors.
"Music Moves Me" Wild Country: 1976 "My Girl" Ronald White Smokey Robinson: Dancin' on the Boulevard: 1997 [8] "My Home's in Alabama" † Randy Owen Teddy Gentry The Alabama Band #3 My Home's in Alabama: 1979 1980 [16] "My Love Belongs to You" Ronnie Rogers: In Pictures: 1995 [29] "My Sweet Country Woman" Wild Country: 1976 "Never Be One" Teddy ...
FILE - Guitarist and fiddle player Jeff Cook from the band Alabama appears on stage at the concert "Sing me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard" in Nashville, Tenn., on April 6, 2017.
American country music band Alabama has released 26 studio albums, including 20 recorded for RCA Records. Alabama also charted 77 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which 32 reached number one. The band's longest-lasting number one was "Jukebox in My Mind", which spent four weeks at that
In 1980, the band, now called Alabama, were signed to a recording contract by RCA Records and quickly reached country superstardom. For the next twenty-two years, Alabama had a tremendous impact on country music, attracting a younger group of listeners, crossing over into pop radio, and paving the way for groups to be successful on country radio.
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James Harold Shedd (born November 8, 1931) is an American music industry executive and record producer best known for his role as producer of the country group Alabama as well as Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Toby Keith. During his career he has headed Mercury Records and Mercury's sister label, Polydor.