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The Alabama Band #3: 1979 "Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today" Mickey Cates John Jarrard: Cheap Seats: 1993 [7] "Keep on Dreamin'" Jeff Cook Rick Scott The Alabama Band #3 My Home's in Alabama: 1979 1980 [16] "Keepin' Up" † Randy Owen Teddy Gentry Greg Fowler Ronnie Rogers: For the Record: 1998 [26] "Lady Down on Love" † Randy Owen Deuces Wild
The song also paved the way for the bigger success of the follow-up single, "My Home's in Alabama" (which provided fans with the country rock-influenced side of the band's sound), the group earning an invitation to the "New Faces" show at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee, and an eventual contract with RCA Records.
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.
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 position in 1990.
The song was recorded in 1966 by the rock group the Doors, listed as "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)".According to drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger, the song was presented by keyboardist Ray Manzarek to the group during their early years, and due to their dissatisfaction with the melody, they radically changed it.
"Tennessee River" is a song written by Randy Owen, and recorded by American country music band Alabama, of which Owen is the lead vocalist. It was recorded in April 1980 as the third single from the album My Home's in Alabama. The song was the group's first No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart. [1]
My Home's in Alabama is the fourth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in May 1980 on RCA Nashville. It was the band's major label debut and breakthrough album, peaking at No. 3 on the Country album charts and no. 71 on Billboard 200. The title track pays homage to Alabama's southern rock roots.
Pass It on Down is the thirteenth studio album from American country music band Alabama, released in 1990. Singles released from the album were the title track, "Here We Are", "Down Home", "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" and "Jukebox in My Mind".