Nashville 411- Olivia Newton John, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban
The death of Olivia Newton-John yesterday was felt in the country community. She influenced a lot of female singers, including Kelsea Ballerini who posted a
tribute. She shared a clip of herself singing “Hopelessly Devoted to You”
Before Olivia was a movie star, she was a crossover country star. She had Nine Top 20 hits on the Billboard Country chart back in the ’70s
Thev included “Let Me Be There” in 1973.
and “I Honestly Love You” in 1974
Never Been Mellow” in 1975.
“If You Love Me (Let Me Know)”
• and one of her biggest, “Have You’’
She won CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974. which was quite an accomplishment because she beat out Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, and Anne Murray.
This is the definition of lucky. You’re at a place called Fox & Locke in Leper’s Fork, Tennessee on Saturday and you’re enjoying a Tom Petty cover band named The Heartshakers. And then somebody who looks just like Carrie Underwood walks up to the stage
and, wait, it IS Carrie. She and the band do a cover of the Stevie Nicks – Tom Petty classic “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” and you have a story to tell.
Somebody got it on video, and I love that she told the crowd to hit up the tip jar.
Carrie had the lyrics on her phone, but she didn’t need them. Probably because she and Keith Urban performed it on the “American Idol” finale in 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/ssbarone/videos/606137131144589/?mibextid=eq730BaGdGKKIrPt
If you haven’t seen it, Keith Urban shared a video of himself before a concert driving a drift kart around the venue. He’s having so much fun that pouring rain doesn’t slow him down. He captioned it, “While you are tailgating outside the venue.’’
