The Year in Country Music: 2000 Quiz

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1. He was one of the first black performers on the Grand Ole Opry and dreamed of playing professional baseball. In October 2000, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Who is he?

Answer: Charley Pride

DeFord Bailey was the very first black performer on the stage at the Grand Ole Opry and Charley Pride followed in the harmonica's players footsteps proudly. Pride was born in 1938 and got his first recording contract in 1966 with RCA after an arm injury ended his baseball career. His most famous song is "Kiss an Angel Good Morning."

2. This former professional wrestler had his very first number one hit in the summer of 2000. The song was called "Yes!" He was also signed a recording contract with Tracy Lawrence's label, Rocky Comfort Records in 2007. Do you remember him?

Answer: Chad Brock

Chad Brock was a pro wrestler with the WCW until an injury ended his career. He went on to sign a recording contract with Warner Bros Records in 1998. The song "Yes!" is written by Chad Brock after he had a conversation with his fianc�e. Helping him pen the tune was Stephony Smith who wrote "It's Your Love" for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. "Yes!" was number one for three weeks.

3. The Grammys, the Country Music Association, and the Academy of Country Music all agreed on the Country Song of the Year in 2000. It was the first number one song for Lee Ann Womack. What was it?

Answer: I Hope You Dance

"I Hope You Dance" was number one for five weeks in 2000 and became a crossover Pop hit as well. The song was written by Tia Sillers and Mark Sanders and inspired a set of gift books for young girls. It is known as Lee Ann's signature song.

4. Founded in 1925 and once known as the WSM's Barn Dance, what Nashville Institution celebrated its 75th birthday in 2000 with country stars like Porter Wagoner, Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Dickens, Alison Krauss, and Dolly Parton?

Answer: Grand Ole Opry

The formal debut took place on December 26th 1925; a radio announcer said the words, "Friends, stick around for an hour of listening to the Grand Ole Opry." The name stuck; it is also known as The Mother Church of Country Music. Bill Anderson is quoted as saying, "The Grand Ole Opry, to a country singer, is what Yankee Stadium is to a baseball player. Broadway to an actor. It's the top of the ladder, the top of the mountain. You don't just play the Opry; you live it."

5. He is one of the youngest country music singers to have a Top Forty Hit and it happened in 2000. He also holds a record in the Guinness Book of World Records that once belonged to Brenda Lee. Who is he?

Answer: Billy Gillman

Born in 1988, Billy Gillman is one of the youngest country performers to ever have a record certified Gold and Platinum. That album, "One Voice" produced a number one song of the same name. "One Voice" hit number one on the Billboard Country Singles Sales Chart and stayed there for five weeks.

6. In September 1979, Don Williams had a number one hit with the song, "It Must Be Love." Twenty-one years later, another country artist released the same hit, and it hit number one in September 2000. What's the name of this artist?

Answer: Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson released the song "It Must Be Love" from his "Under the Influence" album and it hit number one twenty-one years and twenty days after Don Williams hit number one with the same song. It was Alan's seventeenth number one song.

7. Two Country Music stars and a police horse named 'Chico' got into trouble at the George Strait Country Music Festival, in Buffalo New York, June 3, 2000. Do you know who they are?

Answer: McGraw and Chesney

A Buffalo New York jury of six acquitted Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney of all charges in 2000 after the pair, and road manager Mark Russo, allegedly fought with deputies over Chesney's illegal use of a police horse.

8. Toby Keith had a number one song in 2000, his first since 1997. It was called "How Do You Like Me Now?" How many weeks did this song stay at number one?

Answer: 5

Toby's huge number one hit "How Do You Like Me Now?" stayed at the top of country Billboard for five weeks and was named the song of the year by American Country Countdown. It was written by Toby and Chuck Cannon and can be found on his Platinum album of the same name.

9. Another controversy for 2000. This time the Dixie Chicks were in hot water. What song did they release that got everyone fired up?

Answer: Goodbye Earl

"Goodbye Earl" was written by Denis Linde who also wrote the songs, "John Deere Green", released by Joe Diffie, "Bubba Shot the Jukebox", recorded by Mark Chesnutt, and "Burning Love" released by Elvis Presley and many, many other country songs.
The song "Goodbye Earl" was released by the Chicks in 2000 on their album, "Fly" and was met with various opinions; some organizations thought they were making fun of the serious issue of domestic abuse, while other groups thought they were promoting revenge and murder. Some radio stations even removed the song from their play list and the song stalled at number thirteen before disappearing from Country Billboard altogether.
The video starred Dennis Franz, Jane Krakowski, Lauren Holly, Adrian Pasdar, and Michael DeLuise and was directed by Evan Bernard and won Video of the Year from both the Academy of Country Music's and the Country Music Association in 2000.

10. The song "The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery was written after the writer got a 'chain-letter' email from his brother.

Answer: True

Harley Allen wrote the song in fifteen minutes after reading an email from his brother based on an urban legend about a little girl who witnessed her parent's murder/suicide and was taken into foster care. While she was in care, the little girl went to Sunday school for the very first time and told the teacher "That man up there on the cross protected me the night my parents died."
It's not known whether this story is true or not, but we do know Montgomery's recording of the song, "The Little Girl" stayed on the country charts for three weeks in the fall of 2000.

11. In 2000, which Country Duo won the CMA's Duo of the Year Award, also known as the "Brooks and Dunn Award" because that duo has won it so many times?

Answer: Montgomery Gentry

In 2000 Montgomery Gentry had a top twenty hit with "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", from their first album "Tattoos and Scars' and they won Top Vocal Duo from the Country Music Association. This was the first time since 1991 that Brooks and Dunn didn't win the award.

12. Known as "The Singing Governor", he passed away in 2000 at the age of 101. Who was this former country singer and former two term governor of Louisiana?

Answer: Jimmie Davis

"The Singing Governor" was Jimmie Davis and he is best known for the song, "You Are My Sunshine" which he claimed to have written, although this has never been proven. It was named the state song of Louisiana and also named the Recording Industry of America's Song of the Century. It also holds a place in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Davis is one of America's only governors to have a number one song while still in office and he did it with the song, "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" in 1945.

13. In 2000 he appeared in a TLC special called "Route 66" and later that year won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award. Who is he?

Answer: Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley was named not only the Horizon Award winner; he was also the Academy of Country Music's Top New Male Vocalist in 2000. That same year, Loretta Lynn was quoted by Rolling Stone as saying this about Brad, "I couldn't believe he could play that guitar like he does, he's a writer and sings like he does. They don't make 'em like that anymore."

14. In 2000, he broke Hank Snow's record for being the oldest man in country music to have a number one song. The song was called, "Buy Me a Rose." Can you remember the name of this legend that took a 'gamble' and staged a comeback in 2000?

Answer: Kenny Rogers

On May 13 2000, Kenny Rogers at the age of 61 had a number one song on the country charts. He shared the credit with his back up singers, Billy Dean and Allison Kraus. It was Dean's last number one and Kraus' first. Kenny released the song on his album, "She Rides Wild Horses" produced by his own label, Dreamcatcher Records.

In 2000 he was awarded the Career Achievement Award at the TNN Music Awards.

15. This country group formed in 2000 and though their debut album didn't hit number one, it was certified platinum twice and produced two top ten singles. Who are they?

Answer: Rascal Flatts

In 2000 Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney formed Rascal Flatts. They released their first self titled album that had the hits, "Prayin' for Daylight" (went to number three on Country Billboard) and "This Everyday Love" (went to number nine on Country Billboard). They were later awarded the Top New Vocal Group from the Academy of Country Music Awards that same year.

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