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Asleep At The Wheel Hitting Route 66 COUNTRY ********** Tour With Guest Acts Marks Roadway's 66th Anniv. NASHVILLE- Communities Route 66 as a national monument. Ballroom, Tulsa, Okla.; the Myriad, along the famous Route 66 (which A portion of the proceeds from the Oklahoma City; Convention Center, runs between Chicago and Los An- tour is to be donated and held in es- Amarillo, Texas; Midnight Rodeo & geles) are preparing to celebrate crow for the preservation project. Grounds, Albuquerque, N.M.; CORNI R the roadway's 66th anniversary. The tour has scheduled stops May Downtown, Flagstaff, Ariz.; Or- Beginning May 2, Asleep At The 2 -17 at the Odeum, Chicago; River - ange Show Stadium, San Bernardi- by Lynn Shults Wheel has scheduled perfor- port P.A.C., St. Louis; Memorial no, Calif.; and the Greek Theater, mances in 10 major markets along Hall, Joplin, Mo.; Mayfest /Cain's Los Angeles. ROOM AT THE TOP: Wynonna debuts at No. 1 on the Top Country the 2,448 miles of highway. The Albums chart with her self-titled solo album, ending the 29 -week reign tour is sponsored by Original of Garth Brooks' "Ropin' The Wind." "Wynonna," produced by Tony Coors Beer. Brown and Don Potter, also debuts at No. 4 on The Billboard 200- Guest artists, among them topped only by the chart debuts of the new Def Leppard and two new Ricky Van Shelton, Travis Tritt, Bruce Springsteen releases. "She Is His Only Need," the lead track Marty Stuart, Mark O'Connor, and from "Wynonna," took nine weeks to hit No. 1 on the Hot Country Sin- Mark Chesnutt, are expected to gles & Tracks chart last week. Wynonna's solo tour opened April 2 in join Asleep At The Wheel in cer- Midland, Texas, and Record Bar's Midland store reports being almost tain cities. The list of guests is still sold out. In Amarillo, Texas, Hastings reports it is sold out. The album's being confirmed. second promo track, "I Saw The Light," written by Lisa Angelle and The path, created in 1926 from Andrew Gold, is scheduled for release April 30. MCA Records reported- old trails and farm -to- market ly shipped advance orders of more than 600,000 units of the album, and roads, has been an inspiration to reorders have now pushed "Wynonna" past the 1- million -unit mark. numerous recording artists and is forever enshrined in the Bobby THE NO. 1 TRACK on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart is Aar- Troup classic "Route 66." That on Tippin's "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio," exploding number has been recorded by nu- from No. 5 to No. 1. The song, co- written by Tippin and Buddy Brock merous artists, including the Roll- CONFEDERATE RAILROAD. Shown, from left, are Wayne Secrest, Chris and produced by Emory Gordy Jr. is Tippin's first No. 1. In blasting to ing Stones and Depeche Mode, but McDaniel, Michael Lamb, Gates Nichols, Danny Shirley, and Mark DuFresne. the top of the chart, Tippin passed Vince Gill's "Take Your Memory Asleep At The Wheel's version is With You" (3 -2) and Steve Wariner's "The Tips Of My Fingers" (4 -3). perhaps most noted. In John Steinbeck's novel "The INSIDE THE TOP 10, the most active track is Tanya Tucker's "Some Grapes Of Wrath," he refers to the NEW ON THE CHARTS Kind Of Trouble," moving from No. 8 to No. 5. Hal Ketchum's "Past route as "the mother road." Orga- The Point Of Rescue" zips from No. 10 to No. 7, and "Today's Lonely nizers hope the tour will draw at- NASHVILLE -Southern rock is bers -Danny Shirley, Chris Fool," by Tracy Lawrence, climbs from No. 7 to No. 6. tention to the revitalization and on the upswing, and Confederate McDaniel, Michael Lamb, Wayne preservation of this lengthy land- Railroad, one of Atlantic Records' Secrest, Gates Nichols, and Mark THE MOST ACTIVE TRACK on the singles chart is George Strait's mark. The road runs through eight new acts, is here to prove it. As it DuFresne -one might think he/ "Gone As A Girl Can Get," debuting at No. 45. Tracks also showing states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, follows the path cut so clearly by she had happened upon a motorcy- strong gains are "Backroads" (34 -25), by Ricky Van Shelton; "I'd Sur- Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, the Kentucky Headhunters a cou- cle gang. They claim such outlaw render All" (56 -47), by Randy Travis; Doug Stone's "Come In Out Of Arizona, and California. ple of years ago, Confederate Rail- influences as Willie Nelson, Way- The Pain" (35 -26); and Collin Raye's "Every Second" (22-16). In 1985, the government decerti- road represents rebellious country lon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., fied the highway, and shortly after music and its members deliver it the Allman Brothers, and Lynyrd THE TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART is buzzing with activity. Fol- its signs were removed and the with an edge of their own. Skynyrd. However, the group has lowing Wynonna's spectacular debut are new entries by Mark Ches- road itself disappeared from gov- The group spent a number of a sensitive side, too, which sur- nutt, "Longnecks And Short Stories" (11); the soundtrack album ernment and commercial maps. Ac- years as the house band at Miss faces in several tunes on its up- "Straight Talk" (38), from Dolly Parton's movie; and Cleve Francis' cording to a release, legislation Kitty's in Marietta, Ga. When Con- coming self -titled album. "Tourist In Paradise" at No. 58. This influx of powerhouse debuts cre- has been signed into law by Presi- federate's demo tape found its Barry Beckett produced the 10- ates two backward bullets on the albums chart: Aaron Tippin's "Read dent George Bush directing the way into Atlantic /Nashville head song package, which is scheduled Between The Lines" (6-7) and Doug Stone's "Doug Stone" (39 -40). National Park Service to deter- Rick Blackburn's office, Black- for release April 28. Currently, the mine the feasibility of designating burn decided to make the trip to debut single, "She Took It Like A WHAT'S NEW: Five debut acts are bulleted on the singles chart. They Georgia to hear the band perform Man," is positioned at No. 53 with are Dixiana's "Waitin' For The Deal To Go Down" (45 -41); Ronna live. That trip paid off for Black- a bullet on the Hot Country Sin- Reeves' "The More I Learn (The Less I Understand About Love)" (51- i%CTI11SA1tAItT burn as well as for the group. The gles & Tracks chart. 49); Confederate Railroad's "She Took It Like A Man" (59 -53); Billy band landed a record deal and Confederate Railroad is man- Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" (64 -57); and "The Power Of Love "(62 - The results are fast. The Blackburn gained an act with aged by IMS (International Man- 58) by Matthews, Wright & King ... In Chattanooga, Tenn., WDOD's reach is vast. And the call is chart potential and commercial ap- agement Services), Nashville. Skip Phillips is most aggressive in programming new artists. He says, free! To place a Billboard peal. DEBBIE HOLLEY Classified "I don't use any consultants. I test some tracks out in clubs, but you ad, call Jeff To look at the group's six mem- Serrette at (800) 223 -7524. have to be careful. Some tracks that work in clubs just don't fit radio."

COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z 54 I'M OKAY (AND GETTIN' BETTER) (Acuff -Rose, ASCAP) CPP 20 STRAIGHT TEQUILA NIGHT (Irving, BMI /Colter Bay, BMI /WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP) CPP/WBM 9 PAPA LOVED MAMA (Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP /Major BMI /Dixie Stars, ASCAP) HL/CPP PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS/SHEET MUSIC 34 IS IT COLD IN HERE (Texas Wedge, Bob, ASCAP) HL /CPP 48 TAKE IT LIKE A MAN (Millhouse, BMI /Songs Of ASCAP/Songwriters Ink, BMI /Danny Boy, 7 PAST THE POINT OF RESCUE (Beano Eadair, PolyGram, BMI) HL TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 16 EVERY SECOND (Zomba, ASCAP /O -Tex, BMI) BMI /Forrest Hills, BMI) CPP BMI /Stainless, BMI /Foreshadow, BMI) CLM 2 TAKE YOUR MEMORY WITH YOU (Benefit, BMI) 52 ACES (Cheryl Wheeler, ASCAP/Bughouse, ASCAP) 22 EXCEPT FOR MONDAY (Englishtowne, BMI) 8 IS THERE LIFE OUT THERE (W.B.M., SESAC/Long 29 PLAY, RUBY, PLAY (Warner -Tamerlane, ASCAP/WB, WBM 57 ACHY BREAKY HEART ( Millhouse, BMI /Songs Of 40 FAMILIAR PAIN (W.B.M., SESAC /Long Acre, Acre, SESAC/Edge O' Woods, ASCAP/Kinetic ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP) WBM 44 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (Sony Tree, PolyGram, BMI) HL SESAC /Rick Hall, ASCAP) WBM Diamond, ASCAP) WBM /CPP 58 THE POWER OF LOVE (Rick Hall, BMI) BMI /Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL

70 AGAINST THE GRAIN (Slide Bar, ASCAP /Polygram, 62 FAMILY TREE (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Long Run, 28 IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I CRY (Coal Dust West, 72 PROFESSIONAL FOOL (Catch The Boat, ASCAP) 1 THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' WRONG WITH THE RADIO ASCAP/Amanda -Lin, ASCAP) HL BMI) WBM BMI /Adam Taylor, BMI) WBM 43 ROCK MY BABY (WB, ASCAP /Stroudavarious, (Acuff -Rose, BMI) CPP 38 ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR (Hannah's Eyes, 71 FASTER GUN (Red Quill, BMI /Moraine, BMI /MCA, 51 JEALOUS BONE (Edge O' Woods, ASCAP/Kinetic ASCAP) WBM 30 TILL I'M HOLDING YOU AGAIN (Julann, BMI /Fame, BMI) WBM ASCAP/Sony Tree, BMI) HL Diamond, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP /Rancho Bogardo, 50 THE ROCK (WB, ASCAP /Patrix Janus, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP /Great Cumberland,/Flawfactor, BMI) CPP 55 BABY, I'M MISSING YOU (Love This Town, 63 FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE (Makin Songs, ASCAP) WBM /CPP ASCAP) HL /WBM 3 THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS (Sony Tree, ASCAP/Diamond Dog, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/Song Box, ASCAP) 74 LOVER NOT A FIGHTER (Of Music, ASCAP/Sony 32 SACRED GROUND (David 'N' Will, ASCAP/Sony Cross BMI /Champion, BMI) HL 25 BACKROADS (Corner, SOCAN) 27 FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING (Howlin' Hits, Cross Keys, ASCAP /Evanlee, ASCAP) HL Keys, ASCAP) HL 6 TODAY'S LONELY FOOL (Golden Reed, ASCAP/Loggy 33 BETTER CLASS OF LOSERS (Sometimes You Win, ASCAP/Square West, ASCAP) CPP 61 LOVESICK BLUES (Mills Music, ASCAP) CPP 17 SAME 0L' LOVE (Warner- Refuge, ASCAP/Blowing Bayou, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/All Nations, ASCAP /Seventh Son, 45 GONE AS A GIRL CAN GET (0 -Tex, BMI /MBI, 23 LOVIN' ALL NIGHT (Sony Tunes, ASCAP) HL Rock, BMI) WBM 46 TURN THAT RADIO ON (BING Songs, ASCAP/Paul ASCAP /Mattie Ruth, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/Max Lane, ASCAP /Fourleaf, ASCAP) 31 MAYBE IT WAS MEMPHIS (Atlantic, BMI /First 4 SHE IS HIS ONLY NEED (MCA, ASCAP/Emerald And Jonathan Songs, BMI) HL 59 BILLY CAN'T READ (Scarlet Moon, BMI /Fifty Grand, 66 HONKY TONK MYSELF TO DEATH (Irving, Release, BMI /Cadillac Pink, BMI) HL River, ASCAP) HL 41 WAITIN' FOR THE DEAL TO GO DOWN (Bobby

BMI) CLM BMI /Hardscratch, BMI/WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, 49 THE MORE I LEARN (THE LESS I UNDERSTAND 53 SHE TOOK IT LIKE A MAN (Sony Tree, BMI /New Fischer, ASCAP /Chappell & Co., ASCAP /Serenity 56 BLUE ROSE IS (Little Big Town, BMI /American ASCAP) ABOUT LOVE) (Tor Collins, BMI /Amra, BMI) CPP Haven, BMI /Pulpit Rock, BMI /AMR, ASCAP) HL Manor, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HL Made, BMI /Sony Tree, BMI /Longitude, 75 HOTEL WHISKEY (Bocephus, BMI) CPP 10 NEON MOON (Sony Tree, BMI) HL 68 SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN (Warner -Tamerlane, 24 WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW (Bait And Beer,

BMI /Ms. Ducks Ditties, BMI) 36 I COULD LOVE YOU (WITH MY EYES CLOSED) 42 NORMA JEAN RILEY (Rasaca Beach, BMI/Warner- BMI /Maypop, BMI/Wildcountry, BMI) ASCAP /Forerunner, ASCAP /Major Bob, ASCAP /Mid- 21 BORN COUNTRY (Collins Court, ASCAP) CPP (Maypop, BMI /Rita's Cloud Nine, BMI) WBM Tamerlane, BMI /Dan Truman, BMI /Studio B, 35 SOMEBODY'S DOIN' ME RIGHT (Colgems -EMI, Summer, ASCAP) CLM /CPP 11 BURN ME DOWN (Warner- Elehtra- Asylum, 47 I'D SURRENDER ALL (Sometimes You Win, BMI /Mountain Green, BMI) WBM ASCAP /BMG, ASCAP/Sharp Circle, ASCAP/Screen 67 WHEN IT COMES TO YOU (Straitjacket, BMI/Vidor, BMI) WBM ASCAP/AII Nations, ASCAP/Seventh Son, 18 NOTHING SHORT OF DYING (Sony Tree, BMI /Post Gems -EMI, BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI /Careers -BMG, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) 26 COME IN OUT OF THE PAIN (G.I.D., ASCAP /Dixie ASCAP /Mattie Ruth, ASCAP) WBM Oak, BMI) HL BMI) CLM /HL/WBM 73 WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW (Honest To Stars, ASCAP/Josh -Nick, ASCAP) HL 65 I GOT A LIFE (Almo, ASCAP /Brio Blues, 12 OLD FLAMES HAVE NEW NAMES (Sony Tree, 13 SOME GIRLS DO (Zoo II, ASCAP) Goodness, BMI) 15 DALLAS (Mattie Ruth, ASCAP /Seventh Son, ASCAP/Polygram, ASCAP/Songs De Burgo, ASCAP) BMI/Rockin'R, ASCAP) HL 5 SOME KIND OF TROUBLE (Almo, ASCAP /Brio, 37 THE WOMAN BEFORE ME (Mad Jack, BMI /Bug, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) WBM 69 I'LL START WITH YOU (Polly Girl, BMI /Edge O' 19 ONLY THE WIND (Edge O' Woods, ASCAP/Moline ASCAP/Welbeck, ASCAP /Blue Quill, ASCAP/Sheep In ASCAP) 14 DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (Sony Tree, Woods, ASCAP /Kinetic Diamond, ASCAP /Moline Valley, ASCAP /Kinetic Diamond, ASCAP) CPP Tow, BMI) HL/CPP 60 WORKING WOMAN (Courtland, BMI /Alabama Band, BMI /Bleamus, BMI/Willesden, BMI) HL Valley, ASCAP) CPP 39 OUTBOUND PLANE (Wing And Wheel, BMI /Irving, 64 STRAIGHT TALK (HolPic, BMI/Velvet Apple, BM) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Tim DuBois, ASCAP) WBM

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