Michael W. Smith "Somebody Love Me"

Michael W. Smith is the male-version of Amy Grant: successful Christian pop artist who crossed over at about the same time as Amy Grant. In fact, Michael opened for Amy twice during the 1980s.

Crystal Gayle "Talking in Your Sleep"

Crystal Gayle continued her ascent from country artist to crossover artist with her sentimental ballad "Talking in Your Sleep". The song went to the coveted #1 spot on the Country Chart and even peaked at #3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart in 1978.

Ronnie Milsap "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World"

Country music that crossed over into the world of pop was all the rage in the early-80s. Ronnie Milsap followed the likes of Kenny Rogers and Anne Murray as a successful country-pop crossover artist.

Shania Twain - "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"

"Hello?"

"Is this Shania?"

"Yes?"

"Hi Shania, this is your record company.  Listen, we're gonna need you to come up with another pop-country song for your new album."

"But I already gave you a whole bunch of pop-country songs in my last album."

"Right right right, but let's crank out another, okey dokey?"

"Well, I suppose.""

We did a focus group and they really liked 'That Don't Impress Me Much', so we're thinking of doing a version 2.0 of that song."

"What does version 2.0 mean?"

"We really don't know, but please try to use the word 'getcha' in the title."

"I'll see what I can do." 

Little Texas - "What Might Have Been"

Don't pretend you don't sometimes think back and wonder....hmmm, what might have been...