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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this Sunday the Spotlight Segment shines on a Texas-born singer who was basically discovered by a Texas Ranger. No not a baseball player, but a law enforcement officer. And the discovery wasn’t made in a club, or on a stage, but in a less than desirable place. Word see more... about this young singer made it’s way to a couple of Nashville heavyweights, who pulled a few strings, and within three years this 22 year old singer had a #1 country song, and more followed. Find out more Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” features another example of the cover song being a bigger hit than the original. Our Email of the Week asks about a song that was a #1 pop hit in the 1950s. But then a country version of it showed up more than twenty years later. Plus there’s the Sunday Funny, a Double Shot of Patsy, and lots more including the Sons of the Pioneers song that was a hit three times! It’s the Kstar Country Classics Show, Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

April 17, 2019, 4:45 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this week our Spotlight Segment shines on an artist who was learning the guitar at age five. When he was fifteen, he told a fib, and enlisted in the Marine Corp during World War II. After the military, he decided to pursue a career in country music. He changed his see more... name, and with a little help from Lefty Frizzell, got a record deal. It took him about eight years to have a hit song as a performer, but songs that he had written, were being recorded by some of the biggest names in the business. Oh by the way, that hit song I mentioned was honored by the CMA as song of the Year. Find out more Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” features the biggest song of 1970, and our Email of the Week asks about a disk jockey/musician who was well known in this area in the 1950s. Plus, there’s music from Al Dexter, Eddy Arnold, Charley Pride, and lots more including the Sunday Funny and the Doubleshot. It’s the Kstar Country Classics Show, Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com.

April 10, 2019, 6:29 nachm. GMT

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Thank you and thanks to everyone for listening to us. It's an honor being able to bring music to your ears. Feel free to drop us a line with your music requests. May everyone have a beautiful day!!!

März 27, 2019, 9:22 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this week, the Spotlight Segment shines on an artist, who as a child would tell anybody who would listen that she was going to be a star. She was right! But, there were bumps in the road along the way, including a severe throat infection, which according to her was see more... a blessing! Although her career was a short one, she made an impact on country music like few others. Not bad for a high school dropout. Find out more Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” feature deals with one of Hank Williams biggest hits, and the cover song, twenty years later! Our Email of the Week asks about a Glen Campbell song that our emailer wanted to hear fifty years ago, but couldn’t find it. She’ll hear it Sunday. It’s the opening weekend of Major League Baseball, so you probably know what our Sunday Funny will be. And this Sunday would have been Lefty Frizzell’s birthday, we’ll play one by him that you may have not heard before. All this and lots more this Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

März 26, 2019, 6:08 nachm. GMT

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März 24, 2019, 2:58 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this week, the Spotlight Segment features a versatile entertainer who won two national banjo championships at the age of 15! And at 17 made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. He would eventually go on to be a respected guitar player, in fact he won five in see more... strumentalist of the year awards. He was co-host of a legendary TV show, had his own theater in Branson, won a CMA Entertainer of the Year, award, and is a Country Music Hall of Famer. Find out more Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” song was a #1 country single, and a top 30 pop hit in 1973, and it was covered that same year on a #1 LP by a country music legend. There’s also the Sunday Funny, Email of the Week, the Double Shot, and music from Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Faron Young and lots more. It's the Kstar Country Classics Show, this Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

März 18, 2019, 6:17 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classic Show this week, our spotlight segment shines on a singer with a disability that would discourage most people from wanting to be an entertainer. But by the time he was seven years old, his musical talents started peaking the interest of his teachers. By high school age he see more... had formed a band, and eventually earned a full college scholarship in music. But, school wasn’t for him, and shortly after dropping out, he was working as a session musician for RCA records, and with a good word from Charley Pride, the road to stardom was just beginning, and after 35 million albums sold, six Grammy’s won, and Hall of Fame induction, and it’s still going. Find out more Sunday. Plus there’s the Sunday Funny, the Email of the Week, the Doubleshot, a song that caused a bit of controversy from Dolly Parton, and Mary’s “Cover Me” features a huge hit from 1966. All this and lots more, this Sunday morning, 8-10. It’s the Kstar Country Classics Show on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

März 12, 2019, 5:30 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this Sunday our Spotlight Segment shines on yet another country music superstar who wanted to be a professional baseball player. In fact, he had a contract with a New York Yankee farm club. However, an injury ended his dream, but it was just the beginning of a coun see more... try music career which eventually produced 29 #1 records, millions of albums sold, dozens of awards received, and induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Not bad for a guy who’s first guitar came from Sears

März 6, 2019, 5:42 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this Sunday our Spotlight Segment shines on an entertainer known as “the father” of a certain style of music. His career spanned almost seven decades. He’s in an elite group of performers who have been inducted into the three major music Halls of Fame, he’s been an see more... inspiration for countless artists over the years, and he’s an honorary Kentucky Colonel. You’ll find out more this Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” segment features a #1 country and pop hit from 1957, and even though it was covered by a few pop singers over years, a successful country cover didn’t chart until twelve years after the original. Plus, there’s the Email of the Week, a Double Shot of Kitty, along music from Mel, Marty, Eddy, Hank, Lefty, Johnny and many more this Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

Feb. 28, 2019, 7:49 nachm. GMT

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On the Kstar Country Classics Show this week, our Spotlight Segment shines on a Texas-born, teenage country music sensation, in fact, the youngest singer to ever have a major hit on the country charts. The first top 10 record came at age 13, the first #1 at age 14, and the hits kept charting for the see more... next thirty-plus years, but the career is not over yet. Find out more this Sunday. Mary’s “Cover Me” song this was a #1 country and pop hit in the U.S, and the cover, was on a #1 LP in the UK. The Email of the Week asks about the brother of a country music superstar, and Jerry Clower is back with the Sunday Funny, which concerns an icebox. Plus there’s #1 songs from Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and lots more, including the Doubleshot. It’s the Kstar Country Classics Show, Sunday morning, 8-10, on 99.7FM and kstarcountry.com

Feb. 21, 2019, 9:04 nachm. GMT