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Eugene Church · 12-02-2022, 12:31 PM

I have 45 songs by Alabama... but don't have Cheap Seats... never cared for it... much prefer Tennessee River, My Home's in Alabama, Close Enough to Perfect, Deep River Woman (with Lionel Richie), Dixieland Delight, Mountain Music, Feels So Right, Jukebox in My Mind, Old Flame, Touch Me When We're Dancing and Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard and Love in the First Degree.

Christmas in Dixie is one of my favorite Christmas songs.

But my all-time Alabama song is one that was never popular... it was released in 1977 before they became popular... I Wanna Be With You Tonight... it only made #78 on the Country charts.

My station in 1977 was WYNK in Baton Rouge... we never got that song... but we did play Alabama before many country stations did... I was the music director and I added their first hit to our playlist... that was I Want To Come Over... it was on a small label and only reached #33 on the Billboard Country chart... it should have been a Top 10 song... sadly, many country stations don't play songs on small record labels... which is a terrible shame... my stations just played good songs regardless of record label... there was a lot of good songs on small labels in the 70s and 80s... it is even worse today... small labels get no airplay.

Here's some early Alabama for you... a song called I Want To Come Over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka3v3Wxm9U

Alright... this is for all you little darlin's and you buckaroos, too, that love Alabama... I was a disc jockey and program director for 32 years... and my ears tell me that this next song should have been a #1 song.

Here's the first Alabama song to make the Country charts... some T. L. C. from Alabama... tender... loving... country... I Wanna To See You Tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQ_7e2GF34

12-02-2022, 12:31 PM	#1082
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,951	I have 45 songs by Alabama... but don't have Cheap Seats... never cared for it... much prefer Tennessee River, My Home's in Alabama, Close Enough to Perfect, Deep River Woman (with Lionel Richie), Dixieland Delight, Mountain Music, Feels So Right, Jukebox in My Mind, Old Flame, Touch Me When We're Dancing and Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard and Love in the First Degree. Christmas in Dixie is one of my favorite Christmas songs. But my all-time Alabama song is one that was never popular... it was released in 1977 before they became popular... I Wanna Be With You Tonight... it only made #78 on the Country charts. My station in 1977 was WYNK in Baton Rouge... we never got that song... but we did play Alabama before many country stations did... I was the music director and I added their first hit to our playlist... that was I Want To Come Over... it was on a small label and only reached #33 on the Billboard Country chart... it should have been a Top 10 song... sadly, many country stations don't play songs on small record labels... which is a terrible shame... my stations just played good songs regardless of record label... there was a lot of good songs on small labels in the 70s and 80s... it is even worse today... small labels get no airplay. Here's some early Alabama for you... a song called I Want To Come Over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka3v3Wxm9U Alright... this is for all you little darlin's and you buckaroos, too, that love Alabama... I was a disc jockey and program director for 32 years... and my ears tell me that this next song should have been a #1 song. Here's the first Alabama song to make the Country charts... some T. L. C. from Alabama... tender... loving... country... I Wanna To See You Tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQ_7e2GF34 Last edited by Eugene Church; 12-02-2022 at 05:46 PM.