Country Classic Double

T.G.I.F....and Friday the 13th at that! Another scorcher is expected today with temps hitting the 90s, and Saturday as well. We'll kick off today's "Country Classic Double" with a song all about this heat wave (sort of), "When You're Hot, You're Hot", by the late Jerry Reed which was the number one country song on this day back in 1971.

On this day back in 1968, the number one country song in the U.S.A. was "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" by the late Tammy Wynette. Today, we're featuring it as our first song of the "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m.

In my opinion, any time we feature Johnny Cash on our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m., it's an event. Today we kick off with "Sunday Morning Coming Down", a song written by Kris Kristofferson and recorded by Johnny Cash on this day in 1970. It went to number one later that year.

This week back in 1990, Mark Chestnutt, a Frogfest headliner from a few years ago, released his first single, "Too Cold At Home". The song eventually went to number three on the country charts, and we're featuring it on today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m.

I usually like to save "Working Man Blues" by Merle Haggard for Labor Day's "Country Classic Double", but on this day back in 1969, the song entered the country charts on its way to number one. And to be fair, I'm sure if that song were recorded today it would include the working woman too.

One of my favorite country artists, Ronnie Milsap and his number one country song 30 years ago today, "Any Day Now" kicks off today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. Ronnie Milsap is one of those country artists with mass appeal to a wide audience and has racked up many hits on the pop charts.

Elvis Presley was not only a huge rock 'n roll star, but many of his songs hit number one on the country charts. Today, we kick of our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. with a song Elvis recorded on this day back in 1956, "Don't Be Cruel", which eventually went to number one.

We've set the way-back machine for way back on today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. The year was 1966 and the number one country song in the U.S.A. was "Take Good Care Of Her", by Sonny James. Sonny also had a number of pop hits during the 1960s as well. And seeing that we're reminiscing about the 60s, we'll also hear from Jeannie C. Riley and her number one song in 1

We begin our "Country Classic Double" today at 11:30 a.m. with the birthday girl, Anne Murray, who is 67 years old today and her big hit from 1978, "You Needed Me". Anne is known as the "Canadian Songbird" and has one of the richest voices in both country and pop music (and is one of my favorites).

We've got two George's on today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. We begin with the number country song on this day in 1990, "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait. We follow it up with a number one from 1959, "White Lightning", by George Jones.

One of my favorite country artists is Emmylou Harris, and today we begin our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. with her number one country song on this day back in 1978, "Two More Bottles Of Wine". Emmylou is known for her singing songs from the roots of country and is considered the "Americana" wing of country music.

Let's honor dad on today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. with two "daddy" songs. We begin with Johnny Cash and family with "Daddy Sang Bass". We'll follow it up with Holly Dunn and that Father's Day favorite,  "Daddy's Hands".