The website of the Florida strawberry festival just announced that Jessica Simpson will perform at the festival and is on of the latest additions to the festival music.
Tampa Bay actually praises the organizers of this year's Florida Strawberry Festival. "Kudos to the Florida Strawberry Festival. Its recent focus on adding a bit of diversity to its annual country concert lineup has been welcome, but the addition of Kool & the Gang to the 2009 lineup is the best move yet. I wonder if Kool has ever had a strawberry shortcake."
However, preparing such a diverse and good festival this year makes the price of the ticket at the Florida Strawberry Festival a bit more expensive. One member in The Ledger comments by writing "They are having to pay more and more each year, and that is why Ms Swift will bring $45 a ticket for a reserved seat. Mr Foxworthy, $35. And, the best seats are taken by volunteers and poo-bahs. For those unlike us, Jessica Simpson is a bargain at $30 each. And don't forget parking and festival admission."
However, indeed, Jessica Simpson at this price is a bargain. So you give and get.
FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: 2009 Headliner Entertainers' Background Information
Brenda Lee: An original rocker in the 60s, a superstar in the 70s and a country crooner in the 80s, Brenda Lee is a living legend, her hit records now timeless standards. Her best selling single to date, "I'm Sorry," has sold in excess of 20 million units and "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," which is the number four best selling Christmas recording of all time, is close behind with sales at around 15 million.
Connie Smith: Revered as one of country music's queens, Connie Smith powerfully committed to home, family and living life. Her 50+ catalogue of albums includes such hits as “I’ll Come Runnin’”, “You’ve Got Me Right Where You Want Me” (both of which she wrote), “Where is My Castle,” “Ribbon of Darkness,” “the Hurtin’s all Over” and “I Don’t Wanna Talk it Over Anymore”.
George Jones: George has had more charted singles than any other artist in any format in the history of popular music. Some of the more popular #1 hits he's charted include "White Lightning," "She Thinks I Still Care," "Walk Through This World With Me," and "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes". In 1992, the CMA inducted George Jones into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and his 55+ years in country music continues going strong to this day. He has received three awards from the Country Music Association, and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Helen Cornelius: A singer and song writer, Helen made her musical debut at the age of five. And while it was her writing that first got her noticed, it was her voice that won her her first recording contract in 1975. A winner of numerous awards from the ACM, CMA and Music City News, she had a number one hit with "I Don't Want to Have to Marry You". Helen played the lead role in a road show revival of Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun" in the 1980s, and today continues to perform in concert with Jim Ed Brown in shows throughout the country.
Jake Owen: Jake signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005 and released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles ("Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me" and "Something About a Woman"), all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The 24-year-old country singer with model-worthy good looks was a presenter at the 2008 42nd annual CMA Awards show in Nashville.
Jeff Foxworthy: He's the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee, and best selling author of more than 22 books. Jeff Foxworthy is currently hosting FOX Television's hit television show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? He also starred in and produced the Blue Collar TV series, which came about due to the success of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Movie and the concert tour of the same name. Jeff also has an HBO special and two Showtime specials to his credit, and his "You Might Be a Redneck If..." greeting cards are sold in Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
Jessica Simpson: She had a massive breakthrough hit in 1999 "I Wanna Love You Forever," and then in 2001, the title track to Irresistible was a crossover smash hit. Her quadruple platinum album In This Skin marked her debut as a songwriter, while "Sweetest Sin", the album's first single to hit the Top 40, solidified her place in the music industry. She went on to make her film debut in The Dukes of Hazard and released a cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" for the movie. She released a county album in September 2008, Do You Know?, and its first single "Come on Over" broke the record for highest entry into the charts for a country newcomer.
Jim Ed Brown: He started out signing with his older sister Maxine on local radio shows in Arkansas. In 1957, he sang with his sisters Bonnie and Maxine, and they were known as The Browns. After a stint in service, the group released "The Three Bells", which sold over a million copies and created a sensation as the first number one country song to cross over to #1 on the pop and rhythm & blues charts as well. By the mid 60s, Bonnie and Maxine retired from the group to care for their families. Jim Ed carried on, and in '66, scored his first solo success with "Pop-A-Top Again." He continued to grow as a star with hits including "Southern Loving," "Sometime Sunshine," and "Morning." In '76, he teamed with Helen Cornelius to form one of the most successful recording duos of all time. They went their own ways in '81, and Jim Ed continued to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. He now performs with his new band, The Company, on the Grand Ole Opry about twice a month.
Julianne Hough ("Huff"): Two-time winner of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, her self-titled album was released in May 2008 and debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart. Some of this young blonde's more popular debut songs include "That Song in My Head", "Hide Your Matches", "Help Me, Help You", "Jimmy Ray McGee", and "My Hallelujah Song".
Kellie Pickler: This young beauty was a sixth place finalist on the fifth season of FOX Television's American Idol. In 2006, she released her debut album Small Town Girl, which was certified gold and produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Red High Heels" at #15, "I Wonder" at #14, and "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" at #16. The first single from her self-titled second album is "Don't You Know You're Beautiful". It was released in mid-2008, and reached the Top 25. On November 12, she performed "Best Days of Your Life", her second single off her sophomore album, at the CMA Awards. She was also a nominee for "Best New Artist".
Kool & the Gang: Their eclectic style has not waned over the past 35 years as they continue to perform an array of songs ranging from R&B to pop to some funk. Creators of such hits as “Celebration”, "Cherish" and “Jungle Boogie”, audiences still bob their heads with tracks like “Bang Bang With the Gang”, “Give It Up”, and “Livin in the 21.” The band re-entered the Billboard R&B chart in 2006 with Steppin' into Love. In 2007, they introduced a new studio album entitled "Still Kool".
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers: Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin love to sing together. They've all be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and they have scores of top 10 hits to their credit. From "I Don't Wanna Cry",
"Statues Without Hearts" and "Love Is Just A Game" to "Denver", "All The Gold In California" and "Almost Called Her Baby By Mistake", the Gatlin Brothers produced hit after major hit. With Larry's dynamic leads and the kind of harmonies that only siblings can create, the trio has proven both versatile and long-lived.
Lorrie Morgan: The daughter of George Morgan, a country music singer who charted several hit singles between 1949 and his death in 1975, Lorrie Morgan charted her first single in 1978, breaking into the top of the U.S. country charts in 1989 with her single "Train wreck of Emotion." Since then, she has charted more than 25 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, with three of those singles having reached #1: "Five Minutes", "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength". She has also recorded more than 15 studio albums. 1995 saw the release of Morgan's Greatest Hits CD, which produced her third and, to date, last number-one single in the song, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." At various points in her life, Morgan has been married to three different country singers: Keith Whitley, Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw.
Marty Stuart: This country music singer is known for his eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk and traditional country music. He's a born again Christian and records both Country and Gospel music. Since the passing of his friend and former father-in-law Johnny Cash he now know for wearing wears black suits on stage in his honor. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1993, he married Connie Smith in 1997. In November of this year, he launched a 30-minute TV show, "The Marty Stuart Show", airing Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m. on cable's RFD-TV. Each episode will feature traditional country music by Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, as well as his wife, Grand Ole Opry star Connie Smith, and guests.
Mary Lowry: He's been making people laugh, cry and think for more than 28 years. Mark Lowry has performed with the Gaither Vocal Band, performing dozen of solo concerts each year as well. He has recorded eleven albums, both music and comedy. The best known song written by Lowry is the Christmas song, “Mary, Did You Know,” about the question he would like to ask Mary, the mother of Jesus. In addition to hosting weekly podcasts, Mark also co-hosts "Bill Gaither's Homecoming Radio" with Bill Gaither and Phil Brower.
Mel Tillis: Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, Mel Tillis' biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits. His biggest hits include, "I Ain't Never", "Good Woman Blues", and "Coca-Cola Cowboy". He also has won the CMA Awards most coveted award, Entertainer of the Year. His daughter is country music singer, Pam Tillis. A native of Tampa, Florida, Tillis is also known for his speech impediment, a stutter, which doesn't affect his singing. He developed it as a child following a bout with malaria. The Grand Ole Opry inducted Mel Tillis on June 9, 2007. On August 7 that year, Tillis along with Ralph Emery and Vince Gill, became the newest to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: During the 30-plus years the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has existed in one form or another, they have released more than 30 albums. They're an American country-folk-rock band that's perhaps best known for hits include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". Albums include "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", Volumes I, II and III.
Randy Travis: He's a multi- Grammy Award and Dove Award winning country music singer. Randy Travis has recorded more than a dozen studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which 16 have reached #1. "Three Wooden Crosses" is one song for which Travis is known and loved. In 2003 Randy Travis was ranked #13 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music, and he continues to act in film and television. He appeared on the series finale of Touched by an Angel, and in 2007 launched a new web site and blog for fans that remains very active today.
Ray Stevens: A popular country music and pop singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works, Ray Stevens had a series of hit records that included songs such as "Ahab the Arab", "Harry the Hairy Ape", "Funny Man" and "The Streak". Stevens won two Grammy Awards: one for "Everything Is Beautiful" and one for his arrangement of the jazz standard "Misty". Ray Stevens was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
Rodney Atkins: He landed his first Top Five hit on the country music charts in 2003 with the single "Honesty (Write Me a List)" from his 2003 album Honesty. If You're Going Through Hell, his second album was released in 2006. Its first two singles, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" and "Watching You", each spent four weeks at the top of the country music charts. Both songs were also named as the Number One country song of the year by Billboard magazine. The album, which has since been certified platinum in the United States, has since produced two more Number One singles in "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun".
Ronnie McDowell: He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles – "Older Women" and "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" — reached #1 on the country charts, while eleven more reached Top Ten.
Taylor Swift: An American country pop artist, she began her career as a teenager, making her debut on the Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw", which peaked at #6. It was the first of five singles from her self-titled debut, which was released in late 2006 and re-issued in 2007. It has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Following "Tim McGraw" were the #2 "Teardrops on My Guitar", the six-week #1 "Our Song", the #3 "Picture to Burn", and another #1 "Should've Said No". All five singles from her debut were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, as was her song "Change" from the AT&T TEAM USA Soundtrack. Her second album, Fearless, was released November 11, 2008, and its lead single "Love Story" has become her highest Hot 100 hit.
Third Day: This Contemporary Christian Music band was formed out of Georgia in the 90s. Their name is a reference to the biblical account of Jesus' rising from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion. When they released the now official version of their first album in 1996, it sold over 300,000 copies and was received well by critics. That same year, popular band Newsboys asked Third Day to open five of their shows around the West Coast. They also launched their own tour over 65 cities which ended up being a success. All Star United and Seven Day Jesus opened for them. The band was also nominated for the Dove Award for New Artist of the Year, and the video of "Consuming Fire" won them a Billboard Award for Best Christian video. By 1998 they'd achieved international acclaim. In 2008, they appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, and then on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They also appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on November 20, 2008, where they performed the title track of their latest album "Revelation".
Travis Tritt: a Grammy award-winning American country music artist and occasional actor, Travis Tritt has charted more than 30 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including five #1s. His first and third albums—1989s "Country Club" and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"—have each achieved platinum certification by the RIAA, while his albums "It's All About to Change", "Greatest Hits: From the Beginning", and "My Honky Tonk History" have each achieved gold status. His most recent album, "The Storm", was released in 2007.
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