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38-547: Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting 20 number one singles, 25 top 10 and more than 50 hits overall on the country charts . To date, they have released more than 50 albums, primarily on Curb Records . They have also enjoyed success in continental Europe, with a compilation album topping the Norwegian charts in 2011 and over two dozen hit songs that were released outside

76-715: A Groucho Marx quote, landed the Bellamys their first country music No. 1 in the United States. It was first played on radio in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland in 1979 and went on to become Record of the Year in the UK in 1979. In a 2003 issue of Country Weekly magazine, the title was named the number 1 country pick-up line of all time. After the success of "If I Said You Have

114-563: A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", the brothers continued with a run of country hits, including tunes such as " Redneck Girl ", "Santa Fe", and the social commentary pieces " Old Hippie " and " Kids of the Baby Boom ". Billboard named the Bellamy Brothers as Top Country Duo, and they eventually went on to set the record for most duo nominations from both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association . The brothers worked on

152-491: A compilation album featuring re-recordings of the duo's older hits with additional artists, including Dolly Parton , George Jones , Alan Jackson , Tanya Tucker and Montgomery Gentry . A re-recorded version of "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", featuring Dolly Parton, spent one week at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2005. In March 2007, "Redneck Girl"

190-741: A concert at a remote camp in Macedonia. In 2014, they toured in India and Sri Lanka and made history as the first country music act touring in those Asian countries. In 2019 and 2020, the Bellamy Brothers participated in Blake Shelton 's "Friends and Heroes Tour". The brothers have traveled around the world playing benefit concerts for American troops abroad including performances throughout Germany , Italy , Japan , Guam , South Korea , Bosnia and Kosovo . When they played at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo in 2000, it

228-439: A major advantage over songs popular only on country radio, and as an unintended consequence , such songs began having record-long runs at the top of the chart. The first song to benefit from this change was Taylor Swift 's " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together ", which had been declining in popularity but shot up to number one on the chart the first week the change took effect and stayed there until it set an all-time record for

266-669: A number of collaborative efforts with other musicians during this period. They recorded "Too Much Is Not Enough" with The Forester Sisters in 1986 and " Drive South " with them in 1990. In 1993, they recorded "Stayin' in Love" with Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez . In 1997, they recorded "Catahoula" with Eddy Raven and Jo-El Sonnier , while in 1997 they recorded "Everyone's Somebody's Darlin'" with Nicolette Larson . In 1999, they recorded "(Don't Put Me In) The Ex Files" with Buck Owens , and that same year they recorded "Vertical Expression" with Freddy Fender and then with Eduardo Araujo . In 1991,

304-507: A song's overall popularity, counting them in one single chart called "Hot C&W Sides". The chart was published under the title Hot C&W Sides through the 27 October 1962, issue and "Hot Country Singles" thereafter, a title it would retain until 1990. On 20 January 1990, the Hot Country Singles chart was reduced from 100 to 75 positions and began to be compiled entirely from information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ,

342-468: A system which electronically monitors radio airplay of songs. Four weeks later, on February 17, the chart was retitled "Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Beginning with the January 13, 2001, issue, the chart was reduced from 75 to 60 positions, and all songs on the chart at the time had their tally of weeks spent on the chart adjusted to count only weeks spent at No. 60 or higher. Effective April 30, 2005,

380-459: A top five hit, providing the Bellamys with the money to move to Los Angeles . Howard became a road manager for Stafford. The duo signed to Curb Records in 1975. A single featuring only David, "Nothin' Heavy", was unsuccessful. However, at the suggestion of Neil Diamond 's drummer Dennis St. John, the brothers recorded and released the single " Let Your Love Flow ", written by Diamond's roadie Larry Williams. Released in 1976, "Let Your Love Flow"

418-441: Is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. The current number-one song on the chart as of issue November 30 is " A Bar Song (Tipsy) " by Shaboozey . Billboard began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944, issue. Only

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456-457: The University of Florida . Soon after, the brothers moved to Atlanta and formed a band called Jericho. However, playing in bands and clubs proved tiresome for the brothers, who soon moved back home. The brothers were soon noticed by a friend of recording artist Jim Stafford , who eventually recorded " Spiders & Snakes ", written by Stafford and David. "Spiders & Snakes" went on to become

494-418: The 100 greatest country songs. During these years the brothers worked on many other collaborative song efforts as well. They recorded "Hello, Lady Harley" with Truck Stop in 2003, worked with Alan Jackson in 2005, and collaborated with Tom Astor in 2007. In April 2018, the group released the memoir Let Your Love Flow - The Life and Times of the Bellamy Brothers . The Bellamys then released their album Over

532-470: The Bellamys switched to Atlantic Records . Their tenure there produced one album before the duo formed their own label, Bellamy Brothers Records. They were one of the first country music artists to have their own record label, and have been licensing albums from their own record label for 25 years. In 1999, they switched to Blue Hat Records for their Lonely Planet album. In 2005, the Bellamys returned to Curb Records to record Angels & Outlaws, Volume 1 ,

570-561: The European market. David and Howard Bellamy were inspired by many musical sources from an early age. Their father played country music around the house, and was also a member of a local Western swing band; in addition, they were inspired by the rock and roll music their sister played. Despite having never had formal music training, both brothers learned how to play guitar , mandolin , and banjo . In addition, David learned accordion , fiddle , organ , and piano . Their first musical gig

608-592: The Moon in 2019, which consisted of 14 original songs written and recorded at the Bellamys' studio on their Darby ranch. In 2018 the brothers became the feature of the reality television series Honky Tonk Ranch , which aired on the Cowboy Channel , RFD-TV and now on the Circle Network. The series follows the Bellamys in addition to their friends and family. A second season of Honky Tonk Ranch aired in 2019. In 2020,

646-738: The US market. In 2013, their album Bellamy Brothers & Friends: Across the Sea landed at No. 5 in the Swiss music chart and took the top spot in album sales for weeks in Switzerland. It was their third major release in Europe in three years. Their album Mermaid Cowgirl , recorded in Switzerland and released in 2014, won them Gold Record status in Switzerland. They also recorded four albums in Germany with Ralph Siegel for release to

684-574: The United States, Europe, Australia and South Africa and have been to distant (from their US base) places like Dubai , Saudi Arabia , India , Sri Lanka , New Caledonia , Qatar , the Faroe Islands and the Czech Republic . In 1999, The Bellamy Brothers played for American troops stationed in Bosnia , and on Easter Sunday 2000, they gave a concert for American troops in war-torn Kosovo as well as

722-576: The chart several times in 2004. The Hot Country Songs chart methodology was changed starting with the 20 October 2012, issue to match the Billboard Hot 100 : digital downloads and streaming data are combined with airplay from all radio formats to determine position. A new chart, the Country Airplay chart, was created using airplay exclusively from country radio stations. Following the change, songs that were receiving airplay on top-40 pop were given

760-442: The chart was renamed "Hot Country Songs". Starting in 1990, the rankings were determined by Arbitron -tallied listener audience for each spin that a song received. The methodology was changed for the first chart published in 1992 to tally the amount of spins a song received, but in January 2005, the methodology reverted to the audience format. This change was brought on because of " label-sponsored spin programs " that had manipulated

798-619: The compound. The ranch is also the location of the recording studio where much of their work is recorded. In 2020, the brothers partnered with Florida medical cannabis company Trulieve to produce a signature line of cannabis products named "Old Hippie Stash". Said David: "[Cannabis has] helped Howard and me on many levels. There was a stigma for so long, but now people are talking about it seriously and considering cannabis as an alternative for stress, anxiety, pain management and many other health factors." The brothers have 200 or more concert dates worldwide each year. They have had concerts in

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836-453: The country chart and which ones do not, only that "a few factors are determined (...) first and foremost is musical composition" and that a song must "embrace enough elements of today's country music" to qualify. The 1990–2012 chart did not have such ambiguity, being objectively measured by airplay from specifically identified country stations alone. A later statement from Billboard elaborated on what those "few factors" entailed: "most notably

874-507: The genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, Billboard used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included: The juke box chart was discontinued in June 1957. Starting with the 20 October 1958, issue, Billboard began combining sales and radio airplay in figuring

912-492: The launch in 1958 of what is now the Hot Country Songs listing), but none did so again until after the 2012 reformulation; between " Almost Persuaded 's" nine-week run in 1966 and the chart's reformulation in 2012, no song spent more than eight weeks atop the chart. Prolonged runs became commonplace again in 2012. As of November 30, 2024 , thirteen songs from this period have topped the chart for at least 16 weeks, and

950-499: The most weeks at No. 1 by a solo female. This was followed almost immediately by Florida Georgia Line 's " Cruise ", which had the longest stay at number one of any song in the country chart's history (24 weeks), until it was surpassed by Sam Hunt 's " Body Like a Back Road " in 2017 (34 weeks). The record was subsequently broken by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's " Meant to Be " in 2018 (50 weeks). Billboard has not explicitly defined how it determines which songs qualify for

988-491: The other charts not indicated. In 1958 the three charts were merged to create Hot C&W Sides (now Hot Country Songs). With at least 50+ weeks at # 1. As of the issue of Billboard dated November 2, 2024 George Strait has the most number one hits, at 44. Dolly Parton has the most number ones of any female artist, with 25. Redneck Girl " Redneck Girl " is a song written by David Bellamy, and recorded by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers . It

1026-597: The problems of political correctness, was banned before it could even be released to radio because of its profanity. The video became a major YouTube hit with almost 3 million views. In 2012, the Bellamy Brothers collaborated with Austrian schlager singer DJ Ötzi to create the album Simply the Best . It was DJ Ötzi's first full English-language album, and entered the German album charts at number three. In June 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked " Old Hippie " #95 in their list of

1064-570: The seven longest chart runs have all been since 2012. Note: Songs marked † achieved the listed run on the Most Played in Juke Boxes chart (published 1944–58). Songs marked ‡ achieved the listed run on the Best Sellers on Stores chart (published 1948–58). Songs marked § achieved the listed run on the Most Played by Jockeys chart (published 1949–58). All these songs also had shorter runs at number one on

1102-514: The show moved to the Circle Network where seasons one and two aired along with season three. In the late 1990s, David's sons Noah and Jesse became active in the music scene and the sons currently perform as the duo Jesse and Noah . The Bellamy Brothers live in Darby, Florida, on a 200-acre ranch, where they raise Brahman cattle and quarter horses , with three generations of their family living in

1140-531: The song "Suppertime", and Deborah Allen sang background vocals with Vicky Hampton on the album. Irish actor and musician Kieran McHugh played penny whistle for the song "Hymn to Him". In 2008, the song "Let Your Love Flow" was used in the Barclaycard advert for their new contactless cards. The song re-entered the UK singles chart at No. 48 based on downloads, peaked at No. 21 in the pop charts in March 2009, and

1178-427: The song off subsequent charts, claiming it had made a mistake in including it. The song gained popularity through viral memes rather than radio, as only one country station, Radio Disney Country , had played it at the time of the charting. These are the songs with 16 or more weeks at number one. Fifteen songs accomplished this feat between 1946 and 1964 (including on the country charts published by Billboard prior to

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1216-741: The song together on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 1, 2009. In 2010, the Bellamys recorded The Greatest Hits Sessions with Swiss rock star Gölä (Marco Pfeuti) and the project sold double platinum in Europe. It was at number one of the Swiss Schweizer Hitparade for 7 weeks. In 2011, they created BB&G Platinum with Gölä. Then, in 2014, they teamed up again with Gölä and recorded Mermaid Cowgirl in Switzerland. They achieved gold record status in Switzerland with this album. In June 2010, their song "Jalepeños", about

1254-433: The song's musical composition, but also how the song is marketed and promoted, the musical history of the artist, airplay the song receives and how the song is platformed on streaming services". The 2019 country rap record " Old Town Road " by Lil Nas X was a subject of controversy over this ambiguous standard after it initially appeared on the country chart, where it debuted and peaked at number 19, before Billboard took

1292-462: Was a No. 1 single on the U.S. pop charts , as well as more than a dozen countries worldwide. Although "Let Your Love Flow" was also a hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the Bellamys' country music success was limited until 1979, when " If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me " was released. The song, with its double entendre title derived from

1330-450: Was covered by Blake Shelton on the soundtrack to The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning . The Bellamys released an album of gospel music , titled Jesus Is Coming , on May 8, 2007. Its title track was previously recorded on Native American in 1995. The album received two Dove Award nominations, and a second gospel album, Pray for Me , was released in 2012. They had many guest singers on this album. Their sister Ginger sang with them on

1368-783: Was in 1968 at a benefit concert with their father in San Antonio, Florida , at the Rattlesnake Roundup. In the late sixties the brothers and their band played for dances at the Dade City Civic Center and at Louie's in Brooksville. They played as The Accidents and later as The Heterogeneous Grouping, performing covers of many of the popular rock and roll and R&B tunes of the time. Three of their favorites were " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", " My Girl " and " Little Bit O' Soul ". Their first paid gigs were playing fraternity parties at

1406-558: Was listed on BMI's list of Top 100 Song of the Century at No. 68 that same year. A cover by Petra Haden was used in a 2010 Toyota Prius commercial. The Anthology, Vol. 1 was released in 2009 and includes the single "Guilty of the Crime", which is a collaboration with the Bacon Brothers . The video features Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame. Both sets of brothers performed

1444-709: Was the first time that the base had allowed a band to play. In 2011, the brothers supported earthquake victims in New Zealand when they joined the New Zealand Red Cross and Judy Seale International to raise support through live auctions. In 2016, the Bellamy Brothers partnered with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to release a video for "Let Your Love Flow." They supported the foundation's breast cancer research by donating one dollar for every digital download of their 40 Year package. Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs

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