Kate
28 January 2006, 09:30
WEDDED BLISS: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood appeared as a duo on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart four times between 1997-2002. This week they collect their first hit as a married couple, as "Love Will Always Win" (Pearl/Lyric Street) enters at No. 36.
It's Yearwood's highest debut out of 40 chart entries, while Brooks has had eight of his 77 chart entries debut higher than No. 36.
Brooks and Yearwood are the latest in a long list of couples who said "I do" and then charted as bride-and-groom. Two of the most recent are Tim McGraw and Faith Hill and Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. Other wedded duos with country chart entries to their credit include:
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Pat & Shirley Boone
The Canadian Sweethearts
Captain & Tennille
Carl & Pearl Butler
Rick & Janis Carnes
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee
Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash
Gwen & Jerry Collins
Elmo & Patsy
Guy & Raina
Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens
Merle Haggard & Leona Williams
Jack & Trink
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter
Gene Kennedy & Karen Jeglum
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
Lulu Belle & Scotty
Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
Charly McClain & Wayne Massey
Johnny & Jonie Mosby
Willie Nelson & Shirley Collie
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Jon Randall & Lorrie Morgan
Saskia & Serge
Margie Singleton & Leon Ashley
Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White
Tommy & Donna
Kitty Wells & Johnny Wright
L.E. White & Lola Jean Dillon
Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan
It's Yearwood's highest debut out of 40 chart entries, while Brooks has had eight of his 77 chart entries debut higher than No. 36.
Brooks and Yearwood are the latest in a long list of couples who said "I do" and then charted as bride-and-groom. Two of the most recent are Tim McGraw and Faith Hill and Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. Other wedded duos with country chart entries to their credit include:
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Pat & Shirley Boone
The Canadian Sweethearts
Captain & Tennille
Carl & Pearl Butler
Rick & Janis Carnes
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee
Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash
Gwen & Jerry Collins
Elmo & Patsy
Guy & Raina
Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens
Merle Haggard & Leona Williams
Jack & Trink
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter
Gene Kennedy & Karen Jeglum
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
Lulu Belle & Scotty
Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
Charly McClain & Wayne Massey
Johnny & Jonie Mosby
Willie Nelson & Shirley Collie
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Jon Randall & Lorrie Morgan
Saskia & Serge
Margie Singleton & Leon Ashley
Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White
Tommy & Donna
Kitty Wells & Johnny Wright
L.E. White & Lola Jean Dillon
Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan