New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Webster Public Relations is proud to announce the signing of three of Country Music's most durable and veteran performers for publicity - John Berry, Roy Clark, and John Conlee. In announcing the signing, the company's Kirt Webster exclaimed "The Webster brand has always stood for excellence and honor, and how do you get more so than this trio of artists?"
Known for his amazing tenor voice, John Berry was born in Aiken, South Carolina. He was raised in Atlanta where he cut his teeth on 70s icons such as John Denver,
James Taylor, and Harry Chapin. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Berry toured throughout the mid-south and also self-released several albums. Word of mouth concerning his talent reached The White House, where he made fans of President
George H.W. Bush and First Lady
Barbara Bush. His self-titled 1993 major label release on
Liberty Records introduced him to radio, who were instantly attracted to songs like "Kiss Me In The Car" and "Your Love Amazes Me."
Future hits included "Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye" - which turns twenty this year and "I Will If You Will." His version of the Christmas classic "
O Holy Night" remains a classic, and his October 1995 CMA Awards performance of "If I Had Any Pride Left At All" remains a high note in the show's history. Berry will soon be releasing a new book entitled Songs and Stories, which will take fans inside the scenes of some of his biggest hits.
Roy Clark has carved out a career that eclipses simply record sales, live concerts, or television exposure. However, a look at his history shows all of that and much more. He was born in Virginia, and raised in Staten Island, NY. Clark became a very popular performer and instrumentalist in the Washington, DC area in the mid-1950s. In the early 1960s, the singer signed with Capitol Records, where he quickly found favor with audiences due to Bill Anderson's "The Tips Of My Fingers." Roy recorded throughout the decade, but it was on television that he made his mark in the 60s, guesting on The
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as well as the CBS classic The Beverly Hillbillies.
1969 was a watershed year for Clark - in more ways than one. He returned to the Billboard top ten with the classic ballad "Yesterday, When I Was Young," and teamed up with Buck Owens to host a new Country Music-related variety series on CBS entitled Hee Haw. The critics were not kind, but the audience was there for the show. The duo's face were plastered all over items such as lunchboxes and comic books. The exposure also propelled his recording career, as he racked up hit after hit in the 1970s, such as "Come Live With Me" and "Honeymoon Feelin." Clark won the Entertainer of the Year trophy in 1973 from the Country
Music Association, and was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame in the spring of 2009. If you were to ask Clark however, me might tell you that his biggest honor was becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry - which he joined in August 1987. Clark still performs on the road, and occasionally with fellow banjo ace Buck Trent. 2015 marks the fortieth anniversary of the two winning the Instrumental Group of the Year prize from the CMA.
When you hear the voice of John Conlee, there's no doubting who you are listening to. The Kentucky native is one of just a handful of artists who have had success on both sides of a radio microphone, having enjoyed a successful career on Nashville's WLAC-AM back in the 1970s. The former mortician (though he still keeps his licenses) struck gold in 1978 with "Rose Colored Glasses," which kicked off a decade-long stint on Country Radio, thanks to such classics as "Miss Emily's Picture," "Common Man," "Mama's Rockin' Chair," and "Old School." The stylist has just released a new single, "Walkin' Behind The Star," which salutes those men and woman that serve this great nation and wear a badge, and will soon release the sophomore edition of his Classics CD.
