Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw – Top Five Songs About ‘Mama’
Country music is known for songs about trucks, heartbreaks, dogs and of course mama. So with Mother’s Day on Sunday (5/10), we give you our list of what we think…
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Country music is known for songs about trucks, heartbreaks, dogs and of course mama. So with Mother's Day on Sunday (5/10), we give you our list of what we think are country music's top five songs about our beloved moms. Tim McGraw's brand new "I Called Mama" made number two on our list.
5. Carrie Underwood's "Mama's Song"- 2010
Here's the video of the song that features Carrie's own mom:
4. Garth Brooks "Mom" - 2014
Garth Brooks named his record label Pearl Records for his mom. She had a recording contract with Capitol Records in the 1950's under the name Colleen Carroll.
3. Merle Haggard's - "Mama Tried" - 1968
2. Tim McGraw's - "I Called Mama" - 2020
1. Dolly Parton's classic tale of the coat her mama made "Coat Of many Colors" - 1968
Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s.
Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.
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