Kix Brooks – Country Universe

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, “Modern Day Romance”

December 18, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 3

A hard-to-find chart topper from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: John Conlee, “I’m Only in it For the Love”

June 27, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 2

Kix Brooks scores his first No. 1 hit.

Every #1 Single of the Nineties: Brooks & Dunn, “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone”

April 28, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 7

Kix Brooks takes the lead on a classic Brooks & Dunn hit.

Every #1 Single of the Nineties: Brooks & Dunn, “That Ain’t No Way to Go”

February 21, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 7

Brooks & Dunn close out their sophomore set with their seventh No. 1 single.

Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: McBride & the Ride, “Sacred Ground”

September 13, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 4

One half of a superstar duo helps a vocal group score its only No. 1 single.

Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Brooks & Dunn, “My Next Broken Heart”

August 19, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7

This broken heart’s got a hell of a beat.

Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Brooks & Dunn, “Brand New Man”

August 2, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 5

The biggest duo in country music history has arrived.

Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Highway 101, “Who’s Lonely Now”

May 24, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 6

The first No. 1 hit of the nineties comes from a key band of the late eighties.

Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2019: Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens, and Jerry Bradley

March 19, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 11

This year’s inductees have been announced.

100 Greatest Women, #76: Paulette Carlson (Highway 101)

May 1, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5

Few vocalists better illustrate the transition from the new traditionalist revival of the mid-eighties to the country boom in the early nineties than Paulette Carlson.