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Remember Who Country Music's First Reality TV Show Winner Was?

Billy Dukes — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:24:28 +0000

Before there was Scotty McCreery, Carrie Underwood or even Kelly Clarkson, another country act got a start on a television singing competition. Ed McMahon's 'Star Search' named its first Vocal Group winner in 1983, and helped launch the career of a pack of hitmakers as reliable as any in the early to mid-90s.

Jessie James, Sawyer Brown Tangle On Today's Daily Duel [AUDIO/POLL]

Danny Merrell — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:11:14 +0000

Our current champion on Danny's Daily Duel is Jessie James and she will be going for win number 6 on today's competition.

James was born in 1988, a full 3 years AFTER today's Duel challenger had their first number one hit. The song was 'Betty's Bein' Bad' and the group was Sawyer Brown. But even after 25+ years, Mark Miller and the boys are still sounding good.

KNUE Classic 'Throwback' – Sawyer Brown [VIDEO]

Amy Austin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:23:30 +0000

The group Sawyer Brown started in 1981 with five guys from Apopka, Florida. These guys were considered country pop until the year 1991, when they decided to to take a more serious approach to their music, adding ballads to their repertoire. That sdame year the band dropped their label Capitol, and signing with Curb records. Well the change worked, because Sawyer Brown was on their way to being a huge success.