BR5-49_(album)
BR5-49 (album)
1996 studio album by BR5-49
BR5-49 is the self-titled debut studio album of the American country rock band BR5-49. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music) on the Arista Nashville label. Three singles were released from the album, all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "Cherokee Boogie", the first of these three, was the highest charting, reaching #44. Following it were "Even If It's Wrong" at #68 and "Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)" at #61.
The album contains several covers:
- The aforementioned "Cherokee Boogie" was originally recorded by Moon Mullican.
- "Honky Tonk Song", co-written and originally recorded by Mel Tillis, was also recorded by Webb Pierce.
- "Crazy Arms" is a cover of a Ray Price song.
- "I Ain't Never", written by Mel Tillis and Webb Pierce, was recorded first by Pierce and later by Tillis.
- "Hickory Wind" is a cover of a song by the Byrds.
