Why Not Me - The Judds - 1984
I was a very young broadcaster in 1984 and working for WRMZ in Columbus where station was in the old Southern Hotel, downtown. One day I was riding the "so-called elevator" to the seventh floor, top floor, with Tim from RCA Records, and two young women dressed up like you seldom see, I mean totally decked out. We small talked on our short, but bumpy ride in a building going through major restoration. (We were all glad it made it to the top). No one knew these two at all, but a few months later we all knew - The Judds. Their first single was a song called, Had A Dream, a quirky kind of song that had very moderate to very average success. Mama He's Crazy was next and it was a #1. They were noticed. Then this song hit, and went #1, and really solidified The Judds as a big-time force in country perching them to become incredibly successful and exceedingly influential over the next decade. There are times that a song can decide if you're gonna hang around or not, and for me, this was that song for The Judds. It's about perfect, timeless and sounds as good today as it did all those years ago. I have always felt this song captured who they really were as much as any song they ever recorded. This is as memorable as my elevator ride with them - then the completely unknown future superstars of our format. Hall of Famers - Well deserved.
