Clint Black – Killin' Time - 1989
Not often a single song delivers a huge country star to us, but in this case it did. Clint Black went on to be one of the leaders of the new traditionalists movement that rocketed country into an orbit never thought possible. He didn't do it alone of course, the class of 1989 had Garth, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and others that molded country for the next twenty years. Black's first single, Better Man (#1) - that listeners loved, took them back to the sound of younger Merle Haggard with a modern thump. But the next single, this one, was the one that sealed the deal for Black to lead the thundering charge to a new day. This song was the sound that many had been waiting for. Traditional, but contemporary, a strong beat in a song that was apologetically country in it's written and recorded form. This song and sound was a throw back - and a giant step forward all at the same time. After this big #1, Black went on a long and incredible run of traditional country hits with essentially every single going top five for the next almost 12 years. With 12 number ones, 5 number two's, and album sales of 25 million, he dominated the charts until 2001. He was also dominating the Canadian Country Charts as well.
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