Ironman92;1531660 wrote:I liked both the pop and the country from about 1991-2005 (probably actually liked country better about 1/2 of those years)
Garth became huge in 1990.....his stuff was all country and after about 1994 he took a bit of a break from everything......that stuff never crossed over, some of it may have sounded popish....but it didn't crossover charts. Billy Ray Cyrus crossed over then more than Garth. Goofy achy breaky was 1991 and crossed over some because it was so damn big.
The first crossover at that time was actually Restless Heart "When She Cries" in about 1993....that song was huge on country and AC. AC is basically softer Pop....but radio huge. Most of the country crossovers were AC mainly. Shania Twain's 2nd CD had about 13 released top 10 country songs and about 1/2 of them hit it pretty big on the AC/Pop stations and charts about 6 months after the country run. Faith Hill and Lonestar followed suit with a few songs each, but more AC than pop.
The Dance, in '89, was Garths first crossover hit. Then No Fences, released in '90, shot up to #3 on the pop charts.
The crossover thing goes way back to the 60's. Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline were probably the first biggest country names to cross over. John Denver and Glen Campbell in the 70's, etc. Crossover has always been there, but Garth is the one that took that to a whole new level.
