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Johnny Lee, Collin Raye, Charley Pride, Janie Fricke, Mark Chesnutt Set For December Episodes Of "Reflections"

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<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Country legends will light up &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reflections” in December during the weekly half-hour interview show featuring Johnny Lee&comma; Collin Raye&comma; Charley Pride&comma; Janie Fricke and Mark Chesnutt&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reflections” airs on The Heartland Network Thursdays 8&sol;7c &lpar;6 p&period;m&period; CST on WLLC 42&period;4 in Nashville&rpar; and Saturdays 4&sol;3c&period; Click <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;websterpr&period;us1&period;list-manage&period;com&sol;track&sol;click&quest;u&equals;bf141dbbd818f4f933816b13a&amp&semi;id&equals;8af6016315&amp&semi;e&equals;bfb4cc2cdd">here<&sol;a><&sol;strong> to find your local channel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reflections” is hosted by Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame member Keith Bilbrey&period; Viewers can also tune in to Angel Two&sol;DISH Network&comma; The Family Channel or AMG TV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><u>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;REFLECTIONS” TUNE-IN<&sol;u><&sol;strong><u>&colon;<&sol;u><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Johnny Lee &&num;8211&semi; Dec&period; 1 and Dec&period; 3<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Collin Raye &&num;8211&semi; Dec&period; 7 and Dec 10<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Charley Pride &&num;8211&semi; Dec&period; 15 and Dec&period; 17<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Janie Fricke &&num;8211&semi; Dec&period; 22 and Dec&period; 24<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mark Chesnutt &&num;8211&semi; Dec&period; 29 and Dec&period; 31<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Johnny Lee<&sol;strong> opens up about his first studio album in 10 years&comma; <i>You Ain’t Never Been To Texas<&sol;i>&comma; and gives fans an in-depth look at his illustrious career&period; Lee&comma; known for his dynamic stage presence and smash No&period; 1 crossover hit &&num;8220&semi;Lookin&&num;8217&semi; for Love&comma;&&num;8221&semi; chats with Bilbrey about recording new music&comma; touring nearly every weekend and getting his big break when he worked with Mickey Gilley&comma; both on tour and at Gilley’s Club&period; &&num;8220&semi;Lookin&&num;8217&semi; for Love&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the soundtrack from the 1980 hit movie Urban Cowboy&comma; which was largely shot at Gilley&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; catapulted Lee to fame&period; The smash hit became a crossover hit spending three weeks at No&period; 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart while also appearing in the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop chart and Top 10 on Billboard&&num;8217&semi;s Adult Contemporary chart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bilbrey’s sit-down with <strong>Collin Raye <&sol;strong>includes captivating stories about his more than 25-year career&period; Raye chats about the timeless No&period; 1 hit &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Love&comma; Me&comma;” that catapulted him in the 1990s and opens up about building a career on songs with an emotional connection to listeners&comma; like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Little Rock&comma;” which led to more than 100&comma;000 calls to Alcoholics Anonymous from people seeking help for their addictions&period; The song and video for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Think About You” exposed the exploitation of women and children&comma; earning Raye the award for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Video of the Year” from the Academy of Country Music in 1997&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the Dec&period; 15 episode&comma; Bilbrey sits downs with Country Music Hall of Famer <strong>Charley Pride<&sol;strong> and discusses his early life as one of 11 children&comma; picking cotton in the fields of the Mississippi Delta&comma; as well as his introduction to music&comma; the songs that inspired him&comma; and his first guitar&period; Bilbrey also chats with Pride about his 50th anniversary as a recording artist who&&num;8217&semi;s enjoyed one of the most successful careers in the history of country music and is credited with helping to break color barriers by becoming the first African-American to become a force within the genre&period; A three-time Grammy Award winner&comma; Pride has garnered no less than 36 chart-topping country hits&comma; including Kiss An Angel Good Morning&comma; a massive No&period; 1 crossover hit that sold over a million singles and helped Pride land the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971 and the Top Male Vocalist awards of 1971 and 1972&period; A proud member of <a title&equals;"the Grand Ole Opry" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;category&sol;the-grand-ole-opry&sol;">the Grand Ole Opry<&sol;a>&comma; Pride continues to perform concerts worldwide and has toured the United States&comma; Canada&comma; Ireland&comma; The United Kingdom&comma; Australia and New Zealand over the last several years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bilbrey spends the Dec&period; 22 episode with two-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year <strong>Janie Fricke<&sol;strong>&comma; who’s hit the No&period; 1 spot on the country charts an astounding 18 times&period; Bilbrey discusses how Fricke was the First Female Voice on the Moon to reaching Gold and Platinum sales status worldwide&period; Fricke also chats about how her upbringing in Indiana shaped her career to begin recording numerous jingles for Coca-Cola&comma; Pizza Hut and United Airlines&period; Janie has released 23 albums and 36 hit singles&comma; and she remains one of the most-beloved entertainers in the country field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the Dec&period; 29 episode&comma; Bilbrey sits down with <strong>Mark Chesnutt <&sol;strong>who continues keeping traditional-minded classic country music alive with <i>Tradition Lives<&sol;i>&comma; his first album of all-new material in eight years&period; Chesnutt also chats about his run up the charts in 1990 with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Too Cold At Home&comma;” and blockbuster 90s favorites such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Brother Jukebox&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let It Rain&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing&period;” Along the way&comma; he has earned one Gold album and four Platinum albums&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reflections” is filmed at The Hot Seat Studios&comma; located in Hermitage&comma; Tennessee&comma; and is produced by Jeff Moseley and Brian Covert of CJM Productions&period; Each week&comma; Keith Bilbrey leads one-on-one insightful interviews with country music&&num;8217&semi;s legendary artists&period;<&sol;p>

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