Welcome to the 98 Country Classic Show on this chilly snow-covered morning in November. It’s the 23rd.  We’re on air at 98.1 FM, online at 98country.com and on your mobile device.  Each Sunday we journey back in time and offer an online bonus to enjoy after the radio show.  It’s what I like to call an extra dose of country classics with videos.

Today we feature top ten country classic hits from 1993.

Making the News in 1993:

  • Bill Clinton is inaugurated President of the U.S. on January 20th
  • Islamic Fundamentalists bomb New York's World Trade Center
  • Federal Agents raid the Branch Davidian religious cult in Waco, Texas
  • The first bagless vacuum cleaner is invented
  • Intel introduces the Pentium Processor
  • A gallon of gas costs $1.16

In country music we were listening to Alan Jackson, John Anderson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sammy Kershaw and Lorrie Morgan.

 


 

John Anderson – “Money in the Bank”

 

 

“Money in the Bank” is a song written by Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard and Mark Sanders and recorded by John Anderson.  It was released in April 1993 as a single from the album "Solid Ground."  It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart.  The content describes his lover as being better than money in the bank.

It’s Friday night, baby get ready to go, gonna take you to the Krystal and a picture show.

 


 

Alan Jackson – “Chattahoochee”

 

 

“Chattahoochee” is a song co-written and recorded by Alan Jackson and Jim McBride.  It was released in May 1993 from the album, ‘A Lot About Livin’.”  “Chattahoochee” also received CMA Awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. The song talks about growing up along the Chattahoochee River that forms part of the border between Georgia and Alabama.

Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee River, it gets hotter than a hoochie coochie.

 


 

Mary Chapin Carpenter – “Passionate Kisses”

 

 

“Passionate Kisses” is a Grammy Winning song written by Lucinda Williams and recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter from the album ‘Come on Come on.’  The song peaked at number four on Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart in March 1993.

Is it too much to ask? I want a comfortable bed that won’t hurt my back, food to fill me up and warm clothes and all that stuff.

 


 

Sammy Kershaw – “Queen of my Double Wide Trailer”

 

 

Dennis Linde wrote “Queen of my Double Wide Trailer” and recorded by Sammy Kershaw. It was released in August 1993 from the album "Haunted Heart."  It peaked at number seven on the country chart.

Well I met her out at Murphy’s restaurant; she said she was fresh from the farm.

 


 

Lorrie Morgan – “What Part of No Don’t You Understand”

 

 

“What Part of No” is written by Wayne Perry and Gerald Smith and recorded by Lorrie Morgan, the daughter of country legend George Morgan.  It was released in December 1992 from the album ‘Watch Me.”  The song reached number one on Billboard Hot Country Chart in February of 1993. The song is about a woman in a social setting is approached repeatedly by a persistent man who sends her a rose, then buys her a drink and asks her to dance. The woman, very uninterested in the man despite his advances, finally asks "what part of no don’t you understand."

 


 

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