The Charlie Daniels Band
Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
All the Best
Charlie Daniels

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Urban Cowboy was a 1979 film that romanticized the world of upscale, urban country fans and their lives and music. The music that comprised the soundtrack was modified outlaw and country-pop -- it was slick, highly polished music that celebrated the outlaw mythology and honky tonk song structure, but it was given a glossy pop production. Consequently, the music appealed to a greater audience, even winning a number of pop music fans in the process. Following the success of Urban Cowboy and its soundtrack (which featured vocalists like Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee), the country charts were dominated by acts that copied the style and sound of Urban Cowboy. Throughout the early '80s and well into the mid-'80s, Urban Cowboy was the sound of country music and it wasn't until the late '80s, when the neo-traditionalists came along, that it disappeared from the charts.

Urban Cowboy Artists Highlights

The Charlie Daniels Band
The Charlie Daniels Band
Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels
Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Alabama
Alabama
Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley

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Urban Cowboy Album Highlights

Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
All the Best
Glen Campbell
All the Best
The Capitol Years 65/77
Glen Campbell
The Capitol Years 65/77
40 #1 Hits
Ronnie Milsap
40 #1 Hits
Anthology
Don Williams
Anthology
The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band
Charlie Daniels
The Ultimate Charlie ...

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Urban Cowboy Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time Ronnie Milsap
Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) Glen Campbell
Gentle on My Mind Glen Campbell
Daydreams About Night Things Ronnie Milsap
The South's Gonna Do It Again The Charlie Daniels Band
The Closer You Get Alabama
Some Broken Hearts Never Mend Don Williams
Suspicions Eddie Rabbitt
Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) Glen Campbell
Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) Glen Campbell

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