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  • Mr. In-Between

    - 21 Jan 2014
    In 1961 Harland Howard had a total of 15 songs on the country chart. "Mr. In-Between" is just one of his many successful ventures. Accomplished stage/movie/television actor and balladeer Burl Ives hit the top twenty in 1962 with his cover featuring

  • Tiger By the Tail

    - 21 Jan 2014
    Harland Howard once said "country music is three chords and the truth" but it's sometimes just good fun too. Harland and Buck Owens composed "Tiger by the Tail" when they were inspired by the Esso gas company slogan "put a tiger in your tank". Buck

  • Too Many Rivers

    - 21 Jan 2014
    Harland Howard was a mainstay in country music for forty years. One of the reasons was his song "Too Many Rivers". Brenda Lee's 1965 top twenty cover was again produced by the smooth magic of Owen Bradley.