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Expert: Nancy Wood - 12/11/2008


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I'm trying to find the name of the song or artist that did a country song released between 1986 - 1989.  It played on Y106 out of Atlanta all the time and the guy singing sounded a bit like Kenny Rodgers.
The part of the song I remember goes like this:

notes:  B    G#     B    G#    B    G#    C#
lyrics "but  once   in   a    blu...ue   moon (pause)

notes:  F#     F#    D#      C#      B
lyrics: "I     do    some....thing   right"

Thanks!

Answer
This song should have been very easy for you to locate, since you gave the title in the first line.  (Would be a good thing to check on search engines first before requesting someone else to take time away from other hard searches or even impossible searches to locate one that is a very well known country song.)

The song is "Once in a Blue Moon" by Earl Thomas Conley  

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Nancy Wood

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I can usually locate song by artist, excerpts and even circa around when the song was released in country, rock and other genres. ****** PLEASE do not ask me about videos. I do not watch them.******** I've been singing since I started talking, singing in public since I was 7. Still at it at 56. I have an extensive repertoire as well as lots of music. I also actively research for other people, including local djs, music that no one else can find, especially being given just paraphrased lines of songs. I'm the one @ karaoke that usually gets asked, "Who did this song?" or "Do you know a song that goes" and if it's country, I usually can name the song and artist, sometimes give within a couple of years the year of release. I've got a lot of lyrics in my database, as well as friends with working musicians who do open mic jams who have even more extensive databases than I do.

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I've been singing almost 50 years (next year will be anniversary). I've played in bands (country/country crossover, rock and roll and bluegrass). I've worked sound for quite a few folks whose names are easily recognizable. I've got an extensive database of music, not just country. I've

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2 years college
Played in bands, did solo gigs, did sound work for quite a few folks with recognizable names, did official fan club page of Darrell McCall (the first fan club page). Hank Jr and Merle Kilgore was at my wedding, with Merle conducting 'the eulogy.'

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