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"BIG TIME" NEWS“Love Makes A Fool Of Us All” single released end of January 2008 with Hillcrest Radio MarketingNATIONAL TOP 40 • Survey 172. (1-15-08) • SWITZERLAND - # 19 – Jason Whited, Let Me Down Easy “Half An Hour From Happiness” – track # 9 on my Scarecrow King CD Album Released to radio stations:My latest song release on the Hillcrest International Multi-Artist Disc to radio just so happens to be my personal favorite from my Scarecrow King CD Album. I’m hoping it will be received as well as the rest of my music has been. I sure had a lot of fun recording this song; it’s just a happy, feel-good tune – and I’ve had a great deal of people tell me that it is one of their favorites too. “I’m Ready, Ready Or Not” – track # 4 on my Scarecrow King CD AlbumSince its release with Hillcrest Radio Marketing, where I was the featured artist on track one of the Multi-Artist No. 44 Disc sent out to radio stations internationally, “I’m Ready, Ready Or Not” has surpassed my expectations! It has received a TON of airplay and I’m really happy to tell you, to date it has been on the European Country Music Radio Airplay Top-100 Chart for over 7 weeks! It was newly added at # 77; went to # 44, then # 35 and the most recent update has it at # 13 – making its way into the Top-20 of the ECMA Top-100! “I’m Ready, Ready Or Not” found its way onto the “Top 200 (# 36) & Top 40 (# 2) Chart” of International Country Music Air-Play Chart compiled & published by Joyce Ramgatie in The Netherlands. And after listening to its release Sean Green, Host & D.J. of the "Irish Connection for Country Music Radio Station" contacted me from Northern Ireland and asked if I’d do a live 20-minute interview with him; he used the interview for rebroadcast on his shows throughout the month and also featured me and my music on the station website during that same month. He said his listeners were really enjoying “I’m Ready, Ready Or Not” and his personal favorite from my Scarecrow King CD Album was “Got a Hunch About You Baby.” “Love Makes A Fool Of Us All” – track # 5 on my Big Time CD AlbumWell my release of “Love Makes A Fool Of Us All” was a huge success and it is still getting a lot of airplay internationally. It charted in the Top-10 and Top-40 Most Played Songs in nearly every European country and I was pretty excited to find out that it had a nine-month-long run on the Traditional Country Music Radio Top-20 Chart, peaking at # 1 before its leisurely decent back down the chart. Nine months on that chart! That was quite a run. A “Big Time” thanks to Country Music show Host & D.J. Dusty Owens at TCM Radio Station in Temple Terrace, Florida! 2007 – 2008 CHART activityJason Whited - BIG TIME CD ALBUM
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Jason Whited became the face of country music in Europe over the summer. His country music has been accepted and loved in the western world. When asked why he likes music he said, “Music is a universal language. Even if it’s in other words, you get the feeling of it.”
Scarecrow King, his debut, was received with warm welcome, especially by Europe. This album can be found (in Murfreesboro) at the Sound Shop in Stones River Mall and at Hastings off of Memorial Blvd. “It’s an awesome cd. It’s great to know one of my teachers can do something so tremendous,” said Cody Stephens, senior at Blackman High School.
After hearing Whited’s songs, a songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland asked him to sing vocals on a country song he had written (and recorded in Nashville) entitled Honky Tonkin. The songwriter enjoyed the results immensely. It was released as a single on Hillcrest, a premier multi-artist disc that does radio marketing (primarily) overseas.
With this release, Whited charted at number eight on the European Country Music Radio Pan European “Top 100 Chart” in August 2006, and has remained on the top 100 chart for over fifteen weeks as of this writing. On the National Top 40 he has been number one in Ireland and Australia; number two in France; number three in the United Kingdom; number four in Denmark; number five in Holland and Japan; number six in Malta and Sweden; number eight in Poland; and number ten in Austria.
For the last few months, Whited has been working on finishing Big Time, his second album, at the Bayou Studio in Nashville. He hopes eventually to release some of his original songs to Hillcrest Radio Marketing.
Whited said, “I’m really pleased with the way it’s coming along…and expect (Big Time) to be received very well overseas…hey, maybe I’ll even get some interest from the radio folks in the U.S.A.”
“Last year his cd was great, so I wouldn’t be surprised if his new cd was great, too,” said Jennilyn Belleza, Blackman High Junior.
Whited also traveled to Europe in 2006 with EF Tours. He plans to take students to Spain in 2007. This past summer in Paris he enjoyed the Arc de Triomphe, Porte de Versailles, and the popular Eiffel Tower. He remarked that he definitely didn’t like “waiting for thirty minutes in the rain for a taxi”. Still, Whited noted, “It’s amazing how far a few French words and a smile can get you.” That’s an uncomplicated theory coming from a world traveler, a high school Spanish teacher, and a country music singer.
Senor Whited’s official website can be viewed at www.JasonWhited.com
Blackman Voice, European Sensation, pg.5
Volume 7. Issue 3, November 2006.
Footnote: Since the publication of this article, Whited’s title-cut song “Big Time” from his album has been released as an advance promo with Hillcrest Radio Marketing.
Owner and founder of Hillcrest, Ross Allen selected Whited as the monthly featured artist on his Premier Multi-Artist Disc # 33and recently stated, “Jason is already receiving a ton of airplay…and exposure. He could be headed for a number one hit song in Europe. It can only get better…”
Jason’s not taking this statement made by “2006 ECMA Country Promoter of the Year Award-Winner” lightly…he’s hoping Ross Allen’s prediction proves correct—Big Time!
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