Kelley LovelaceKELLEY LOVELACEHit list: He has co-written multiple Top 10 Billboard hits, including “He Didn’t Have To Be” and “The World” for Brad Paisley, “The Impossible” for Joe Nichols and “Don’t Forget To Remember Me” for Carrie Underwood.Fast fact: He worked for a while as a singing busboy at the Station House Restaurant at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.EASTON CORBINHit list: His self-titled debut included the No. 1 singles “A Little More Country Than That” and “Roll With It,” as well as a Top 15 hit, “I Can’t Love You Back.” His latest single is “Lovin’ You Is Fun” from “All Over the Road.”Fast fact: Billboard named him the Top New Country Artist of 2010. Rolling Stone declared sophomore effort “All Over the Road” one of the best country albums of 2012.
Easton CorbinMaybe it could be argued that the on-air personalities at WUSY-FM are just darn persuasive. Or that a cause as worthy as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will always draw support.
What’s not really open for debate is that an impressive roster of talent always signs on for US101’s annual Heart Strings for Hope concert.
Whatever the reason for its success, the show, scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at the Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St., was a virtual sellout at press time.
This year’s concert will feature four of country’s top breakthrough artists of the past few years — Randy Houser, Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice and Easton Corbin — as well as established songwriter Kelley Lovelace, whose credits read like a who’s who of country royalty (Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, the list goes on).