written by Gretchen Peters
recorded by Martina McBride

https://youtu.be/sVXnka5nLeU


In 1994 Martina McBride released a recording of a song called 'Independence Day'. Now all great songs need a hook-line. A hook-line is a phrase that has a double meaning. In this tune the hook-line is “Its Independence Day”. One first assumes she means the Fourth of July. America's Independence day,...

written by WILLIAM CRAIG BICKHARDT
recorded by Martina McBride

https://youtu.be/PpWfO_NS6Fc


Here is a song that I liked from the get go. 'Where I Used To Have A Heart' was written by William Craig Bickhardt and recorded by Martina McBride. Strangely enough, I can't find anybody else who recorded it but I know that the version that I heard isn't the recording that Martina put out...

written by David Mackechnie, Kin Vassy and Marc Beeson
recorded by Martina McBride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp78...dXYUotbCW9c_VQ


A powerful, cautionary tale of the costs of cheating on the one you love, ‘Phones Are Ringing All Over Town’ is exactly the kind of modern country ballad that I go head over heels over. Written...