Without fail, when a magazine will come up with a list of "Greatest Country Songs of All Time," two of the slots on the list will be filled with "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "When I Call Your Name." It's rare that one artist will cover either of those classics, but take a listen to LeAnn Rimes' latest Curb project, "Lady and Gentlemen," and you will find both songs there. A move that took a little bit of guts, perhaps?
"It's so funny that everyone says that -- well, most say the word balls," the singer tells Billboard.com. "I never really thought about that. My dad brought me up on classic country music, and my mother on Motown, and my Godmother on Broadway show tunes⦠so all across the board, I was influenced by anything that was just good. My dad's favorite woman was Patsy Cline, but other than that, it was all men."
That led Rimes to decide to record an album of covers, but of songs made famous by some of the legendary male artists of the genre.
