‘Three Wooden Crosses’ Lifted To Top of Country Charts
BMI Nashville honored songwriter Doug Johnson and publishers Mike Curb Music and Sweet Radical Music with a #1 party for their hit "Three Wooden Crosses," recorded by Randy Travis. The song, which Johnson co-wrote with Kim Williams, is from Travis's Word Records album Rise and Shine and made history as the first release from a Christian label to top Billboard's Country Singles chart.
![]() Pictured are Curb Music's Drew Alexander, producer Kyle Lehning, Word Records's Andrew Patton, BMI's Joyce Rice, Randy Travis, Doug Johnson, Kim Williams and BMI's Paul Corbin. |
Johnson's other hits include BMI Country Award winners and Million-Air-certified "Lucky Moon" (The Oak Ridge Boys), "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" (Ricochet) and "I Want My Goodbye Back" (Ty Herndon).
![]() Celebrating with Doug Johnson [seated] are songwriting and publishing colleagues Anna Wilson, Tony Marty, John Barner Richard Wold, Portis Tanner [Curb Music], Gilles Godard, Drew Alexander [Curb Music], Lisa Brokop, Randy Russell [Curb Music], Jim Reilley, John Ozier [Curb Music] and Walt Wilkins. |
![]() Kim & Phyllis Williams, Randy & Elizabeth Hatcher Travis, Doug & Lisa Johnson |
![]() Milly Catignani, Chuck Flood, Doug Johnson, Pat Bunch |
![]() BMI's LuAnn Davidson, Ben & Jenny Friedman | ![]() BMI's Paul Corbin, Jeff Tweel, Merle Kilgore |
![]() BMI's Perry Howard, Jim Reilley | ![]() Lisa Brokop, Doug Johnson |
photos: Alan Mayor
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