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I agree.DAVID HOUSTON biography frcxm: z&Ymx&& RECORDS Country music has long been appreciated by its regional audience, but of late, music listeners throughout the country have also been attracted to its special virtues. Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the nation's foremost music centers, and the "Nashville sound" ij^ the sound of Country music. Nashville studios are maintained by ; all major record companies, who use them to record pop, as well as Country musicians. Pop stars are, in fact, eager to work in Nashville, since the free-wheeling, lyrical and spontaneous elements in Country music are provided by the area's sidemen and back-up groups, Epic Records' Country music star David Houston has always been associated with the "Nashville sound," but many of his singles and albums have also reached the pop audience and have appeared on the pop as well as Country best-seller charts. His eight albums on the Epic label, "New Voice From Nashville," "David Houston Sings Twelve Great Country Hits," "Almost Persuaded," "A Loser's Cathedral,11 "Golden Hymns," "David Houston's Greatest Hits," "You Mean the World to Me" and his latest album "Already It's Heaven," Press and Public Information / 51 West 52 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 / Telephone (212) 7654321