With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.
"I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand" became her first charting single in 1976. Her first Top 10 hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" followed four years later, and in 1982 she scored her first #1 hit with "Can't Even Get The Blues."
Frustrated at her limited commercial success, McEntire left Mercury and signed with MCA Records in 1984. 1984's "Just A Little Love" wasn't much different form her Mercury material and was only moderately successful. However, another album followed later that same year, titled "My Kind of Country." This was a return-to-roots record, complete with fiddles and steel. It was comprised largely of covers of classic country songs, as well as original songs such as "How Blue" and the Harlan Howard-penned "Somebody Should Leave", both of which reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
In the early 1990s McEntire expanded her audience by adopting a softer, more pop-oriented sound. She became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.
Since that first #1 hit in 1982, she's forked out 21 more chartbusters, which are all recapped on "Reba #1s" released on November 22nd, 2005. The 2-disc compilation features all 22 number one singles (according to Billboard magazine) in chronological order, including two new tracks "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs A Holiday." "Reba #1s" also contains 11 singles that reached the #1 spot in publications other than Billboard.
She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she holds with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, Reba McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She is one of only six solo women (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer Of The Year". McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 2000s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. She also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim.
From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in the hit WB television show, Reba (with Texan actor Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband), even getting a visit from fellow country star Dolly Parton who played Reba's character's supervisor at a real estate firm.
Please Come To Boston
Reba McEntire Lyrics
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For the springtime
I'm stayin' here with some friends
And they've got lots of room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be workin' soon
Please come to Boston
I said no, boy would you come home to me
[Chorus]
(And) I said, ramblin' boy
Why don't you settle down
(Boston, Denver, L.A.) ain't your kind of town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan
Of the man from Tennessee
He said, please come to Denver
With the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains
So far we can't be found
And throw I love you echos
Down the canyons
And then lie awake at night
Until they come back around
Please come to Denver
I just said no boy won't you come home to me
[Chorus]
Now that drifter's word
Goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams
He's lost or found
And all that I ain't got
He's still needs to lean to
Somebody he can sing to
He said please come to L.A.
To live forever
A California life alone
Is just too hard to build
I live in a house that
Looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars
That fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please come to L.A.
I just said no
Boy, won't you come home to me
[Chorus]
I'm the number one fan
of the man from Tennessee
Tennessee
The song "Please Come To Boston" by Reba McEntire is a cover of a song originally written and performed by Dave Loggins in 1974. The song is about a man who is constantly on the move and asks his lover to come to Boston, Denver, and L.A. with him, but she refuses each time and asks him to come home to her instead. The song is a plea for a restless spirit to find a home and someone to share it with.
In the first verse, the man asks the woman to come to Boston for the springtime and suggests that she can sell her paintings on the sidewalk while he works at a cafe. The woman refuses and asks him to come home to her instead. In the second verse, the man asks the woman to come to Denver with him and promises to move up into the mountains where they can't be found. He suggests that they can throw "I love you" echos down the canyons, but once again the woman refuses and asks him to come home to her. In the final verse, the man asks the woman to come to L.A. to live forever, but the woman once again refuses and asks him to come home to her.
The chorus of the song features the woman singing to the man, asking him why he doesn't settle down and find a home with her. She tells him that there is no city like the one they come from and that she is the number one fan of the man from Tennessee.
Overall, the song is a poignant and emotional reminder of the importance of having a place to call home and someone to share it with. It speaks to the restlessness that many of us feel in our lives and the longing for a sense of stability and belonging.
Line by Line Meaning
He said please come to Boston
He asked her to come to Boston.
For the springtime
He suggested she comes in springtime.
I'm stayin' here with some friends
He's staying in Boston with friends.
And they've got lots of room
His friends have enough room for her to stay.
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
She has the option of selling her paintings on the sidewalk.
By a cafe where I hope to be workin' soon
He intends to work in a nearby cafe.
Please come to Boston
He urges her to come to Boston again.
I said no, boy would you come home to me
She declined and asked him to come home to her instead.
[Chorus]
The chorus of the song which repeats throughout.
He said, please come to Denver
He suggested she come to Denver next.
With the snowfall
He mentioned that they would move during the snowfall.
We'll move up into the mountains
They would move to the mountains.
So far we can't be found
They would go somewhere remote where they won't be easily found.
And throw I love you echos
They could shout 'I love you' echoes into the canyons.
Down the canyons
They would shout echoes in the nearby canyons.
And then lie awake at night
They would lie awake at night.
Until they come back around
They would listen for the echoes to come back.
Please come to Denver
He asked her to come to Denver.
I just said no boy won't you come home to me
She declined and asked him to come home to her instead.
[Chorus]
The chorus of the song which repeats throughout.
Now that drifter's word
The word of a drifter.
Goes round and round
The conversations keep recurring.
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
She doubts it'll ever stop.
But of all the dreams
Of all the dreams he's had.
He's lost or found
Whether he's lost or found them.
And all that I ain't got
Of all the things she doesn't have.
He's still needs to lean to
He still needs someone to depend on.
Somebody he can sing to
Someone he can sing to.
He said please come to L.A.
He suggested she come to L.A. next.
To live forever
To live there forever.
A California life alone
Living alone in California.
Is just too hard to build
He finds it difficult to build a life alone there.
I live in a house that
He lives in a house that.
Looks out over the ocean
The house overlooks the ocean.
And there's some stars
The sky is full of stars.
That fell from the sky
They saw stars that fell.
Livin' up on the hill
Living on a nearby hill.
Please come to L.A.
He asked her to come to L.A.
I just said no
She declined again.
Boy, won't you come home to me
She asked him again to come home to her.
[Chorus]
The chorus of the song which repeats throughout.
I'm the number one fan
She's a big fan.
of the man from Tennessee
The man that comes from Tennessee.
Tennessee
The place where the man comes from.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: David Loggins
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