GAC Valentine's Day Survey Finds Country Music Fans Love Their Love Songs.Almost One in Three Has Sung a Love Song to a Significant Other Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Top "Most Wanted Most Wanted may refer to:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nearly one-third of men and women have tossed embarrassment aside to sing a love song to that special someone in their lives, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a national survey conducted for Great American Country To meet Wikipedia's and comply with our neutral point of view policy, this article or section may require cleanup. The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. network (GAC GAC Great American Country GAC Global Assembly Cache (Microsoft .NET) GAC Global Assembly Cache GAC Granular Activated Carbon GAC Gustavus Adolphus College (St. ). The willingness to express one's love in song is almost evenly split between male and female voices. The GAC Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. survey of 600 adults found that 31 percent of men and 33 percent of women had belted out a country classic at one time or another as a token of their love. When asked which song best describes the feeling invoked by singing a love song, respondents chose the Elvis Presley standard "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," followed by Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind." Lovers-turned-singers also expressed clear preferences when asked from which country music artist they would most like to receive a love song for Valentine's Day. Men would like to hear lyrics of love from Faith Hill (49 percent), Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy award winning American singer and country music performer, and actress.[1] Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Music",[2][3] (47 percent) and Shania Twain (41 percent); while women prefer Tim McGraw (61 percent), Garth Brooks (52 percent) and Kenny Chesney  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. (41 percent). The GAC survey proves once again that country music really is America's music of choice. Forty-two percent of those surveyed picked country music as the genre they most prefer. As for their favorite all-time country love song, both men and women named Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" as their No. 1. Men picked Patsy Cline's classic "Crazy" as their second-favorite love song, while women named "If Tomorrow Never Comes," by Garth Brooks. The GAC Lifestyle Survey interviewed 600 adults, age 18-69. At 95 percent confidence, the margin of error is +/- 5 percent. Several survey questions allowed respondents to have multiple choices, in which case the total percentage may exceed 100 percent. Highlights of GAC Lifestyle Survey February 2007 All-time favorite country love songs: Men: "I Will Always Love You"/Dolly Parton par·ton n. Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use. [part(icle) + -on1.] (24 percent); "Crazy"/Patsy Cline cline, in biology, any gradual change in a particular characteristic of a population of organisms from one end of the geographical range of the population to the other. (21 percent) Women: "I Will Always Love You" (25 percent); "If Tomorrow Never Comes"/Garth Brooks (19 percent) Which song best describes the relationship with that special someone in your life? Men: "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" /Elvis Presley (35 percent); "If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right" /Barbara Mandrell (18 percent) Women: "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" (35 percent); "If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right" (16 percent) Have you ever sung a love song to that special someone in your life? Men: Yes 31 percent Women: Yes 33 percent Which song best describes your feelings when you sang to that special someone? Men: "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You"/Elvis Presley (46 percent); "Always on My Mind" /Willie Nelson (35 percent) Women: "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" (45 percent); "Always on My Mind" (23 percent) Which country artist would you most like to sing you a love song for Valentine's Day? Men: Faith Hill (49 percent), Reba McEntire (47 percent), Shania Twain (41 percent) Women: Tim McGraw (61 percent), Garth Brooks (52 percent), Kenny Chesney (41 percent) About Great American Country Great American Country is America's main street for the widest variety of country music, its artists and the lifestyles they influence. In addition to country music videos, GAC features original programming, special musical performances and live concerts, and is the exclusive television home of the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. . GAC is available in more than 46 million households and online at http://www.GACTV.com . |
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