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 Chris Rice Celebrates Top 20 General Market AC Hit
Source: The {m} Media Collective
Date Posted: March 23,2006

    After being one of the most added singles for more than a month, singer/songwriter Chris Rice has hit No. 17 with a bullet/moving upward this week on the R&R Monitored Mainstream AC chart making this his first Top 20 AC hit with the song “When Did You Fall (In Love With Me).” Rice’s single continues to hold strong at No. 6 on the Friday Morning Quarterback AC chart http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16693. This song also continues to climb the R&R Indicator AC chart in the Christian market landing at No. 23 this week.

"When Did You Fall" is a breath of fresh air,” says Chip Arledge Program Director WYSF/The Rick & Bubba Station and WZRR/Pure Classic Rock. “A great song, hook and great listener response."

“Realizing that someone is in love with you is a surprising twist in life, and it made a fun topic for this song,” Chris Rice states about his song. “It was important to me musically to capture the old romantic comedy feeling with a little jazz and crooner influence in the chords and melody. It’s a feel-good song that makes me laugh.”

Traveling across the country visiting radio stations introducing his single, Rice recently returned from Washington D.C. where he interviewed with XM Radio, WASH FM and WGTS. He also traveled to Memphis, TN for WRVR’s charity event. This concert was in partnership with Wal-Mart to raise money for America's Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network, which is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization.

"We had the pleasure of having Chris perform for our listeners this last weekend for a charity fundraiser. We had little idea of how much of a built in audience he already has!” states WRVR On-Air Personality/Music Director Larry Wheeler. “By the time Chris played his first song, it was standing room only. 'When Did you Fall' is a great song, that women fall for, nearly immediately. The song, only scratches the surface of how talented Chris is. Put him in front of your listeners, and you will agree."

In addition to traveling across the country to promote his radio single, Rice participated with the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback Kurt Warner’s “First Things First Foundation: Ultimate Football Experience” event. The weekend event included a dinner, auction and a flag football tournament. Rice also performed for the chapel service prior to the event.

"I have been a fan of Chris' music for several years,” states Super Bowl XXXIV MVP and two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner. “While playing in NFL Europe, I was given his CD. It has definitely helped me in my spiritual walk. It was a pleasure to have him play in the fantasy football weekend. But, more importantly, I was thrilled to have him perform at our chapel service on Saturday morning."

Eight years ago listeners were introduced to Chris Rice and his introspective lyrics with his first release Deep Enough to Dream. Since then, he has sold more than 1.5 million units and has had 11 No. 1 radio singles. His latest CD is titled Amusing (eb+flo/INO Records). Also Dayspring Cards has partnered with him to launch the "Inspired By Chris Rice" card line this spring, the first being a Valentine's Day Card, which was inspired by the current radio single. Chris Rice’s single “When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)” is currently being serviced to mainstream AC radio through INO Records and Columbia Records. The single is currently available through Promo Only digital delivery service. For more information, please visit http://www.chrisrice.com, http://www.ebflo.com, and http://www.inorecords.com.

 


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