“The Keeper of the Stars” also won Byrd the Academy of County Music’s “Song of the Year” award.īyrd went on to add several more singles to his list of chart-toppers including “Walking to Jerusalem,” “Heaven in My Woman’s Eyes,” “4 to 1 in Atlanta,” “Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got,” “I’m From the Country” and “I Wanna Feel That Way Again.” Following his departure from MCA Records, he also added hits like “Put Your Hand in Mine,” “The Truth About Men” and the iconic and comedic “The Drinkin’ Bone,” which became a crowd-favorite. 1 single “The Keeper of the Stars” and the album was designated Double Platinum in 1995. But it was the release of his smash hit “Watermelon Crawl” that pushed sales over the half-million mark. His second album, “No Ordinary Man,” kept building on the momentum with “Lifestyle’s of the Not So Rich and Famous and “The First Step” making their way through the charts. His self-titled debut album that year also included the remake hit of Johnny Paycheck’s “Someone to Give My Love To,” which helped the album to be certified Gold. Tracy Byrd’s career as a traditional country troubadour took off in 1993 when his single, “Holdin’ Heaven,” hit No. Tracy Byrd does the “Watermelon Crawl” to Hard Rock April 20
