Since the release of the "Texas in the Man" album and four singles from the Parrish-Hundley album "Southbound Train," 11 songs have seen the European Country Music Association National Top 40 Charts a total of 32 times in 11 separate countries so far. The singles that have seen this success are
"Blue Jean Baby" - "Goin' Back to Texas" - "Texas in the Man" - "Sunny Day" - "I Can't Tell You Goodbye" - "Runnin' Outa Time" - "Color Me Gone" -
"Never Say Die" - "I'll Still Be Your Man" - "Back to You" - "When Angels Cry"
Trivia
To date, 9 songs from Mike Parrish's "Texas in the Man" album
and 2 singles from the Parrish-Hundley album "Southbound Train"
have made the European Country Music Association
National Top 40 Charts in 11 countries. Those countries are;
NORWAY - IRELAND - GERMANY - SPAIN - SWITZERLAND -
BELGIUM - THE UNITED KINGDOM - THE NETHERLANDS -
ITALY - AUSTRIA - ISRAEL
The highest charting thus far has been "Blue Jean Baby" which
made it to the #5 position in Switzerland in December 2007
The lowest charting thus far has been "Color Me Gone" which came
in at the #39 position in the Italy in April 2009
"Sunny Day" made the European Country Music Association
National Top 40 Charts only once in Norway during February 2008
"Blue Jean Baby" made the ECMA National Top 40 Charts twice,
in Spain and Switzerland in November and December 2007
"Texas in the Man" made the ECMA National Top 40 Charts twice,
both times in Switzerland in July and August 2008
"Goin' Back to Texas" has proven to be the most popular tune from
the album thus far having seen the ECMA National Top 40
Charts a total of 13 times in 7 different countries. Those countries
are NORWAY - ITALY - SPAIN - SWITZERLAND -
THE NETHERLANDS - BELGIUM - UNITED KINGDOM - GERMANY
2/8/2008 - Norway #30
6/20/2008 - Italy #6
7/3/2008 - Switzerland #6
7/3/2008 - The Netherlands #27
7/18/2008 - Belgium #27
7/18/2008 - Switzerland #6
7/18/2008 - United Kingdom #22
9/16/2008 - United Kingdom #37
9/25/2008 - United Kingdom #37
11/28/2008 - Belgium #21
11/28/2008 - Germany #32
03/24/2009 - United Kingdom #38
03/24/2009 - Switzerland #31
The first single from "Southbound Train" entitled "Back to You"
has seen chart success on 4 occasions in 3 countries climbing as
high as #17 in Belgium and as low as #38 in Austria.
The second single from "Southbound Train" entitled "When Angels
Cry" has thus far seen chart success only once, coming in at #25
in Norway in March 2011.
Chronology of ECMA Chart Success
11/26/2007 - Spain - "Blue Jean Baby" #33
12/13/2007 - Switzerland - "Blue Jean Baby" #5
02/08/2008 - Norway - "Goin' Back to Texas" #30
02/08/2008 - Norway - "Sunny Day" #35
06/20/2008 - Italy - "Goin' Back to Texas" #6
07/03/2008 - Switzerland - "Goin' Back to Texas" #6
07/03/2008 - The Netherlands - "Goin' Back to Texas" #27
07/18/2008 - Belgium - "Goin' Back to Texas" #27
07/18/2008 - Switzerland - "Goin' Back to Texas" #6
07/18/2008 - United Kingdom - "Goin' Back to Texas" #22
07/31/2008 - Switzerland - "Texas in the Man" #13
08/11/2008 - Switzerland - "Texas in the Man" #20
09/16/2008 - United Kingdom - "Goin' Back to Texas" #37
09/25/2008 - United Kingdom - "Goin' Back to Texas" #37
11/28/2008 - Belgium - "Goin' Back to Texas" - #21
11/28/2008 - Germany - "Goin' Back to Texas" - #32
12/16/2008 - Italy - "Color Me Gone" - #35
03/24/2009 - United Kingdom - "Goin' Back to Texas" - #38
03/24/2009 - Italy - "I Can't Tell You Goodbye" - #29
03/24/2009 - Ireland - "Runnin' Outa Time" - #34
03/24/2009 - Switzerland - "Goin' Back to Texas" - #31
04/03/2009 - Italy - "Color Me Gone" - #39
10/14/2009 - Switzerland - "Never Say Die" #9
11/19/2009 - Israel - "I'll Still Be Your Man" #20
05/19/2010 - Austria - "I Can't Tell You Goodbye" #23
06/10/2010 - Austria - "Back to You" #38
06/23/2010 - Spain - "Back to You" #33
01/28/2011 - Spain - "Back to You" #36
01/28/2011 - Belgium - "Back to You" #17
03/19/2011 - Norway - "When Angels Cry" #25
04/13/2011 - Switzerland - "When Angels Cry" #1
04/13/2011 - EUROPEAN TOP 100 - "When Angels Cry" #87
04/28/2011 - EUROPEAN TOP 100 - "When Angels Cry" #85
05/11/2011 - EUROPEAN TOP 100 - "When Angels Cry" #70
06/09/2011 - EUROPEAN TOP 100 - "When Angels Cry" #81