Country Artist Stan Hitchcock

Stan Hitchcock is best known for his music publications through his work on radio and television. At a young age he worked as a DJ for various radio stations. In the 1960s he was, among other things, the host of a morning show in Nashville, from 1964 to 1970 he had his own program with the Stan Hitchcock Show. In 1982, Hitchcock was one of the founders of the music television network Country Music Television (CMT).

Hitchcock released his first music recordings in 1961, but missed the chart positions. Six years later, he switched labels and became Epic Records’ first Country music artist. He landed his biggest hit there in 1969 with “Honey I’m Home”, which reached number 17 on the Country charts. After moving to GRT Records, however, he only had minor hits in the early 1970s. After another move to MMI Records in 1978, he reached the charts a few more times, most recently with the single “She Sings Amazing Grace”, in 1981.

Hitchcock stayed in Nashville until 1991 and worked for the station from there, including hosting the interview program Heart to Heart. Then, when CMT was bought by Gaylord Entertainment, he returned to Missouri and settled in the small town of Branson near Springfield. There he founded the cable station Americana Television Network, also a music station that specialized primarily in American folk and Country music.

In 2009, he published the book Corner of Music Row & Memory Lane, in which he looked back on his 50-year career. He worked for the small television station BlueHighways TV, where he had a show and wrote a daily column for their website. Hitchcock was one of the founders of the station.