Editing Tim McGraw (section)

====''Tim McGraw''====
[[File:Tim McGraw HWoF Star.jpg|right|thumb|Tim McGraw's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
McGraw came to the attention of [[Curb Records]] in 1990. After cutting a demo single, McGraw gave a copy to his father. A man who was friends with Curb Records executives heard the demo while driving with Tug one day and recommended that Curb contact the young singer. Several weeks later, he was able to play his tape for Curb executives, after which they signed him to a recording contract.<ref name="larryking" /> McGraw made his debut with the single "[[What Room Was the Holiday In]]", which was released on March 29, 1991, and did not enter the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart upon its release.<ref name="jessen">{{cite magazine |last=Jessen |first=Wade |date=October 6, 2001 |title=A Record-Breaking Career |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=28, 34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22what+room+was+the+holiday+in%22&pg=PA28}}</ref> In a 2001 retrospective on McGraw's career in ''Billboard'', a former program director for Nashville station [[WSM-FM]] said that he added the song to the station's playlist because it showed "undeniable promise",<ref name="jessen"/> while another former program director at [[WXTU]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], recalled that McGraw's debut single was "terrible" but that he booked the singer to make an appearance at the station due to his father's fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/17756431 |title=At 39, Tom McGraw looking beyond music |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date=March 23, 2007 |access-date=November 27, 2013}}</ref>

Two years later in April 1993, McGraw released his debut album ''[[Tim McGraw (album)|Tim McGraw]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-05-15.pdf |title=Album Reviews |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=54 |date=May 15, 1993}}</ref> which was commercially unsuccessful and did not sell well. This is his only studio album not to achieve a [[music recording sales certification]] or to enter the [[Top Country Albums]] charts. Three more singles were released from ''Tim McGraw'': "[[Welcome to the Club (Tim McGraw song)|Welcome to the Club]]", "[[Memory Lane (Tim McGraw song)|Memory Lane]]", and "[[Two Steppin' Mind]]". None made country Top 40 and the album itself did not chart.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-mcgraw-mn0000592954/biography |title=Tim McGraw biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=August 18, 2014}}</ref> Both "Memory Lane" and "Tears in the Rain", another cut from the album, were co-written by [[Joe Diffie]].<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r169755 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Tim McGraw - Tim McGraw|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|author2=Thom Jurek |work=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> "Memory Lane" had originally appeared on [[Keith Palmer (singer)|Keith Palmer]]'s self-titled 1991 debut album.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Keith Palmer |others=Keith Palmer |year=1991 |type=CD insert |publisher=Epic Records |id=48611}}</ref>