2010 proved to be a breakout year for singer, songwriter and performer Amber Hayes.  Her debut single, “C’mon,” went Top 40 on the Music Row chart, she celebrated the release of her first EP with a live show and broadcast on legendary radio station WSM 650AM, and she made her performance debut at the world-renowned CMA Music Festival.

Amber continued to break new ground in 2011.  In March, she signed a booking agreement with national talent agency Brand N Music, which saw the Oklahoma native touring on a regular basis with chart-topping artist Ty Herndon.  She also landed her first movie role with an appearance in the 2012 rodeo-themed family film, Cowgirls N’ Angels.   Several of Amber’s songs, including one unreleased track, appear in the movie and on the soundtrack.  Her second single, “Wait,” proved to be another Top 40 success, and the video (directed by three-time CMT Director of the Year Steven Goldmann) world-premiered at No. 1 on Yallwire.com.

“Growing up in rural Oklahoma, I was exposed to a lot of traditional Country music, and I guess I gravitated more toward the female singers like Dolly and Barbara, and then later, Reba,” says Hayes, whose talents as a theater performer earned her a leading role as Kathy Twitty in the 2008 Conway Twitty musical, It’s Only Make Believe.  “I’ve got great respect for the history of Country music, and it’s always been a dream of mine to play the Opry.  My music definitely has a contemporary style to it, and I’m thrilled that it connects with today’s Country music fans, but my roots go back a long way.”

In fall 2011, Amber returned to the studio to record her sophomore album, which is slated for an early 2012 release through FUNL Music.  She also made her international performance debut, traveling to Sweden, China and Japan for a run of festival dates.

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Amber Hayes is headed across seas to perform in Japan and in China this October! Amber starts off performing in Japan on October 16, 2011! For more dates, click here!

Perhaps no song is more associated with a singular sporting event than Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight.” The song is synonymous with Monday Night Football.

Since 2006, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,” a reworked version of Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” has introduced Sunday Night Football on NBC. Pink sang the theme song the first year. Since, Faith Hill has sang the theme song.

Well, now high school football in Oklahoma has its own theme song. Weleetka, OK native Amber Hayes recorded “Friday Night Fight.” She co-wrote the song with Angela Sullivan and Bill DeLuigi. Hayes took part in a video shoot for the song during a game in Moore and the video will be used to introduce the weekly televised games on Cox Sports.

The music video, shot at a high school football game in Moore, isn’t available online but you can listen to the song here.

Cox will televise the Putnam North at Midwest City game this Friday.

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