\n\tIn his memoir, Heart Life Music<\/em>, Kenny Chesney<\/a> takes the reader on the journey of how he developed from a sports-loving young boy growing up in a tiny East Tennessee town raised by a single mom to one of the biggest country stars of all time.<\/p>\n \n\tThe engrossing tale, co-written with award-winning journalist Holly Gleason<\/strong>, is a love story to the music that inspired him and, ultimately, to Chesney\u2019s fans who make up the No Shoes Nation and who have helped the recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee<\/a> realize success beyond his wildest dreams. <\/p>\n \n\tBelow, Chesney, who will return to Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere in June, highlights more than 30 songs of the dozens mentioned in the book, which is available starting Tuesday (Nov. 4). He\u2019s exclusively sharing with Billboard<\/em> what the songs mean to him, including ones that influenced him, such as Conway Twitty\u2019s \u201cHello Darlin\u2019,\u201d which he heard at the first concert he attended. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSomeone asked me if there was a soundtrack for the book.\u00a0It\u2019s easy to say, \u2018Just listen to [SiriusXM\u2019s] No Shoes Radio,\u2019 but someone else asked, and I thought, \u201cWell, why not? I just looked at my life, so lets look at the music,\u201d Chesney says. <\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t the definitive list, nor is it the only list,\u201d he continues, \u201cBut it\u2019s one collection of songs that you could listen to and enjoy while you\u2019re reading. To me, that was the fun of this playlist: make a playlist that would be fun to listen to while reading. Though now I hear getting the audio book and listening to that while you read is the thing. Anyways\u2026 Enjoy the book. Enjoy the music. But especially, enjoy your life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFind his explanations behind the songs chosen below, and check out the full playlist on Spotify here<\/a>. <\/p>\n
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