Chuck Wicks photo courtesy of Sony BMG Nashville.
October 3, 2007 — Chuck Wicks got an unexpected invitation this week from University of Tennessee head football coach Phillip Fulmer, who requested that Chuck perform at his daughter Courtney’s wedding.
Coach Fulmer was recently listening to WIVK in Knoxville when the station played Chuck’s debut single "Stealing Cinderella," which tells the story of a young man who is asking for his girlfriend’s hand in marriage. As a father of three daughters, Coach Fulmer was overcome by emotion by the song and called the station to get in touch with Chuck to invite him to play the song at his daughter’s wedding.
"This song hit me like a ton of bricks as I was driving back to my office from a luncheon speech," Coach Fulmer explains. "I have three wonderful daughters, the oldest which is getting married. The song touched me deeply as it was about me and my girls, and the way we all love and adore each other, all the time knowing there will be a time for them to move on with their adult life. The song accurately expressed the emotions of this father having to face giving up his Cinderella."
Chuck immediately accepted the invitation to perform an acoustic version of the single for the reception last Friday night. The surprise performance and second father-daughter dance of the night didn't leave a dry eye in the place. Chuck, who co-wrote the song with Rivers Rutherford and George Teren, was overcome with emotion himself to see the effect his song had on those in attendance.
"I was so honored to play Coach Fulmer’s daughter’s wedding," he says. "It's one thing to perform in concert, but to have a song you wrote touch someone so deeply that they ask for you to perform on one of the most special days of their lives — that is incredible."
"Stealing Cinderella," currently sits at No. 30 on the Mediabase country chart and No. 31 on the R&R/Billboard country chart.