William Michael Morgan brings traditional country music back to radio

William Michael Morgan is poised to meet the top of the country radio airplay charts in October for the first time with his debut single “I Met a Girl.” Written by Sam Hunt, Trevor Rosen of Old Dominion, and Shane McAnally, “I Met a Girl” is from Morgan’s first album, “Vinyl,” that was released to stores Friday.

“Thank the good Lord and country radio,” Morgan said of his success. “This last year has been upside down, flipped up and crispy on the edges. It’s been a whirlwind in a good way.”

“I Met a Girl” was released in August of 2015 and Morgan said its perseverance “shows the strength of a good song.”

“I don’t say that in any way conceited,” explained the Mississippi native. “But it does show the strength of a good song, a good promotions team and a good lyric.”

Morgan first heard “I Met a Girl” on Hunt’s “Between the Pines (Acoustic Mixtape)” and fell in love with the song.

“I get it because it happened to me,” Morgan said. “I literally just saw the whole picture of it when I first heard it. I saw the girl crossing the street, biting her lip, fixing her dress, I saw the whole image of that girl. I’ve said this before, but it’s holding the girls on high in a time where we are telling them to scoot on over and hand me a cold beer. I kind of fell in love with it for that reason, too. When we cut it, magic happened.”