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Born on This Day in 1932, the “King of Rockabilly” Whose Songs Were Recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Johnny Ca...

Carl Perkins, king of rockabilly who inspired everyone from Johnny Cash to the Beatles, would have turned 94 today. The post Born on This Day i...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

66 Years Ago, Jim Reeves Was at No. 1 for the Final Time in His Life With One of the Biggest Hits in Country Music Histo...

Born on This Day in 1928, the Country Star Who Overcame a Stutter to Notch a String of Hits and Wrote an International N...

98 years ago today, the songwriter who penned one of the most-recorded songs in the world and notched a string of hits was born.

Born in Texas on This Day in 1945, the Progressive Country Legend Described as “The Missing Link Between Roy Orbison and...

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Born in Texas on This Day in 1945, the Progressive Country Legend Described as “The Missing Link Between Roy Orbison and...

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Born in Kentucky on This Day in 1944, the King of Honky Tonk and the Most “Outlaw” Country Singer of the 1970s

Born in Texas 87 Years Ago, the Elvis Presley Piano Player Who Sounded a Beloved ABC TV Show Alongside a Young Glen Camp...

Glen Hardin, Elvis Presley's former piano player who recorded with the likes of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, turns 87 today. The post Born in Texas 87 Years Ago, the Elvis Pres...

On This Day in 1959, Buddy Holly Made Music History With This Posthumous No. 1 Hit—Penned by His “Nemesis”

On This Day 60 Years Ago, Jim Reeves Topped the Country Charts Posthumously With a Hit First Recorded by Roy Orbison

Sixty years ago, Jim Reeves was at No. 1 in the United Kingdom with "Distant Drums" nearly two years after his death. The post

Born in Alabama 105 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind the Timeless Trucker Country Anthem Recorded by Ernest Tubb, Johnny...

Born in Alabama 105 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind the Timeless Trucker Country Anthem Recorded by Ernest Tubb, Johnny...

Born on This Day in 1925, the “Singing Fisherman” Known for His Historically Inspired Country Hits

Country singer Johnny Horton, known for hit songs like "The Battle of New Orleans", would have turned 101 years old today. The post

68 Years Ago, Don Gibson Was at No. 1 With a Country Classic That Was Later Covered by Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and the...

Sixty-eight years ago today, Don Gibson was at the top of the chart with a song that inspired dozens of covers. The post

Watch a Pre-Fame Alan Jackson Perform a George Jones Classic in Front of His Future Producer

Born on This Day in 1914, One Half of This Popular Country Music Duo Who Was Married to the “Queen of Country”

On This Day in 1969, Bill Anderson Topped the Charts With a Song That Beat Out Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard

Bill Anderson topped the charts 57 years ago today with "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)", the top country song of 1969. ...

Born in Virginia 101 Years Ago Today, the “Voice With a Heart” and Bill Monroe’s Sideman Who Co-Founded the Country Musi...

Born in Louisiana 77 Years Ago Today, the Country Rocker Who Stepped Out of His Legendary Father’s Shadow To Blaze His O...

Born on This Day in 1943, the Lead Singer of the Band That Shaped Modern Country Music and Performed With Everyone From...

Born on This Day in 1938, the Nashville Legend Who Played on the Biggest Hits From Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, and...

On This Day in 1966, Jim Reeves Was at No. 1 With a Posthumous Hit That Blocked a Beatles Classic’s Rise to the Top

On This Day in 1956, Elvis Presley Topped the Charts for the First Time Thanks to a Song Inspired by a Tragedy