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On This Day in 1976, Marty Robbins Was at No. 1 With the Sequel to One of the Greatest Western Ballads of All Time

Marty Robbins Fifty years ago today, Marty Robbins was at the top of the country chart with the third installment of a legendary trio of songs. The post On This Day in 1976, Mart...

4 Songs That Prove Marty Robbins Was the Best Singing Storyteller of All Time

No one told a story quite like Marty Robbins. The post 4 Songs That Prove Marty Robbin...

Marty Robbins Inspired What Became Ray Charles’ Biggest Country Single

In 1985, Ray Charles released his only No. 1 country single, a song that was inspired by a Marty Robbins hit. The post Marty Robbins Inspired What Became Ray Charles’ Biggest Coun...

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Born in Kansas 101 Years Ago Today, the Country-Rockabilly Hitmaker Whose Hit Song Was Later Covered by Eddy Arnold and...

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Marvin Rainwater Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Marvin Rainwater, the '50s rockabilly sensation who claimed Cherokee heritage, was b...

The John Wayne Classic That Gave Glen Campbell His First Starring Role Premiered on This Day in 1969

Born in the DMV 75 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind One of Country Music’s Most Timeless Love Songs and Hits for Don Will...

On This Day in 1999, We Said Goodbye to the International Pop Star Who Scored Six Million-Selling Singles in the 50s

American pop singer Guy Mitchell (1927 - 1999) performing, circa 1955. From a Picture Post magazine preview of the first week of programming on Independent Television (ITV), Septem...

Born 101 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the First Country Crooner To Perform at the Grand Ole Opry House

Country singer George Morgan portrait circa 1949. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) George Morgan, Grand Ole Opry legend and father of country singer Lorrie Morgan, was...

3 Country Songs From 1975 That Every Small-Town Kid Still Knows by Heart

(Original Caption) Charlie Daniels (3rd from left), the entertainer who dedicated his last album to "gun-rotting whiskey and hellatious fights" says he will not play gentle music j...

3 Famous Country Songs From the 1960s That Aged Into Pure Art

Glen Campbell playing guitar circa 1967. (Photo by Screen Archives/Getty Images) These three country songs from the 1960s have all aged into pure art. First they were hits and now...

Born 77 Years Ago in Nashville, the Country Rocker Behind No. 1 Hits From Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, and Don Willi...

Russell Smith Seventy-seven years ago today, the Grammy-winning country rocker who penned some of the most memorable hits of the 80s and 90s was born. The post Born 77 Years Ago i...

Born 82 Years Ago Today in Wisconsin, the Legendary Country Crooner Whose Signature Song Was Covered by Loretta Lynn and...

Country singer-songwriter Bobby G. Rice. (Photo courtesy of Bobby G. Rice via Facebook) Country music fans may know that power duo Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn covered the song “...

62 Years Ago Today, We Lost One Half of the Brother Duo Behind Old-Time Standards Recorded by Merle Haggard and Doc Wats...

Sixty-two years ago...

28 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Man Who Went From Peach Picker to the “King of Cowboys”

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Rodeo, starring Roy Rogers, singing cowboy star of republic pictures, held its dress rehersal at Madison Square Garden. Here, Roy Rogers is shown with his hor...

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

On This Day in 1969, Glen Campbell Was in the Midst of an Impressive Run Thanks to This Unintentional Protest Anthem

'Galveston,' Glen Campbell's 12th studio album, spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billb...

On This Day in 1969, Glen Campbell Was in the Midst of an Impressive Run Thanks to This Unintentional Protest Anthem

'Galveston,' Glen Campbell's 12th studio album, spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billb...

On The Charts 47 Years Ago, Waylon Jennings Ruled With a Somber Ballad Written as an Apology to Bob McDill’s Wife

American country and western singer and guitarist Waylon Jennings (1937 - 2002) wears a cowboy hat and leather vest as he sings with his eyes closed in front of a microphone, April...

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 1968, Glen Campbell Recorded an Unfinished Song That Became a Huge Crossover Hit

15 Of The Greatest Murder Ballads In Country Music History

Taking a dive into the macabre. It’s no secret that country music and murder ballads go hand-in-hand. From Johnny Cash’s tales of crime to Colter Wall’s stories of cheating, you do...

Born 119 Years Ago Today in Texas, the “Best Singing Cowboy of All Time,” According to Two Legendary Singing Cowboys

Eddie Dean, circa 1940. (Photo by Getty Images) Eddie Dean, the golden-voiced first singing cowboys to star in color films, was born on July 9, 1907, in Posey, Texas. The post Born...

On This Day in 1982, George Strait Released the Song Written for a Forgotten 80s Action Movie That Became His First No....