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Born on This Day in 1928, the Korean War Veteran and Longtime Friend of Chet Atkins Who Dominated the Country Charts in...

Born on This Day in 1941, “Country Music’s Least Known Superstar” Who Wrote Hits for Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and Po...

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

On the Charts This Day in 1984, Johnny Lee and Lane Brody Ruled With the Theme Song to a Beloved NBC Television Series

On the Charts 57 Years Ago, Glen Campbell Was at No. 1 With a Heartbreakingly Romantic War Song Penned by Jimmy Webb

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 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 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 on This Day in 1929, One Half of “Mr. And Mrs. Country Music”—the Award-Winning Husband-Wife Duo Who Dominated the...

Johnny Mosby, who scored 17 country music hits with second wife Jonie Mosby, would have turned 97 years old today. The post

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 1948, the Author and Tenor Singer Who Completed the Classic Oak Ridge Boys Lineup

Born on This Day in 1948, the Author and Tenor Singer Who Completed the Classic Oak Ridge Boys Lineup

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

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

Remembering the remarkable life of jazz legend Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins, one of jazz's all-time greats, died Monday at the age of 95 after spending more than five decades pushing the boundaries of the genre. Rollins won two Grammys and a...

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. ...

On This Day in 2019, We Lost the No. 1 Solo Hitmaker Who Was Also a Member of Country Music’s Greatest Sibling Trio

Jim Glaser deserves to be a household name among country fans. Let's look back at his legacy as part of a famous trio and as a soloist. The post

Born 41 Years Ago Today, the California Honky-Tonk Revivalist Known as Country Music’s “Mr. Saturday Night”

Born on May 20, 1985, in Dixon, California, country singer-songwriter Jon Pardi turned 41 years old on Wednesday. The post

Live From Tennessee State Prison, a Rollicking Version of a Country Gem

Sonny James’ 1977 cover of “In the Jailhouse Now” was part of an innovative collaboration with incarcerated musicians, stagehands and photographers.

Sonny Rollins, saxophonist and restless genius of jazz, dead at 95

(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) – Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jaz...