Of all the different eras of country music we’ve witnessed, whether in real time or retrospect, the 1970s seem to take the cake in terms of overall grooves, musical and lyrical experimentation, and ...
In 1970, country music started off the decade strong. Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’”, Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and Merle Haggard’s “The ...
It's been exactly 56 years since Conway Twitty released one of his biggest hits. On March 23, 1970, the iconic country music singer released what would become a career-defining smash hit: his beloved ...
In 1970, a daring, female-led country love song challenged the era's expectations and connected with audiences everywhere. In the first year of the decade, Lynn Anderson recorded the Joe South song ...
David Allan Coe, a prominent figure in country music’s outlaw movement of the 1970s, has died. He was 86. The musician, known ...
Country-music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s, including “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny ...
Country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe has died at 86, his representative confirmed, calling him a “true outlaw” and ...