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In 1972, Johnny Cash took Kris Kristofferson‘s “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” to No. 1 on the Country chart and helped put his future Highwaymen bandmate on the songwriting map. “I’m just real grateful ...

Shortly after turning down a higher-ranking position in the military to pursue a career as a songwriter in Nashville, Kris Kristofferson was living in a tenement building and working as a janitor for ...

Kris Kristofferson once flew helicopters over Louisiana's marshes and wrote hit romance songs while sitting atop oil platforms. The long-winded life story of Kristofferson, who national outlets ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Today we remember singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson. He died Saturday at the age of 88. He was known for his evocative songwriting. Here's a sampling. ...

Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson were friends for years, even performing in the country supergroup the Highwaymen together. Nelson, along with many of his country music peers, have spoken very ...

In Taxi Driver, a campaign worker named Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) goes on a lunch date with disturbed Vietnam vet turned cabbie Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro). She says he reminds her of the character ...

Alabama was awarded the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement award at the recent 8th annual Nashville Songwriter Awards in Nashville at the legendary Ryman Auditorium. The trophy recognizes their ...

ANNOUNCER: Song writer, poet, superstar, icon. ROSANNE: When his songs got out and people saw who he was and what he was writing, it was like a depth charge for songwriters in Nashville. EMMYLOU: No ...