2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (568+ words) Born in Oklahoma City on this day (September 10) in 1937, Tommy Overstreet never saw the top of the U.S. country charts during his nearly two-decade career. Always seeming to come up just short, he scored his highest-charting single with 1972’s “Ann (Don’t…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (293+ words) While most fans remember Wopat for his time on The Dukes of Hazzard, he started his career on the stage. While attending the University of Wisconsin, he landed a role in the school’s production of West Side Story. Afterward, he…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (293+ words) [RELATED: On This Day in 1971, Sonny James Was at the Top of the Country Chart with His 15th Consecutive No. 1 Single] When the family band dissolved in 1950, James finished high school and joined the National Guard. Then, he landed a gig…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (307+ words) Just two years later, when Hayes was seven, he performed for President Bill Clinton on the White House lawn. He sang Hank Williams’ “He Good Lookin’.” Two years later, the nine-year-old musician released the first of five independent albums. In…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (209+ words) Kristofferson and Coolidge recorded the most poignant version of the song for their 1978 album Natural Act. It was their final collaborative album. They divorced two years later. The lyrics about the uncertain future of a relationship fit them perfectly. However,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (320+ words) On September 4, 2015, Hal Willis died in Nashville at the age of 79. The Canadian-born country singer’s biggest hit was “The Lumberjack.” The song was so popular that it earned Willis the nickname Mr. Lumberjack. He and his wife toured with a…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (525+ words) On this day (September 6) in 1984, Ernest Tubb died from emphysema at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 70 years old. Today, we’re remembering his extraordinary life and career on the 42nd anniversary of his death. Born on February 9, 1914, on a cotton…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (490+ words) In honor of what would have been his 87th birthday, we’re exploring the complicated, often contradictory life and career of country music’s “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy,” David Allan Coe — born in Akron, Ohio, on this day (September 6) in 1939. From a young age,…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (160+ words) Chesnutt found his passion for music early. As a child, he got a drum set for Christmas and started learning to play. Then, his father convinced him to put down his drumsticks and practice singing. He spent years honing his…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (587+ words) Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on this day (September 5) in 1968, Jamie Oldaker’s drumming skills were legion. Eric Clapton once described those skills in effusive terms, declaring his longtime band member’s playing style as “unique” and “perfect.” “The kind of man he…...