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Graham Nash Gets Honest About the Possibility of a CSNY Reunion
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (173+ words) American Songwriter While each produced iconic solo careers, for a time, Neil Young, Graham Nash, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills joined forces to create a supergroup called CSNY. Just combining their initials for the name, CSNY released several albums like…...
Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And 'Hee Haw' Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s
3+ day, 21+ 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…...
Born 75 Years Ago in Wisconsin, the TV Star Who Found Success on Broadway and the Country Charts
4+ day, 5+ 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…...
On This Day in 1950, a Future Country Star and Longtime Friend of Chet Atkins Paused His Budding Career to Serve in the Korean War
4+ 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…...
Born 35 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Country Prodigy Who Made Music History Weeks After His 21st Birthday
4+ day, 21+ 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…...
On This Day in 1974, Ronnie Milsap Was at No. 1 With a Grammy-Winning Song Later Recorded by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
6+ day, 18+ 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,…...
11 Years Ago, the World Said Goodbye to the Singing Lumberjack Who Toured With Elvis Presley and Wrote Hits for Patsy Cline and Flatt & Scruggs
1+ week, 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…...
42 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the “Gold Chain Troubadour of Country Music” Who Started a Honky Tonk Revolution
1+ week, 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…...
Born 87 Years Ago Today in Ohio, the “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy” Who Embodied Outlaw Country and Penned This Johnny Paycheck Smash
1+ week, 18+ 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,…...
Born 63 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the 90s Country Legend Who Sings Like George Jones and Took a Rock Ballad to No. 1
1+ week, 21+ 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…...