Sixty-one years ago today, Connie Smith made country music history when her record-setting debut single hit No. 1.
The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of social and political change, in a manner not dissimilar to today's climate. Amid the upheaval of gender norms and racial bias, popular music was ...
Some of the best country songs in the history of the genre hit the airwaves in 1964. At the same time, the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, and Lefty Frizzell were topping the charts with ...