THE SONG THAT PUSHED COUNTRY MUSIC INTO NEW TERRITORY — Conway Twitty Took a Love Song Where Radio Rarely Dared to Go
Released in 1973, “You’ve Never Been This Far Before” became one of the most distinctive...
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FIVE DECADES, COUNTLESS CHANGES, ONE VOICE THAT NEVER FADED — How Conway Twitty Built a Record-Breaking Country Music Legacy
Musical fame can disappear almost as quickly as it arrives. Styles change, radio moves on,...
THE SONG THAT BECAME A WAY OF LIFE — How “Luckenbach, Texas” Turned Waylon Jennings Into the Voice of a Simpler America
Some songs climb the charts and slowly fade into history. Others become something much greater....
THE WOMAN WHO BELIEVED FIRST — She Was There Before the World Knew His Name
ong before the world knew him as Conway Twitty, he was simply Harold Lloyd Jenkins,...
THE SONG THAT DIVIDED AMERICA — How Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” Became One of Country Music’s Most Controversial Anthems
When Merle Haggard released “Okie from Muskogee” in 1969, he did far more than...
Merle Haggard —”Mama Tried” (1968)
Some country songs entertain. Others leave a lasting impression. But every so often, a song...
THE SESSION JOHNNY CASH LEFT BEHIND — How “Flowers on the Wall” Became The Statler Brothers’ Breakthrough
Sometimes a legendary recording does not begin with months of planning, a...