The 20 Best Country Songs of the 80s
In the 80s, country music started crossover with pop music thanks to movies like 1980s Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. Many people refer to this decade as the Urban Cowboy Movement. During…
In the 80s, country music started crossover with pop music thanks to movies like 1980s Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. Many people refer to this decade as the Urban Cowboy Movement. During…
The incomparable band known as The Clash has been making earworms for us for more than four decades. With songs so classic they’ve been covered and re-covered, yet the original still makes the radio today,…
James Taylor started his career in 1968 with the Beatles’ Apple label. He was 20 years old, had floppy hair, an acoustic guitar, and a notebook full of frank confessionals. Two years later, those confessionals…
The first press release issued by the Ramones read: “The Ramones are not an oldies group. They are not a glitter group, they don’t play boogie music and they don’t play the blues. The Ramones…
Whenever Stevie Ray Vaughan stepped onto the stage to rock his guitar in front of cheering fans wherever he went, many people compared him to his heroes such as Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, and Mick…
Heart is an American rock band with lead singers Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson. the group was formed in 1973 with Ann Wilson performing lead vocals. The following year, Ann’s sister Nancy joined the band….
Very few artists have Neil Young’s staying power. Even fewer have his talent. Since his earliest days with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY, he’s grown into one of the most prolific and respected musicians of all…
Country music’s roots are in rural areas of the Southern and Western United States. Traditional Celtic and Scottish folk songs and ballads started evolving in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1923, Fiddlin’ John Carson recorded the…
George Strait has been the reigning king of country since the 1980s, and he looks in no danger of relinquishing his title anytime soon. A pioneer of the neotraditionalist country movement, he’s credited with steering…