These country hits from the 1970s are still popular among fans of classic country music, and they all belong on your next playlist.
The 1970s gave us plenty of great country songs from some of the biggest names in the genre. From the slick production of the likes of Billy Sherrill and Owen Bradley to the rough-edged Outlaw Country ...
Country music in the 1970s captured the mixed bag of outlaw rebellion and changing family values that defined the decade. From liberated housewives to urban cowboys, the '70s pushed the boundaries of ...
In early 1970, Brian Wilson called Beach Boys manager Fred Vail to a Los Angeles hotel room to propose an idea that was outlandish even by his wild standards: a country music album with Vail on lead ...
Willie Nelson first started recording music in the 1950s when he was in his early twenties. He worked as a radio announcer and freelance musician, picking up whatever gigs he could get. In 1960, he ...
Country music had a huge commercial year last year, and now big pop stars like Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey are prepping their own country albums. Brian Wilson, the troubled sonic mastermind behind the ...
Not the kind of cold that makes you shiver, but the kind that makes you forget warmth ever existed. In 1970, Cal State Fullerton’s men’s cross country team hopped off the plane in Wheaton, Ill., for ...
One white whale for Beach Boys fanatics is Cows in the Pasture, a country album Brian Wilson made with then BB manager Fred Vail in 1970 that was never finished. That is changing, though, as according ...