American Songwriter

3 Country Songs From the 1970s That Had the Potential To Be Major Crossover Hits

Country music rules country charts, and fairly often, especially nowadays, it also rules the most popular chart in the world, the Billboard Hot 100. However, that hasn’t always been the case, as the ...
American Songwriter

3 No. 1 Hit Country Songs From the 1970s That Simply Don’t Get Enough Praise

The most famous artists of the 1970s country music scene include John Denver, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell, and several others. The most famous tracks from ...
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1970s Country Legend Reba McEntire Celebrates 50 Years with New EPs and Classic Hits

The 'Fancy' singer shares the 'genius idea' her manager came up with for her golden anniversary.
Yahoo

1970 No. 1 Hit, Once Named Best Country Song of the Year, Turns 56

It's been exactly 56 years since Conway Twitty released one of his biggest hits. On March 23, 1970, the iconic country music singer released what would become a career-defining smash hit: his beloved ...
The New York Times

David Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86

Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s. By Bill Friskics-Warren See more of our coverage in ...