The 1970s brought us some great country music. Here are a few country stars who have been largely forgotten but deserve their ...

On Sept. 11, 1999, Chely Wright ’s “Single White Female” hit No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs chart. Carolyn Dawn ...

Singer Johnny Cash, born John R. Cash on Feb. 26, 1932, in Kingsland Arkansas, went on to become the king of country music and earned the nickname ‘The Man in Black’ throughout his decades in the ...

She was the first woman named entertainer of the year at the genre’s two major awards shows ... then by the Academy of Country Music three years later. In her 1970 smash hit, “Coal Miner ...

In 1978, the Grateful Dead performed a concert near the pyramids of Egypt. In 1979, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang was released. It’s considered to be the first rap record. In 1991, country ...

Newmarket Folk Society is kicking off its fall line-up with a Sept. 28 concert with the iconic The Good Brothers ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren reports on country music for The New York Times ... (1968), Lynn Anderson’s “Rose Garden” (1970), Crystal Gayle’s “Don’t It Make My Brown ...

In 1970, Jimi Hendrix, rock music's most innovative guitarist ... In 1995, Shania Twain won in five of the seven categories in which she was nominated at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Hamilton.