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Bobby Bare is an American outlaw country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away From Home" and is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician. Joe Carson, singer started in late 1950s Rockabilly and crossed to country. Died early 1960s.
May 13 — Gid Tanner, 74, fiddler and leader of pioneering country group the Skillet Lickers. November 5 — Johnny Horton, 35, "The Singing Fisherman" and best known for his Americana-styled hits (car accident). November 7 — A.P. Carter, 68, a member of The Original Carter Family, one of country music's all-time pioneers (heart disease).
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1960, five different songs topped the chart, which at the time was published under the title Hot C&W Sides, C&W being an abbreviation for country and western.
Baby Washington; B.B. King; B. Bumble and the Stingers; Bachdenkel; The Bachelors; Badfinger; The Balloon Farm; The Band; A Band of Angels; Band of Joy; Bangor Flying ...
Charley Pride was an absolute trailblazer in country music. He smashed through racial barriers to achieve immense success in the 1960s. He went on to become a huge country star in the 1970s, with ...
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1980 in country music, Debuts of movies about country music and/or country singers in leading roles (Coal Miner's Daughter, Urban Cowboy); nomination of two country songs for Academy Award for Best Original Song; Alabama signs with RCA Records and begins long-term success. Death of Red Sovine.