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Patsy Montana, the first female Country singer to sell 1 million records. Girls of the Golden West, one of the first Country music duo groups. Freddie Hart In 1950 he moved to California and joined Lefty Frizzell's band shortly after when introduced to Capitol Records where Carl Smith recorded "Loose Talk: his very first number one song in 1955.
David Lynn Jones (born 1950) Diana Jones; George Jones (1931–2013) Grandpa Jones (1913–1998) J. C. Jones (born 1973) Jason Jones; Joshua Scott Jones (born 1980) Kacey Jones (1950-2016) Norah Jones (born 1979) Tom Jones (born 1940) Zona Jones; Leslie Jordan (1955–2022) The Jordanaires; John Jorgenson (born 1956) Josh Abbott Band; Scott ...
March 26 — Ronnie McDowell, male vocalist of the 1970s and 1980s, who first rose to fame with his Elvis Presley tribute "The King Is Gone". August 7 — Rodney Crowell, singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream fame in the late 1980s before becoming a leader in the alternative country movement; ex-husband of Rosanne Cash.
1987 in country music, Reba McEntire wins unprecedented fourth Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association; K. T. Oslin becomes a star in her late 40s, a first for a country female vocalist. 1988 in country music, chronicling the history of country music on compact disc (among the first being the Country USA series ...
They were instrumental in launching the careers of many country musicians, most notably Loretta Lynn, [11] whom they signed to their music publishing company. Lynn was the "girl singer" of the Wilburns' touring show between 1960 and 1968, [ 12 ] and she made weekly appearances on their syndicated television show from 1963 to 1971. [ 11 ]
Tracy Chapman’s career-defining song “Fast Car” peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 and earned the singer a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. But thanks to Luke ...
Connie Frank Eaton (March 1, 1950 – September 30, 1999) was an American country music singer. Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and began her recording career as a teenager in the late 1960s, recording for Chart Records.
Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians