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He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'."
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.
Country Gold: I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight: 1966 The Wilburn Brothers Show: 25 Let's Go Country: 10 1967 Two for the Show: 7 Cool Country: 11 1968 It's Another World: 23 Greatest Hits: 1969 We Need a Lot More Happiness: It Looks Like the Sun's Gonna Shine: 1970 Little Johnny from Down the Street: 31 143 Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy: 1971 ...
The Inglewood resident was one of very few Black men to have success in country music in the 1970s, and one of two known Black male artists from California who performed at a nationally charting ...
Brad Cotter (born 1970) Neal Coty (born 1964) The Country Gentlemen; Court Yard Hounds; Bucky Covington (born 1977) Cowboy Copas (1913–1963) Cowboy Crush; Cowboy Junkies; Cowboy Troy (born 1970) Don Cox (born 1964) The Cox Family; Billy "Crash" Craddock (born 1939) Adam Craig; Floyd Cramer (1933–1997) Crawford/West; Roger Creager; Creedence ...
These are lists of Billboard magazine's "Top Country & Western Records" and "Top Country & Western Artists" for 1950, ranked by retail sales and juke box plays. Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" was 1950's No. 1 country hit based on retail sales and ranked No. 4 based on juke box plays. [1]
1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music , Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
Five artists achieved their debut country number ones in 1950, including Hank Snow with "I'm Movin' On". [5] Leon Payne spent two non-consecutive weeks atop the jockeys chart in January with "I Love You Because". Payne, who was better known as a songwriter for other country artists, achieved the unusual feat of reaching number one with his only ...