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Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian , who are separated in a shipwreck.
Adult country: Typified by the Nash Icon national format, adult country (there is no generally accepted name for the format) has a music set newer than a classic or traditional country station (seldom playing songs from before 1980) but not as reliant on current hits as a mainstream or hot country station. Such stations are more willing to play ...
Roy Acuff Grand Ole Opry star for 50 years, "King of Country Music". Jenny Lou Carson, the first female to write a No. 1 Country Hit (1945) "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often". 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.
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.
Those songs – listed below – would spend 14, 14, 12 and 10 weeks at No. 1, compared to 10 No. 1 songs in 1959 and eight for all of 1961. Just a quarter of a century later, it was common for 50 songs per year to play musical chairs atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
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1. ‘A Hard Day's Night’ by the Beatles. Release date: July 10, 1964 The virtual definition of “all killer, no filler,” the Beatles’ “A Hard Day's Night” has not one song on it that ...
Gwen Stefani adopts her now-husband Blake Shelton's country stylings for "You Make It Feel Like Christmas." Related: Take a Romantic Look at Blake and Gwen's Sweet Love Story 2.