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Audio. "Wichita Lineman" on YouTube. " Wichita Lineman " is a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell, [ 2 ] who recorded it backed by members of the Wrecking Crew. [ 3 ] Widely covered by other artists, it has been called "the first existential country song."
Is There Life Out There. "Is There Life Out There" is a song written by Susan Longacre and Rick Giles, and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released on January 28, 1992 as the second single from her album For My Broken Heart. The song reached Number One on the American country singles charts in March of that year ...
Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known by his stage name Lil Nas X (/ n ɑː z / NAHZ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.He rose to prominence with the release of his 2019 country rap single "Old Town Road," the longest-running number-one song (at 19 weeks) since the U.S. Billboard Hot 100's 1958 inception. [1]
In 1980, she was the only woman to be named "Artist of the Decade" for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music. Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 [21] and the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999. [101] She was also the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors, an award given the President of the United States, in 2003.
2024 in country music. Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.
In his book Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound, author Michael Streissguth describes how Arnold and Walker composed the song: [2]. Cindy Walker, who had supplied Eddy with "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (a number-one country record in 1949 and Eddy's first Cindy Walker release), recalled discussing the idea for "You Don't Know Me" with Eddy as she was leaving one of Nashville's ...
Connie Smith. Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) [1][2] is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of country music. A similarity has been noted between her vocal style and the stylings of country vocalist Patsy ...
Stay (Sugarland song) " Stay " is a song recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released in September 2007 as the fourth and final single from their album Enjoy the Ride (see 2006 in country music). Overall, the song is the group's eighth single to enter the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, where it reached a peak position ...