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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.
United States country music group navigational boxes (112 P) Pages in category "American country music groups" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.
Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson (lead vocals), Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone (bass guitar, vocals), and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums). Prior to the band's founding, Carlson was a solo artist.
The table of years in country music is a tabular display of all years in country music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year.
Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
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 Clearwater Revival; Melodie Crittenden (born ...
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'."
First operating under the name Young Country and later Wildcountry, the group toured the Southeast bar circuit in the early 1970s, and began writing original songs. They changed their name to Alabama in 1977 and following the chart success of two singles, were approached by RCA Records for a recording deal.