She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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Country took its turn in the Grammy week spotlight with LeAnn Rimes, Marty Stuart, Charley Pride and Porter Wagoner among the stars calling attention to efforts to preserve...
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Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Rock stars, country stars and even songwriters have their own halls of fame. Now their backing musicians are getting into the act, too.
The Musicians Hall of Fame and...
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Given that both artists
joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on the same night in
1996, there's a symmetry to a Ray Price appearance at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace. But what...
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More than a little bit of
country came to the city Monday night, when the Grand Ole Opry
appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall as part of its 80th
anniversary...
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In the rough-and-tumble roadhouse called Big O's, a teenage Gretchen Wilson felt at home with a microphone in hand, belting out renditions of old-school Patsy Cline or...
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The rendition of "Happy Birthday" at the Grand Ole Opry's 80th birthday bash this weekend is bound to be good.
The guest list includes Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Travis...
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"If you nail yourself
down to one thing, you're gonna have a hurt foot," Waylon Payne
says.
Country singer-songwriter Payne has been a hard man to nail
down lately. The...
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The home of Patsy Cline, already a favorite stop for country music fans, is now recognized by Virginia as a landmark.
Cline, born 1932 as Virginia Paterson Hensley in...
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He sure wasn't thinkin' 'bout an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry. Country singer Dierks Bentley was in the middle of a show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles when he got...
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The Grand Ole Opry show turns 80 this year, and while the anniversary doesn't have the bang of a 75th or a 100th, the Opry is planning a big to-do, including a rare...
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"Radio has become a
restaurant with horrible food and great service," says Doc
Holiday, host of the weekly "Watusi Rodeo" on Indie 103.1
(KDLD-FM). "Here, sometimes the...
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Veteran country singer Loretta
Lynn, who launched a bold comeback last year by joining forces
with Detroit rocker Jack White of the White Stripes, won her
first Grammy Award...
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Legendary country, rock and jazz guitarist Hank Garland, who performed with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline , Charlie Parker and many others,...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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LeAnn Rimes says she's glad she waited this long to make her first Christmas album, "What A Wonderful World."
"It's really just classical and beautiful," she told...
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Video game publisher Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc. and Interscope Records on Tuesday set
a Dec. 7 release for an eight-CD soundtrack to "Grand Theft
Auto: San Andreas,"...
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Uncle Kracker is one artist who refuses to be pegged. Since the former DJ made his debut in 2000 with "Double Wide," his songs have ranged from hip-hop to rock to soul to...
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Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton 's "I Will Always Love You," which she took to the top of the...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Despite the best efforts of
music industry gatekeepers, young artists and their fans often
seem to ignore the boundaries of genre. Such is the case with
Uncle Kracker, born...
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Singer Terri Clark , a raven-haired Canadian with a driving country sound, will become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry next month.
The 35-year-old received a...
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Willie
Nelson can't wait to get back on the road again.
The
hirsute outlaw country legend has nixed a series of concerts over the
next two months so he can undergo...
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The proclivity of "American Idol"
for celebrity judges has not only given last year's runner-up
Clay Aiken the B-side to his current single "The Way," but has
given...
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An 1888 recitation of the Lord's Prayer, the original cast recording of "Oklahoma!" and the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album will be enshrined together...
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Grand Ole Opry stars Vince Gill , Patty Loveless and the Del McCoury Band will hit the road this spring for an 11-city Opry tour, the long-running radio show's first in...
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Don Gibson, an elementary school dropout who wrote and recorded country standards like "I Can't Stop Loving You," has died, his lawyer said. He was 75.
Gibson died Monday...
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Norah Jones, K.D. Lang, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, and Michelle Branch are just a few of the artists appearing on the upcoming tribute album Remembering Patsy Cline. The...
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Songwriter Joe Allison--whose songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and others--died of lung disease in Nashville on Friday (August 2) at the age of...
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Fans of the late Patsy Cline can live like she once did for a mere $625 a month in rent. Heck, fans can live exactly where Cline once lived for that modest figure.
With...
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Capitalizing on the hype surrounding this Summer's second annual Lilith Fair tour, this June the Razor & Tie record label will join forces with Rolling Stone magazine to...
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Producer, recording industry executive and musician Owen Bradley died January 7th in Nashville of complications from the flu. He was 82.
Bradley was a key architect of the...
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