"El Paso (song) ""El Paso"" is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on ""Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs"" in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching number one in both at the start of 1960. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961, and remains Robbins' best-known song. It is widely considered a genre classic for its gripping narrative which ends in the death of its protagonist, its"
"Devil Woman ""Devil Woman"" is a 1976 hit single for Cliff Richard from his album ""I'm Nearly Famous"". The song saw a recent resurgence in popularity, being used in the film ""I, Tonya"" (2017), as the theme for the character of LaVona Golden, played by Allison Janney. ""Devil Woman"" was written by Terry Britten and Christine Holmes (singer of the Family Dogg) and also recorded by Holmes under the name ""Kristine"". A No. 9 UK hit in June 1976, ""Devil Woman"" became Richard's first single to reach the Top 20 in the US, reaching No. 6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot"
"career as a music executive and played a big role in the signing of Billy Ray Cyrus. He continued to record in the 1980s on a reduced scale for smaller labels. Reeves joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1966, where he continued to perform until his final years. His last Opry performance was in August 2002. He died from emphysema on New Year's Day, 2007. Del Reeves Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007), better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his ""girl-watching"" novelty songs of the 1960s including ""Girl"
"Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres. In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, ""Behind Closed Doors"" and ""The Most Beautiful Girl"". ""The Most Beautiful Girl"" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was"
"Del Porter Del Porter ""(né"" Delmar Smith Porter; 13 April 1902 in Newberg, Oregon – 4 October 1977 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, and clarinetists who, in the 1930s, performed on Broadway, toured with Glenn Miller, and recorded with Bing Crosby, Dick Powell, and Red Nichols, and in the 1940s, led his own big band. Porter was a singer with the Foursome, which came to prominence in the 1930 Broadway hit show, ""Girl Crazy."" Porter, the best known member of the quartet, co-founded City Slickers with Spike Jones about the time his group split up. With"
"Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius (born Helen Lorene Johnson; December 6, 1941) is an American country singer-songwriter and actress, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S. country singles top ten during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Helen Cornelius was born December 6, 1941 in Monroe City, Missouri, and was raised on a farm nearby. Her older brothers played in country bands, and she formed a singing trio with sisters Judy and Sharon. Together they toured locally with the blessing of their father. Subsequently, Helen began touring on her own"
"Grady Martin Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' ""El Paso"", Loretta Lynn's ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" and Sammi Smith's ""Help Me Make It Through the Night"". During a nearly 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Bing Crosby. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame,"
"Del Reeves Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007), better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his ""girl-watching"" novelty songs of the 1960s including ""Girl on the Billboard"" and ""The Belles of Southern Bell"". He is also known for his 1968 trucker's anthem, ""Looking at the World Through a Windshield"", which demonstrated he was capable of more than just novelty songs. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s. Reeves was born in Sparta, North Carolina, on July 14, 1932. He was named after Franklin"
"Jan Howard Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1929), known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained popular success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s and was twice nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy award. Many of her hits were written by her husband at the time, Harlan Howard. Howard's biggest hit and signature song was the 1966 country hit ""Evil on Your Mind"", which peaked at number five on the ""Billboard"" country charts. The song is included in the book ""Heartaches"
"Long John Hunter John Thurman Hunter Jr. (July 13, 1931 – January 4, 2016), known by the stage name Long John Hunter, was an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He released seven albums in his own name, and in his later years found critical acknowledgement outside of his homeland. Hunter's best known tracks are ""El Paso Rock"" and ""Alligators Around My Door"", the latter of which Hunter co-wrote with Bruce Iglauer. Hunter was born in Ringgold, Louisiana. He was raised on a farm in Magnolia, Arkansas, but by his early twenties was working in a"
"County, Tennessee. With Kai Winding Grady Martin Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' ""El Paso"", Loretta Lynn's ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" and Sammi Smith's ""Help Me Make It Through the Night"". During a nearly 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Bing Crosby. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Elected to the"
"week on the chart. Deep River Woman ""Deep River Woman"" is a single written by American artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music group Alabama. It was released in December 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album ""Dancing on the Ceiling"". The song peaked at number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100. On Richie's 2012 duets album, ""Tuskegee"", he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town. It charted on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 60 for the week of June 16,"
"Joe Esposito (singer) Joe ""Bean"" Esposito (born May 5, 1948) is a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter whose career spans from the 1970s to the present day. Esposito's songs have been recorded by Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Labelle, Stephen Stills and others. Esposito was a member of the band Brooklyn Dreams, best known for their collaboration with Donna Summer on ""Heaven Knows"" and ""Bad Girls."" Giorgio Moroder asked Esposito to collaborate on his 1982 ""Solitary Man"" project, which became Esposito's first solo album. In the 1980s, he is best known for his performances of the hit songs ""Lady, Lady, Lady"" from the"
"home in Coyoacán on 13 January 1987. Her remains were cremated at the Panteón Civil de Dolores. Elvira Ríos María Elvira Gallegos Ríos (16 November 1913 – 13 January 1987) was a Mexican singer and actress. One of the most notable performers of Agustín Lara's songs, Ríos was the first Mexican singer who achieved international success through radio, records, nightclub engagements, tours, and films. She was well known in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Argentina, and France, among other countries. Some of her greatest hits are ""Noche de ronda"", ""Flores negras"", ""Perfidia"", ""Desesperadamente"", and ""Ausencia"". Ríos was born on 16 November"
"Donna Fargo Donna Fargo (born Yvonne Vaughn , November 10, 1945, in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is an American country singer-songwriter, who is best known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. These include ""The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"" and ""Funny Face,"" both which became crossover pop hits in 1972. Fargo has won major awards since her debut in the late 1960s, including one Grammy Award, five awards from the Academy of Country Music and one award from the Country Music Association. Fargo had been singing since her early years, but never thought about"
"Penny DeHaven Penny DeHaven (born Charlotte DeHaven; May 17, 1948 – February 23, 2014) was an American country and gospel music singer and actress. At the beginning of her career, she recorded as Penny Starr. Born Charlotte DeHaven in 1948 in Winchester, Virginia, she is best known for her country hit singles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her biggest hit was ""Land Mark Tavern"", a duet with Del Reeves in 1970. DeHaven’s other singles included country remakes of such pop hits as Billy Joe Royal’s ""Down in the Boondocks"" (1969), The Beatles’ ""I Feel Fine"" (1970), The Everly"
"Janis Martin Janis Darlene Martin (March 27, 1940 – September 3, 2007) was an American rockabilly and country music singer. She was one of the few women working in the male-dominated rock and roll music field during the 1950s and one of country music's early female innovators. Martin was nicknamed the Female Elvis for her dance moves on stage, similar to those of Elvis Presley. Martin was born in Sutherlin, Virginia, east of Danville. Her mother was a stage mother, and her father and uncle were both musicians. Before she was six, Martin was already singing and playing the guitar,"
"a more expansive vocal palette than she’s displayed in the past"". The EP has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, ""People Magazine"", and on Perez Hilton's popular website. Rissi Palmer Rissi Palmer (born August 19, 1981) is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single ""Country Girl"", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. ""Country Girl"" peaked at No. 54 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 59"
"Hard Headed Woman ""Hard Headed Woman"" is a rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Presley's publishing company, in 1958. It is an American 12-bar blues written by African American songwriter Claude Demetrius. It was most notably recorded as a rock and roll song by Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture ""King Creole"", and was included on the record album of the same name. The song was also released as a single in both 78 RPM and 45 RPM formats. In 1958 it went to No. 1 on the"
"spandex outfits from the 1980s time period. Dottie will become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018 Dottie West Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh; October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, ""Here Comes My Baby Back Again"", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance"
"Sandro de América Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo (August 19, 1945 – January 4, 2010), better known by his artist names Sandro/Sandro de América (""Sandro of America""), ""Gitano"" (gypsy), and the Argentine Elvis, was a notable Argentine singer and actor. He is considered The father of Argentine Rock for being one of the first rock artists to sing in Spanish in Latin America. He edited 52 official records and sold 8 million copies although other sources state that he sold over 22 million. Some of his most successful songs are ""Dame fuego"", ""Rosa, Rosa"", ""Quiero llenarme de ti"", ""Penumbras"", ""Porque yo te amo"","
"Trashy Women ""Trashy Women"" is a song written by Chris Wall and recorded by country music singer Jerry Jeff Walker in 1989 and later by the band Confederate Railroad. It reached number 63 on the US Country chart in 1989 for Walker, and was a number 10 country hit four years later from Confederate Railroad's self-titled debut album. According to legend, Walker was in the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, WY one evening and heard either Wall (who was also a bartender at the bar) or Kip Attaway performing the song. He then asked whichever it was to come"
"Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis (August 8, 1932 – November 19, 2017) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits. Tillis' biggest hits include ""I Ain't Never"", ""Good Woman Blues"", and ""Coca-Cola Cowboy"". On February 13, 2012, President Barack Obama awarded Tillis the National Medal of Arts for his contributions to country music. He also won the Country Music Association Awards' most coveted award, Entertainer of the Year. Additionally, he was known for his speech impediment, which"
"Kelly Rowland Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Rowland rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. During their hiatus, Rowland released her debut solo album ""Simply Deep"" (2002), which sold 2.5 million copies worldwide and included the number-one single ""Dilemma"" with Nelly, as well as the UK top-ten singles ""Stole"" and ""Can't Nobody"". Rowland also ventured into acting, with guest appearances in television shows and starring roles in successful films, ""Freddy vs. Jason"" (2003)"
"Deep River Woman ""Deep River Woman"" is a single written by American artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music group Alabama. It was released in December 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album ""Dancing on the Ceiling"". The song peaked at number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100. On Richie's 2012 duets album, ""Tuskegee"", he re-recorded the song with Little Big Town. It charted on the Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay at number 60 for the week of June 16, 2012, spending only one"
"Elvira Ríos María Elvira Gallegos Ríos (16 November 1913 – 13 January 1987) was a Mexican singer and actress. One of the most notable performers of Agustín Lara's songs, Ríos was the first Mexican singer who achieved international success through radio, records, nightclub engagements, tours, and films. She was well known in Mexico, United States, Brazil, Argentina, and France, among other countries. Some of her greatest hits are ""Noche de ronda"", ""Flores negras"", ""Perfidia"", ""Desesperadamente"", and ""Ausencia"". Ríos was born on 16 November 1913 in La Lagunilla, a neighborhood of central Mexico City. She was the firstborn child of José"
"2015. He was 76. Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West),"
"honored Martin as a ""Virginia Women in History"" because of her musical career. Janis Martin Janis Darlene Martin (March 27, 1940 – September 3, 2007) was an American rockabilly and country music singer. She was one of the few women working in the male-dominated rock and roll music field during the 1950s and one of country music's early female innovators. Martin was nicknamed the Female Elvis for her dance moves on stage, similar to those of Elvis Presley. Martin was born in Sutherlin, Virginia, east of Danville. Her mother was a stage mother, and her father and uncle were both"
"Rissi Palmer Rissi Palmer (born August 19, 1981) is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single ""Country Girl"", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. ""Country Girl"" peaked at No. 54 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album, which also produced the No. 59 hit ""Hold on to Me"". Also in 2008, Palmer covered ""No Air"", an R&B hit originally performed by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. Palmer was born in Sewickley, a suburb"
"Elis Regina Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (; March 17, 1945 – January 19, 1982), known professionally as Elis Regina, was a Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music. She became nationally renowned in 1965 after singing ""Arrastão"" (composed by Edu Lobo and Vinícius de Moraes) in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined ""O Fino da Bossa"", a television program on TV Record. Elis was noted for her vocalization, as well as for her personal interpretation and performances in shows. She recorded several successful compositions, such as ""Como nossos pais"" (Belchior), ""Upa Neguinho"" (E. Lobo"
"defiant attitude, and is a major country talent."" West died on May 18, 2015, aged 47 (his age was initially misreported as 46), from undisclosed causes.. Elbert West Elbert Lee West (July 15, 1967 – May 18, 2015) was an American country music artist. Initially a session songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, West saw his first chart success in the 1990s as a co-writer on singles for country singer Tracy Lawrence, including the Number Ones ""Sticks and Stones"" and ""Can't Break It to My Heart"". West co-wrote album tracks for other artists, including tracks for Tim McGraw and John Michael Montgomery."
"Red Lane Red Lane, born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter with surname pronounced ""Dee-LAW-ter"" (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American singer and songwriter. Lane was a self-taught musician and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). His songs were recorded by many prominent country artists, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, B.J. Thomas, George Strait, Roger Miller and Alan Jackson. The most successful songs written or co-written by Lane included, ""'Til I Get It Right"" (recorded by Tammy Wynette, 1973), ""Country Girl"" (Dottie West), ""Miss Emily's Picture"" (John"
"Music City News Country Miscellaneous achievements Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country ""crossover"" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include ""It Was Almost Like a Song"", ""Smoky Mountain Rain"", ""(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"", ""I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the"