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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'."
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
June 17 – Red Foley, guitarist and songwriter, one of country music's top stars of the 1940s and 1950s (d. 1968). August 22 – Rod Brasfield, comedian and star of the Grand Ole Opry (d. 1958). November 9 - Curly Fox, old-time and country fiddler, singer and country musician. Part of the Comedy-Oldtime-Country-Duo "Curly Fox and Texas Ruby" (d.
For Encyclopædia Britannica, Rodgers' legacy made him "one of the principal figures in the emergence of the country and western style of popular music". [111] Rolling Stone magazine placed Rodgers at number 11 on its 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time list, [112] and at number 88 on their 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list. [113]
September 23 – Ray Charles, blind African-American pop singer who recorded a series of influential country music albums, starting with Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (died 2004). September 28 – Tommy Collins, singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound (died 2000). November 20 – Curly Putman, songwriter (died ...
The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. [1] Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, [2] they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. [3]
A number of country artists have actually spent time behind bars, singing about the real hardships they faced within the U.S. penal system. In this article, we have carefully curated a list of ten ...
Jules Verne Allen (April 1, 1883 – July 10, 1945) [1] [2] was an American country music singer-songwriter, writer, and cowboy. He was one of the few early singing cowboys who had actually engaged in ranching. Calling himself the "Original Singing Cowboy," Allen's music is considered some of the best examples of authentic traditional cowboy ...