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Myrna Lorrie, the first Lady of Canadian Country Music. Mike Lunsford [2] Loretta Lynn, arguably country music's biggest star in the 1960s and early 1970s. Barbara Mandrell, first artist to win Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year twice (1980, 1981). Known for highly polished live concerts.
Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1940 [ edit ] The following songs achieved the highest positions in Billboard magazine 's ' Best Sellers in Stores ' chart, monthly 'Hillbilly Hits' chart, supplemented by 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954' and record sales reported on the " Discography of American Historical Recordings " website, [ 1 ...
1932 in country music, "Why Should I Be Lonely" [13] by Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians Top Country Record. 1933 in country music, Jimmie Rodgers dies in May 1933. "Yellow Rose Of Texas" [14] by Gene Autry and Jimmy Long Top Country Record. 1934 in country music, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" [15] [9] recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers ...
Cristy Lane (born 1940) Matt Lang; k.d. lang (born 1961) Ella Langley (born 1999) Jon Langston (born 1992) Larry the Cable Guy; Blaine Larsen (born 1986) Nicolette Larson (1952–1997) Stoney LaRue (born 1977) Jim Lauderdale (born 1957) Lauren-Ashley; Lavender Country; JJ Lawhorn (born 1993) Amber Lawrence; Tracy Lawrence (born 1968) Doyle ...
As the decade progressed, the style was picked up by Floyd Tillman and Hank Williams, and by the end of the 1940s was the predominant style in country music. Hank Williams. Williams, a Butler County, Alabama native, began earning a reputation as both a songwriter and a performing artist. Using traditional honky-tonk themes, Williams grew to ...
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Eddy Arnold was the biggest star in country music and set several chart records, one of which endured for more than 60 years. His 1947 song " I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) " spent a total of 21 weeks at number one, [ 4 ] a record that would be equaled twice over the next decade but ...
One of the most famous incarcerations in country music history occurred on August 17, 1952. Hank Williams was arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Alexander City, Alabama, and ...
March 19 – Bob Kingsley, radio personality and longtime host of American Country Countdown and Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (died 2019). [18] April 20 – Johnny Tillotson, 1960s country singer ("It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"). May 27 – Don Williams, baritone-voiced "Gentle Giant", one of country's biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s (died ...