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1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music , Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
Crossroads, 2002–present, limited-run program on CMT that features country musicians playing music sets with non-country singers, usually rock musicians; Don Messer's Jubilee, 1957–1973, CBC and syndicated program responsible for popularizing folk and country music in Canada; Five Star Jubilee, 1961 program on NBC-TV (spin-off of Jubilee USA)
CMT Pure Country, the all-music counterpart to CMT, relegated its classic country programming to a daily half-hour block known as "Pure Vintage" before abandoning classic country altogether by 2015. (Complicating matters somewhat is a relative lack of music videos for country music songs before the 1980s.)
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1965, 19 different singles topped the chart, which was published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.
During the second generation (1930s–1940s), radio became a popular source of entertainment, and "barn dance" shows featuring country music were started all over the South, as far north as Chicago, and as far west as California. The most important was the Grand Ole Opry, aired starting in 1925 by WSM in Nashville and continuing to the present day.
Music Video of the Year – "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil) Vocal Event of the Year – " Mendocino County Line ", Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Musician of the Year – Jerry Douglas
The network was first launched as VH1 Country, a country music video-oriented spinoff of VH1, on August 1, 1998; predating the folding of CBS Cable networks TNN and CMT into Viacom. [citation needed] On May 27, 2006, the channel rebranded as CMT Pure Country to realign the CMT brand to solely represent Viacom's country music-related programming.
Future Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Ronnie Milsap, Waylon Jennings and Bobby Bare all reach number one for the first time. [49] 1975: The prevalence of country-pop crossover artists such as Glen Campbell and John Denver means that many songs top both the country chart and the all-genre Hot 100. [14] [15] 1976