Twenty-seven years ago today (April 5, 1997) was a memorable day for Trace Adkins. It was on that date that Adkins earned his first No. 1 hit with "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing." The song was the ...

Hailing from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Laura and Lydia Rogers first learned to harmonize by singing together in their local church. Despite their blood-deep connection as musicians, the sisters didn't ...

In the 1970s, the country music charts were filled with artists who first found fame during the previous decade(s): to name a few, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. But there were also a ...

Much like rock 'n' roll, country music was at a crossroads in the 1980s. Glossier pop-country became an even bigger commercial force, even as a slew of traditionalists emerged to give the genre a jolt ...

In March of 1996, George Strait released "Blue Clear Sky" as the first single from his album of the same name. Written by Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard and Mark D. Sanders, Strait recorded the song at ...

Over the course of a massively successful, two decade-long career, Rascal Flatts have become an essential part of the soundtrack to country music fans' lives. Since 2000, the trio has dropped 11 ...

Carrie Underwood released her mega-hit "Before He Cheats" in 2006, and both the song and its music video quickly became a smash -- no pun intended. The No. 1 song tells the story of a woman who gets ...

Country music can thank our neighbors to the south for a lot more than tequila and blurry memories. Mexico has long offered up some of the driving influences behind country music: Since the early days ...

When Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers passed away, the music community mourned the loss of one of the most beloved artists of his generation. But perhaps no one was more shocked and saddened by his ...

Chris Stapleton introduced modern country music fans to the song "Millionaire" when he recorded it for his 2017 album From A Room: Volume 2, but he was far from the first artist to cut the track. The ...

Brett Young earned a No. 1 hit with his debut single "Sleep Without You," a song from his eponymous debut album, and followed it up with his second single, "In Case You Didn't Know." Young, who wrote ...

Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette co-wrote "Chicken Fried" in the early 2000s. The Zac Brown Band first recorded the song in 2003, then re-recorded it later in the decade and released it as the first ...