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Well, if you'd asked me a short while ago if I ever thought I'd make a list in which the top spot was claimed by Kenny Rogers of all people, I probably would've laughed aloud. Yet strange as it seems, that day has now arrived. "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town"- a tale of prostitution, war, paraplegia, threats of lethal violence, impotence and impending death- is the song that has achieved ...
June 15 – Jeff Stevens, singer, songwriter and producer. June 21 — Kathy Mattea, folk-styled country artist of the 1980s. June 27 — Lorrie Morgan, country star of the 1990s; daughter of Grand Ole Opry favorite George Morgan. July 20 — Radney Foster, songwriter and one half of the late-1980s duo Foster & Lloyd; also, a solo artist during ...
Listen to the Country Hits: 1969 playlist on Apple Music. 25 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 8 minutes.
Aug 14, 2019 · 35. Sly and the Family Stone, “Hot Fun in the Summertime” (No. 2, Hot 100) Sly and Co. had become one of the biggest acts in music by 1969, and the funk collective delivered two indelible non ...
The Best Country Albums of 1969. 1. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis. 2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys. 3. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River. 4. Mickey Newbury - It Looks Like Rain.
October 23. Hello Vietnam. Johnnie Wright. 3. [C] Originally half member of the duo Johnnie & Jack, Wright went solo following Jack's death in 1963. This song marked a feat Wright could not do with Jack, reach Number One. This was one of the first country music songs to discuss the conflicts about the Vietnam War.
January 19 — Ralph Peer, 67, pioneer in record engineering and production (pneumonia). May 13 — Gid Tanner, 74, fiddler and leader of pioneering country group the Skillet Lickers. November 5 — Johnny Horton, 35, "The Singing Fisherman" and best known for his Americana-styled hits (car accident).
