ATLANTA – AUGUST 22: Bruce Springsteen performs with The E-Street Band at Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom on August 22, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/WireImage) Many songs have changed shape…
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38 Years Ago Today, Vern Gosdin Was at No. 1 With a Stone Cold Tribute to a Honky Tonk Hero
Vern Gosdin (1934 – 2009) performing in Chicago, Illinois, October 3, 1998. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) After a tonsillectomy robbed Ernest Tubb of his ability to yodel like his country music…
3 Soft Rock Songs That Defined Summer for Millions of Americans in 1977
LOS ANGELES – CIRCA 1977: Singer songwriter Andrew Gold performs live circa 1977 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Soft rock dominated many a mixtape and radio station…
3 Legendary Artists Who Performed Well Into Their 90s
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 01: Little Jimmy Dickens performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1987. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) It’s impressive when…
4 Songs From the 1980s That Made You Wish You Were From California
CIRCA DATE: Van Halen singer David Lee Roth strolls on a beach. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) Blame it on manifest destiny, population statistics, or a sun-soaked mix of the…