Jerry Reed, an amiable country star who hit it big with tongue-in-cheek novelties like “Amos Moses” and “The Bird” in the 1970s before transitioning to roles in movies like the Smokey and The Bandit series has died. Reed’s hangdog style, lightning guitar playing and drawling singing style were a welcome presence on country radio and [...]
Compiled by Noah Mallin Wrapping up our trip to 40 years ago, 1968 was a great year for singles. This was true of almost any year in the 60s, even though the album format was starting to become more dominant in rock. There was still a whole mess of soul, country, and other genres best [...]
Compiled by Noah Mallin Wrapping up our trip to 40 years ago, 1968 was a great year for singles. This was true of almost any year in the 60s, even though the album format was starting to become more dominant in rock. There was still a whole mess of soul, country, and other genres best [...]
Porter Wagoner late in life but still sporting one of his characteristic Nudie tailored suits. Porter Wagoner, one of country music’s biggest stars of the 60′s and early 70′s, died yesterday of lung cancer at the age of 80. Porter had 81 charted country singles including numbers ones stretching from 1955′s “Satisfied Mind” to 1974′s [...]
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