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Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores country chart with "Slowly." Co-written by Pierce and Tommy Hill, the song derives strength from simplicity. Thematically, its lyrics are direct when talking about love ( "Now I can't hide my feelings no matter what I do / For, slowly, I'm falling more in love with you"), and the music is sparse, with fiddle and brushed drums playing prominent roles. "Slowly," which was recorded on Nov. 29, 1953, also has the distinction of being the first Billboard country chart-topper to feature pedal steel. It came courtesy of legendary musician Bud Isaacs, who said in a...

How Hip-Hop’s Influence Is Inspiring Country Music’s Future Breland, Kidd G, Sam Hunt, Lil Nas X and others are boldly using Black artistic innovation in country music Rap music and hip-hop culture are having an undeniable influence on the modern progression of mainstream country music. In exploring how hip-hop’s cultural rise in country music can continue to influence, a sense of how Black creativity as a dynamic force can inspire and evolve all artists within the genre, on a multitude of levels, becomes apparent. Lil Nas X’s 2019 “Old Town Road” influenced R...

Country Singer-Songwriter Hugh X. Lewis Dead at 90 Music Row. His death was announced on Tuesday (Jan. 17), though he died on Dec. 29, 2020. Born on Dec. 25, 1930, Lewis was a Kentucky native who worked in coal mines early in his life to help support his dreams of a country music career. He had some regional success throughout the 1950s, and in 1963, he moved to Nashville and signed as a staff songwriter with Cedarwood Music, the publishing company that had been co-founded by singer Webb Pierce and Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny a decade prior. Lewis' career as a songwriter began to gain...

The party was a little more intimate than the king-size concert he threw in Detroit a decade ago. But there was a big dose of goodwill as Kid Rock marked his 50th birthday Sunday night during an online event, raising about $200,000 for a fund supporting restaurants and bars imperiled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Streaming live for fans during a digital hangout, Rock was joined in person by a few dozen family members and friends — including Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, country stars Jake Owen and Jon Pardi, and former Detroit Red Wing Chris Chelios — for a celebration at his Cowboy Town ranch ...

This Country Music Legend Tragically Committed Suicide Faron Young is one of Country Music's most legendary names and artists.  It was in 2000 that Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, joining other iconic country music artist's like Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Roy Acuff and Webb Pierce. There are so many great Faron Young classic's, and perhaps the one people remember most was the hit written by another legend, Willie Nelson, 'Hello Walls'.   Here are 6 interesting 'Did You Know' facts about the life, career and death of the great Faron Young: 1) Many people know that...