One of the grandfathers of country music is William Orville (Lefty) Frizzell. Wikipedia defines him as a “country music singer-songwriter and honky...
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Jimmy C. Newman, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, was an important crossover artist. The bridge was an interesting one, but not completely...
Merry Christmas from The Daily Music Break and Colbie Caillat. I hope the year ahead — and beyond — is healthy and happy for everyone.
Ray Price, who died last week at 87 years of age, is an important figure in what may be described as the domestication of country music. Here is the beginning...
Digital Dream Door’s take on what was hot way back then: -T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday -Mahalia Jackson: Move on Up a Little Higher -Bill Monroe: Blue...
Digital Dream Door is quite a site for music lovers. Here is its take on the top ten songs of 1950. Number 9, of course, is of special note because it became...
The site has a news item today that reports the American Pop Music Hall of Fame is seeking input from the public on which group or performer should be in the...
There isn’t too much video of Hank Williams on YouTube. There is, for some reason, an almost unbelievable number of covers of his songs. My guess is that...
