“Miss Country Soul” Jeannie Seely was one of the premier female singers of the late 1960s and early 1970s ... a stranger to work – or to country music. Her father worked at a local steel ...

With a distinctive drawl and commanding vocals, Ms. Montgomery made her name in Nashville as a singer and songwriter of ...

In Nashville, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, studio producers on ... taking some of the “twang” out of country music, but allowing the lead singer to be front and center.

Loretta Lynn is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the early 1960s, when songs like "Success," "Before I'm Over You" and "Blue Kentucky Girl" landed her on the country music ...

Billboard looks at country artists who have had top roles in musicals throughout the years. By Jessica Nicholson Country music artists have long had ties to musical theatre — and it seems ...