Chris Stapleton performs onstage at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star on May 16, 2024 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
The bassist Bob Moore during a recording session in about 1960. He played on many of the landmark country hits of his day. (Photo by Elmer Williams via The New York Times)
Country music duo The Wilburn Brothers (Virgil Doyle Wilburn on the right and Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn) pose for a record company publicity still circa 1954. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Musician Tammy Wynette and husband George Richey attends 16th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 30, 1981 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Christine McVie sings "Little Lies" as Fleetwood Mac performs at the Times Union Center during their farewell tour on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Albany, N.Y. (Photo by Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
