1950s

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Born 101 Years Ago Today in Texas, the Princeton-Educated Country Legend Who Blended Honky-Tonk and Western Swing to Create Decades of Hits

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

Born 114 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the Younger Brother of the King of Western Swing Who Was an Original Texas Playboy Before Forming His Own Band

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

Born 67 Years Ago Today in Miami, the “Songwriter’s Drummer” Who Co-Founded a Genre-Bending, Grammy-Winning 90s Country Band

By Erinn Callahan
The List

08.31.26

4 Forgotten Blues Hits From the 1950s That Your Parents Couldn’t Stop Playing

By Em Casalena
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1950 at Nashville’s Castle Studio, Hank Williams Recorded One of Only Two Songs in His Legendary Catalog to Feature Drums

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.29.26

Born 74 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the Songwriting Great Kenny Rogers Said Didn’t Just Write Songs—“He Writes Careers”

By Erinn Callahan
The List

08.28.26

3 Classic Rock Songs From 1959 That Felt Like the Last Night of the 50s

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.27.26

On This Day in 1955, George Jones Recorded the Song That Became His First Hit Before Being Covered by Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and Roger McGuinn

By Clayton Edwards
The List

08.27.26

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1950s We Hear All the Time in Shopping Malls and Grocery Stores

By Jacob Uitti
The List

08.25.26

3 Folk Songs From the 1950s You Forgot Were Essential Listening

By Jacob Uitti
The List

08.25.26

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1959

By Em Casalena
The List

08.24.26

3 Country Voices From the 1950s You’ll Actually Recognize in About Two Seconds

By Jacob Uitti

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