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  • 3 Songs From 1968 That Inspired Every Singer-Songwriter Alive Today

    December 26, 2025, 10:26 am

  • 3 Country Songs Out in 1967 That Are Just as Important Today

    3 Country Songs From 1967 That Are Just As Important Today as They Were in the 60s

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    Born on This Day in 1963, One of Heavy Metal’s Most Famous Drummers Who Co-Founded the World’s Most Famous Metal Band

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    3 Songs From 1968 That Single-Handedly Changed Country Music Forever

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  • On This Day in 1965, Buck Owens Hit No. 1 With a Song Inspired by a Gas Station Slogan

    3 Songs From 1964 That Single-Handedly Changed Country Music Forever

    December 24, 2025, 4:53 pm

  • Buck Owens performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1989.

    On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With One of the Biggest Hits in Country Music History—a Song That Held a 49-Year Record

    December 24, 2025, 10:07 am

  • Nashville’s Patsy Cline Museum Is Closing Its Doors To Make More Room for Johnny Cash

    3 Country Songs From the 1960s That Your Mom Would Absolutely Love

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  • Special 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues of Queen Frontman Freddie Mercury’s Only Solo Album, ‘Mr. Bad Guy,’ Due Out in December

    4 Songs Written Without a Chorus (That Still Worked)

    December 23, 2025, 5:20 pm

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    On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Reluctantly Recorded a No. 1 Single That Led to One of His Biggest Hit Albums

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    December 23, 2025, 10:17 am

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    3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That Are Musically Tailor-Made for Karaoke

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  • Waylon Jennings had a major hit with a Ray Pennington song

    Born on This Day in 1933, the Songwriter and Label Founder Who Penned One of Waylon Jennings’ Most Memorable Hits

    December 22, 2025, 10:49 am

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