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    4 of the Most Emotionally Devastating Closing Lines of the 60s and 70s

    May 18, 2026, 2:28 pm

  • CIRCA 1967: Members of the rock band "Youngbloods" pose for a circa 1967 portrait. Original members include Jesse Colin Young, Lowell "Banana" Levinger, Jerry Corbitt and Joe Bauer. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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    3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That Still Hit Hard Today, Even Though No One Listens to Folk Rock Anymore

    May 16, 2026, 3:42 pm

  • These 4 Country Songs From the 1960s Have Truly Unique Lyrics

    These 4 Country Songs From the 1960s Have Truly Unique Lyrics

  • On the Charts This Day in 1969, Roger Miller Was the First To Record This Kris Kristofferson Classic

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    57 Years Ago, a “Singing Bellhop” Was the First To Record This Kris Kristofferson Masterpiece (Later Immortalized by Janis Joplin)

    May 16, 2026, 10:45 am

  • Born in California on This Day in 1966, the Soap Opera Star Turned Country Singer Who Penned a No. 1 Hit for Toby Keith

    Born in Arkansas on This Day in 1966, the Soap Opera Star Turned Country Singer Who Penned a No. 1 Hit for Toby Keith

    May 16, 2026, 8:15 am

  • On This Day 60 Years Ago, Jim Reeves Topped the Country Charts Posthumously With His Only UK Hit

    On This Day 60 Years Ago, Jim Reeves Topped the Country Charts Posthumously With a Hit First Recorded by Roy Orbison

    May 15, 2026, 6:00 pm

  • Bob Dylan

    On This Day in 1965, Bob Dylan Scored His First Hit With a Song That Stunned John Lennon and Inspired a Radical Militant Group

    May 15, 2026, 4:46 pm

  • These 3 Songs From 1968 Rock Our World Even More Today

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    These 3 Songs From 1968 Rock Our World Even More Today

    May 15, 2026, 10:00 am

  • 3 Country Songs From 1965 That Will Be Timeless Forever

    3 Country Songs From 1965 That Will Be Timeless Forever

  • UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Iron Butterfly Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

    3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That 1950s Kids Weren’t Ready For

    May 15, 2026, 5:30 am

  • Merle Haggard

    Merle Haggard’s Ode to His Grandmother Was at No. 1 Exactly 3 Years After a Song Inspired by His Mom Was at the Top

    May 14, 2026, 3:17 pm

  • UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1960: Photo of Hermans Hermits Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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    3 Traditional Pop Songs That Shaped the Sound of the 1960s (And I Bet You’ve Forgotten Them)

    May 14, 2026, 11:15 am

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