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A distinctive pianist whose unique, slip-note playing style came to typify the pop-oriented Nashville sound of the late '50s and early '60s, session and solo musician Floyd Cramer was born October 27, 1933, in Louisiana.

A distinctive pianist whose unique, slip-note playing style came to typify the pop-oriented Nashville sound of the late '50s and early '60s, session and solo musician Floyd Cramer was born October 27, 1933, in Louisiana.

As a songwriter and a performer, Willie Nelson played a vital role in post-rock & roll country music.

This is the kind of news that gives us a headache. Better reach for the Advil. For the second time in its 100 year history, BC Headache Powder is being hawked by a country crooner.

Prolific songwriter Jerry Chesnut will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, September 26, as the latest subject of the quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters.

Originally known as "the Hillbilly Heartthrob" and "the Singing Sheriff," Faron Young had one of the longest-running and most popular careers in country music history.

The Shreveport, La.-based country music show known as the Louisiana Hayride will be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

The Shreveport-based country music show known as the Louisiana Hayride is set to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Born into a family obsessed with country music , Anita Cochran began playing guitar at the age of four.

On the road again, just nine months after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. He is standing at center stage in the 300-seat Northern Lights showroom at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee.

As a grade-schooler in Arizona, Tanya Tucker and her father, Beau Tucker, would convince touring country singers like Ernest Tubb and Little Jimmy Dickens to give her a moment in the spotlight, too.