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Tammy Wynette: The tragic first lady of country

Fans the world over loved Tammy Wynette's music and her unmistakably powerful singing voice. But what they might not have realized was that the woman behind those classic songs lived a terribly tragic ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2011, We Said Goodbye to the Feisty Country-Pop Songstress Who First Recorded This Jeannie C. Riley Classic

Fiery country-pop songstress Billie Jo Spears died on Dec. 14, 2011, at age 73 following a battle with cancer.

Country music rocked as 4 more stars die. Here’s what we know

Taste of Country said many more country stars such as Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doug Stone, Shelby Lynne, ...
Guitar Player on MSN

Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

Today, the album is hailed as an ambitious landmark work in the country-rock movement, but it was a commercial failure in its ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1975, Tammy Wynette Stepped Into the Studio to Record What She Called the Most Important Song of Her Career

Fifty years ago today, Tammy Wynette stepped into a Nashville studio to record a song she would be proud of for the rest of ...

Country Music

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville is home to Elvis Presley's solid gold Cadillac, the typewriter used in Taylor Swift's "All Too Well" short film and more.