In April 2013, a 70-year-old man named Charles Harvey Ferrelle accused singer Billy Currington of getting in a boat and following Ferrelle and passengers in his charter boat. He also allegedly threatened to "f--k Ferrell up." One day after the incident, someone from Currington's property ...
Carly Pearce,Mark ChesnuttandColt Fordhave all made headlines in 2024 for major medical issues, but they are not the only country singers who are living with serious chronic illnesses. In fact, living with serious medical problems is simply a fact of life for some country stars. Which Country...
Holly Dunn scored a string of hits in the 1980s, including “Daddy’s Hands,”“Love Someone Like Me,”“Strangers Again” and “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me,” which reached No. 1 in 1989. Dunn scored another No. 1 single with “You Really Had Me Going," and left the business in ...
Somehow, Cooley was eligible for parole after just seven years, and he got it. California Gov. Ronald Reagan — yep, that Ronald Reagan — lobbied for the singer's release, effective February 1970. The western singer would die before that, however. ...
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly RollHe's a former rapper who calls himself Jelly Roll, who sings songs about the troubled life he used to lead. He recently won a Country Music Association Award for best new artist. In 2023, he had three No. 1 country hits, and this year, he's nom...
Country singer-songwriter Sara Evans' father, Jack Evans, died in late November. While a cause of death wasn't made public when Evans announced her father's death, the singer hasn't been shy about the fact that her dad was previously diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. ...
Hands down my favorite country female song ever. That’s just a true example of a true singer singing an absolutely beautiful melody, having Vince Gill sing behind her. She does things with her voice in that song that I feel like I’ve carried on into my music because of that song....
Country singer-songwriter Sara Evans' father, Jack Evans, died in late November. While a cause of death wasn't made public when Evans announced her father's death, the singer hasn't been shy about the fact that her dad was previously diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. ...
“Slow Poke” singer Hawkshaw Hawkins was also on board the plane that killed Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas on March 5, 1963. Ira Louvin, 41: Car accident Michael Ochs Archive, Getty Images Ira Louvin, 41: Car accident Along with brother Charlie, Ira Louvin is a Country Music Hall of Fa...
Singer-songwriter Ray Pennington, who was best-known for writing the Waylon Jennings hit "I'm a Ramblin' Man," was killed on Oct. 7 in a fire at his home in Tennessee. He was 86 years old. Mac Davis Alliance Media Relations