Some famous Black female singers sing the blues while other top Black woman artists are pop superstars. Many of the best Black female singers have reached the top of the charts with their catchy tunes. They have careers that span the old guard of the '50s and '60s, on into the disco-...
The best short male singers are incredibly talented, regardless of their height. They pack a huge punch musically, with memorable songs and albums that make them beloved by their loyal fans. From Prince to Glenn Danzig, these musicians listed here may loom larger than life, but they really ar...
1 Country Airplay hits and a CMA Award for album of the year for Girl. She’s veered from a top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit working with EDM producer Zedd on the dance-pop smash “The Middle,” to forming the country quartet The Highwomen alongside Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Amanda...
The husband and wife writing team of Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux wrote numerous hits for artists like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers in the '50s and '60s. This bluegrass standard, one of Tennessee's official state songs, is presented and arranged skillfully for young voices in...
Sons of Russian Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine, the Ames Brothers were among the top selling artists of the early 1950s. Their close-harmony style had few equals, producing a chain of Top Ten hits throughout the decade. Born into a large family (five brothers and four sisters in all)...
These aren’t the only three who’ve been named as Christmas royalty in the past. Brenda Lee recorded multiple Christmas songs in the late ’50s and ’60s, and her 1958 recording of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 the last three years i...
Soul: you can’t define it, but you know it when you hear it. The music emerged in the 50s thanks to pioneering artists such as Little Willie John,Ray Charles, Etta James and Clyde McPhatter. Sam Cooke, Nina Simone and Solomon Burke cemented it, and it rose to prominence – dominance...
BeforeKris Kristoffersonwas getting up on stage and performing his own songs, people knew him as one of the go-to songwriters for other country singers. After coming back from the war in 1965, Kristofferson began writing songs, and people like Janis Joplin, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many others ...
For starters, one of Charles' first gigs as a musician in the '40s was playing with a group ofcountry musicianscalled The Florida Playboys. He began recording country songs in the late '50s, and in 1962 he releasedModern Sounds in Country and Western Music. ...
Best Country Singer From Kansas: Martina McBride Ethan Miller, Getty Images Best Country Singer From Kansas: Martina McBride Kansas Roots: Born and raised. Who Did She Beat?: Jerrod Niemann, Chely Wright. Notes: Martina McBride was country music's most dominant female artist for the better part...