The 1970s were a much different time, in country music and in life, than today. But these four female country artists were true pioneers, forever changing country music for the better. Loretta Lynn ...

His popularity skyrocketed through the ’70s. But his excessive lifestyle and substance abuse caught up with him. In the end, he died far too young — but his music and legacy will live on forever.

This Grammy-winning country jam spent a whopping nine weeks at the top of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1966. It was one of the most influential countrypolitan songs of the era. Today, “Almost ...

One afternoon in a Hollywood studio produced a song that would change his career—and country music—with almost no one realizing it at the time.