On June 21, 1971, Jerry Reed's biggest hit began a five-week run at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, cementing its place as one of the defining country songs of the year. But the ...

While there is no shortage of country songs waxing poetic about the transcendental power of love, the dark side of romance is just as well represented. Sometimes marriages end, and not always amicably ...

Although his name would become synonymous with rock n’ roll, Elvis Presley remained a country boy at heart. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Red Foley’s hillbilly hit “Old Shep” was the first ...

Jerry Reed, 71, a Grammy Award-winning country guitarist, singer and songwriter who played a mischievous, good old boy sidekick to Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" and other movies, died Sept.