This song landed its artists on the Nixon Enemies list while simultaneously being lauded by the bandmaster of wholesome entertainment, Lawrence Welk, as a “modern spiritual.” If, like Brewer and Shipley, you could only have one hit, you could hardly do better...

  Everyone loves a good love song, and nothing says love song quite like a country ballad. Couples have been falling in love in pick-up trucks, bars, and back porches to the music of Willie Nelson, Alabama, Dolly Parton, and many others for generations. This...

  Most artists, and humans for that matter, are fascinated by life and death, the cyclical nature of how something dies and something new begins. All sorts of songs across all genres have been written about it from Elton John’s “Circle of Life” to Bette Midler’s...