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This song was originally pop. However, back in 1980, Mickey Gilley covered “True Love Ways” and made it a No. 1 hit

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Don Williams’ “Tulsa Time” was driven by a gritty rock & roll beat pushing his baritone to a much higher register. Something he’s been longing for.

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Dan Seals brings us this country classic song “One Friend”, a sweet simple song that talks about that someone who makes life special for us.

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This is a story that kinda slipped by us yesterday...it was a sad day in country music.

Seventy-three years after Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry, his influence still echoes on its stage, proving legends never truly leave.

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A year after it went on the market, Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, CA, is closing after nearly three decades of operation. The family of the late singer announced

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Have you got your Halloween costume yet? Better hurry!

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Dolly Parton is opening up about grief after losing her husband, Carl Dean, hoping her hard-earned wisdom can bring comfort to Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson. Both women are mourning Brandon Blackstock, who died last week at 48 after a private battle with skin cancer. Reba was his stepmom for over two decades, and Kelly was married to him for nearly nine years. Dolly says the pain never fully goes away, but love and memories can carry you through.

Sitting down with ET's Denny Directo, Dolly Parton reflects on the lessons she's learned about grief after the death of her beloved husband, Carl Dean, in ho...

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Enjoy watching the Merle Haggard "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink" live performance video and see the song details here...

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The “Café Carolina” album added a new texture to Don Williams’ music with the light and breezy air of saxophone player Jim Horn, a Los Angeles session player who had relocated to Nashville. “That’s the Thing About Love” marked Horn’s first major contribution after the move, although he had worked on country records before, such as Mel Tillis’s “I Believe in You” in 1978 (on which Jim played the flute).

“That’s the Thing About Love” emerged from a songwriting session pairing Richard Leigh (best known as the composer of Crystal Gayle’s mega-hit “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”) and Gary Nicholson. After a lengthy, unproductive day, Leigh cued up a Ray Charles record to change the mood and ease their frustration. The two scribes picked up on a line in the song that was playing about “the eagle and the dove” and it immediately triggered a song title – “That’s the Thing About Love.” The songwriters started to build a tune around it, writing about how funny love is, how odd it is, how it’s full of contradictions and how universal those contradictions are.

The demo they played for producer Garth Fundis included a saxophone solo and Don Williams decided they should try to emulate that sound for “That’s the Thing About Love.” By chance, Jim Horn had just moved to town and had telephoned Fundis a couple of weeks earlier merely to introduce himself. Well, Jim’s timing was perfect and he was hired for the session.

Usually when horn players are brought in, they end up overdubbing the track. On this particular day though, the musicians were all there in the studio together, preparing to lay it all down live. When Horn walked in, he excitedly said, “Are we cuttin’ live? Great!” On the third take, they had the song.

“That’s the Thing About Love” reached number one on Billboard’s country singles chart August 11, 1984, marking Don Williams’ 16th of his 17 chart-toppers.

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This is one of the more-unlikely number one country hits...1979’s “Suspicions” by Eddie Rabbitt. This song sounded so “un-country” that even Eddie’s own label (Elektra) recommended he not issue it!

Somehow the record did get released though, and surprisingly caught on with country listeners, becoming Rabbitt’s fifth number one country hit 46 years ago today, on August 11, 1979. And yes, it did see some pop action, too, reaching a healthy #13 on Billboard’s “Hot 100.” The record even briefly appeared on Billboard’s R&B chart!

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Porter Wayne Wagoner was born in West Plains, Missouri, on this day in 1927.

When people think of country music, Porter's name is often one of the first that comes to mind. He was known as "Mr. Grand Ole Opry" and was instantly recognizable in his flashy suits.

Porter was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002. He lived to see the honor and passed away five years later on October 28, 2007.