The Memphis Sound became reality this day in 1950 when Sam Phillips reopened the Memphis Recording Company under the name of Sun Studio. History was made that day. Just imagine a musical world without the influence of Elvis or Cash or The Killer or Conway?
Country singer Jeff Bates has often been compared to Conway Twitty, and now fans will have their chance to hear him sing some of the country legend's most beloved songs. Bates is set to release 'Me and Conway' in November.
We posted this fill in the blank on our Facebook page today: "I always wished I would have gotten the chance to see _________ in concert."
The responses were varied from the great singers like Conway Twitty and George Jones to Elvis and Hank Williams, Sr.
It's a birthday, a bad day and a day to play ball in Music City. Climb in the way back machine and see what happened on this day in Country Music history.
When Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon 44 years ago tonight the world changed in an instant. Do you remember what it was like before those fateful first steps? Let's take a trip down memory lane and set the time machine dial for the year 1969.
Each day around 11:30am we go back into country music history with the Bark Back Game. In case you missed it and want to score some Rowdy Friends points, here was today's question and answer.
Q: This late country legend would've been 78 years old today. His birth name was Harold Lloyd Jenkins. He took his stage name from towns in Texas and Arkansas. He was posthumously inducted into the Country Mu
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I am a proud son of the state of Mississippi. The state that gave the world Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette and Elvis. It is with great pride that I announce to you, that Elvis is back and he wants to build better roads and create jobs in my home state. I'm not kidding, watch his campaign video! Does an advertisement like this make you want to , or not want to vote for this guy?
Well we asked on Face Book during the Classic Country Saturday Night Show and this is what you told us! I would have to say I agree with almost all of those, except for the Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On, that was by the late Mel McDaniel.