American Songwriter

4 Country Songs From the 1970s That Will Take You Straight Back to Your Childhood in the South

These country songs from the 70s will transport you back to your childhood in the great American South with just a few opening notes.

The Carpenters Turned This ’60s Dud Into a 1970 Chart-Topping Classic

According to Billboard, Karen and Richard Carpenter secured the number two spot on the charts with five different songs from ...

Iconic Singer, 77, Called This 1970 Led Zeppelin Classic 'Ridiculous'

As Ultimate Classic Rock reported, when director Richard Linklater asked to use Led Zeppelin's hard-rocking 1970 hit ...

The Beatles Song John Lennon Secretly Hated — Even Though It Became an Iconic Hit

The Beatles’ 1965 track Run for Your Life became a song John Lennon disliked, revealing surprising regrets years after its ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1887, the Legendary Fiddle Player Who Recorded the First-Ever Country Songs, Years Before the Bristol Sessions

One hundred thirty-eight years ago today, the legendary fiddler who made the first country recordings was born in Arkansas.