Roy Acuff Songs Still Resonate Today With The Same Propulsive Fervor Many Decades Ago

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant chose to create their interpretation of “Please Read The Letter” for their 2007 collaborative album Raising Sand, which resulted in the song winning Record Of The Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards. On the U.S Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number twenty and one hundred two on the U.K. singles chart. Many critics praised the vocals for how admirably Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’s voices complemented one another to create the perfect melody of an unforgotten song about lost love that deserves to be reminisced about for a long time. The song was written and recorded first by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant for their album “Walking Into Clarksdale.”

In 1969, Johnny Cash recorded the album The Holy Land, which was inspired by his visit to Israel with his wife, June Carter Cash. It is comprised of on-site recordings Cash made using a portable tape recorder to describe his visits in the Biblical locations and combine storytelling with music. This includes the inspiring hymn “He Turned the Water Into Wine” that he wrote in the car on his way back to Tiberias.

Red Sovine’s song “Little Joe” was released in 1976. It was written by Sovine as a follow-up to his biggest hit song, “Teddy Bear,” and presented as a classic instrumental with narration rather than traditional singing. It is a heroic tale of “Little Joe,” a man’s best friend, the canine hero who saves his owner’s life. Sovine’s clear and impressive storytelling ability will indeed bring you to tears in this. Although the song never made it into any of the Hot Country Songs Top 40 like “Teddy Bear,” “Little Joe” is a song loved by Sovine’s listeners.

Dubbed as the Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb is one of the pioneers of country music and the most influential performers in history. Ernest Tubb’s songs, such as “Walking the Floor Over You” and “Tomorrow Never Comes,” even led to the rise of the honky-tonk style of music.

Our time in this fast-moving world is short, which is why we should do the things that make us happy, spend more time with the ones we love, say the words we have always wanted to say, and make our life worth living. “Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young” is...

One of the top 100 Western Songs of all time, “Remember the Alamo,” has been recorded and released by several artists, including Johnny Cash. Since the song’s initial release, covers from The Kingston’s Trio, Willie Nelson, Donovan, John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett, and Texas band, Asleep at the Wheel were put out for the public to indulge in.

The award-winning and best-selling music artist of all time, Alan Jackson, has released multiple hit songs such as “Chattahoochee” and “Livin’ on Love” throughout his career. However, one of the sweetest and most heartfelt of them all is probably the gospel song “O How I Love Jesus.”

A well-known figure in the music industry for many years, Joshua Otis Turner, also known by his stage name, Josh Turner, has always been the talk of the town. His incredible talent as a country gospel singer and overflowing passion for his craft has won many hearts. Songs like “Your...

Ernest Jennings Ford, much known by his stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford has been a portrait of a great American singer through the years. He was able to achieve tremendous honor in his career and has remained a much-loved figure far beyond the boundaries of the country music audience. He...

In life, usually, the best course for us to pursue is the one that is less traveled. Many of us are significantly impacted by gospel songs, which help direct us in the correct direction. That’s why everyone should listen to the gospel hymn “Life’s Railway to Heaven,” a true gem you should not miss.

Ever since Martina McBride released her debut album in 1992, she has been unstoppable. She is now one of the most popular and respected women in country music, with multiple No. 1 singles and over fourteen million albums sold. She even earned fourteen nominations from the Grammys and was hailed CMA Female Vocalist of the Year for four times throughout her career.

After Don Williams’ breakthrough in 1974, he came back the following year with the release of “You’re My Best Friend,” which was released as the first single and title track off his fourth album. The song brought Williams his second No. 1 hit, as it ranked atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and marked Williams’ true beginning as a commercial juggernaut, as the song topped Canadian RPM Country Tracks. It even cracked the U.K. Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 35.

Initially titled “In Other Words,” “Fly Me to the Moon” is a song first recorded by Kaye Ballard. It was inducted by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a Towering Song in 1999. Bart Howard, the songwriter, wrote “Fly Me to the Moon” in 1954. When...

Losing a family member may be one of the hardest things to get through in life, especially if it is someone you were close with. Chris Stapleton’s “Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore” is a heartbreaking song that talks about the life of a father and what he goes through every day before passing away. It is a challenging song to listen to, and with that, huge props to Chris, who bravely recorded the song despite what he was going through.

Numerous cover versions of Willie Nelson’s hit song “Always on My Mind” were released by many talented singers. However, only a few were stuck in listeners’ minds. And one of these few is made by a talented little girl from the US. At what seems to be a public event, the said 8-year-old girl, Annafaith, belted out the Willie Nelson classic hit in the most captivating way possible.

Sometimes, we make promises that we cannot fulfill. That is the bitter truth, yet we unknowingly continue to do that, and in doing so, we tend to hurt other people. Patsy Cline’s Dear God (I Go to Church on Sunday) was written by V.F. Stewart and produced by Owen Bradley. Patsy released the single in 1958.

“Life Turned Her That Way” was written by Harlan Howard and first recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens in 1965. Although Little Jimmy Dickens was known for his novelty songs at the time, “Life Turned Her That Way” provided a change of direction from the usual happy and cheery songs he was well known for. Little Jimmy Dickens’ performance of the song didn’t garner as much attention; nonetheless, it later received covers from several well-known performers and eventually reached the top of the Hot Country Songs chart in 1988 when Ricky Van Shelton sang it.

Originally recorded by David Allan Coe in his 1981 album of the same name, “Tennessee Whiskey” has been covered by other artists, including George Jones and Chris Stapleton. Chris Stapleton released “Tennessee Whiskey” in his album Traveller in 2015. The track, in fact, was a version that spontaneously...

Harold Ray Ragsdale, better known by his stage name Ray Stevens, is a country music singer who has impacted the industry for many years. He is a Grammy-winning performer renowned for his hilarious sense of humor. In addition to producing, arranging music, and hosting television shows, Stevens has earned gold albums for his music sales.

In 2016, Country Music Association Awards celebrated its 50th Anniversary. To live it up, various artists in country music lent their voices to some of the most iconic country tracks from the past five decades in a special series called Forever Country Cover Series. This includes Josh Turner, who took on one of the biggest country gospels – and that’s none other than Randy Travis’ “Three Wooden Crosses.”