1950s Archives

On This Day

01.15.26

On This Day in 1958, George Jones Released a Self-Pity Heartbreak Anthem Later Recorded by Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello, Patty Loveless, and John Prine

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.14.26

On This Day in 1955, George Jones Released What Would Be His Second Hit Single, Co-Written With His Childhood Friend

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.12.26

Born on This Day in 1926, the Country Star Who Forever Changed the Genre With a Smooth Baritone and a Shuffling Beat

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.12.26

On This Day in 1952, Hank Thompson Released a Country Classic That Inspired a History-Making Song Six Months Later

By Melanie Davis

On This Day

01.09.26

Born on This Day in 1951, the Blue-Eyed Singing Sister of Loretta Lynn With Hair So Long She’d Make Rapunzel Jealous

By Alex Hopper

On This Day

01.09.26

On This Day in 1950, the Prolific Recording Session That Gave Hank Williams His Second Chart-Topper and Two Other Classic Songs

By Alex Hopper

On This Day

01.09.26

On This Day in 1955, Rosemary Clooney Topped the Charts With a Song That Faced a Wide Ban in the United States and All ABC-Owned Stations

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.08.26

Born on This Day in 1928, the Innovative Tennessee Three Guitarist Who Shaped Johnny Cash’s Iconic Sound

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.07.26

On This Day in 1998, the World Lost the Producer Whose Work With Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline Defined the “Nashville Sound”

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.06.26

On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Released a No. 1 Single That Would Later Become an Award-Winning Duet With His Daughter, Rosanne Cash

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

01.06.26

On This Day in 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis Was at No. 1 With a Legendary Song He Almost Refused to Record

By Clayton Edwards

The List

01.06.26

3 One-Hit Wonders From 1958 That You Can Jam Out to at Karaoke

By Jacob Uitti

1950s

On This Day in 1958, George Jones Released a Self-Pity Heartbreak Anthem Later Recorded by Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello, Patty Loveless, and John Prine

On This Day in 1955, George Jones Released What Would Be His Second Hit Single, Co-Written With His Childhood Friend

Born on This Day in 1926, the Country Star Who Forever Changed the Genre With a Smooth Baritone and a Shuffling Beat

On This Day in 1952, Hank Thompson Released a Country Classic That Inspired a History-Making Song Six Months Later

Born on This Day in 1951, the Blue-Eyed Singing Sister of Loretta Lynn With Hair So Long She’d Make Rapunzel Jealous

On This Day in 1950, the Prolific Recording Session That Gave Hank Williams His Second Chart-Topper and Two Other Classic Songs

On This Day in 1955, Rosemary Clooney Topped the Charts With a Song That Faced a Wide Ban in the United States and All ABC-Owned Stations

Born on This Day in 1928, the Innovative Tennessee Three Guitarist Who Shaped Johnny Cash’s Iconic Sound

On This Day in 1998, the World Lost the Producer Whose Work With Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline Defined the “Nashville Sound”

On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Released a No. 1 Single That Would Later Become an Award-Winning Duet With His Daughter, Rosanne Cash

On This Day in 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis Was at No. 1 With a Legendary Song He Almost Refused to Record

3 One-Hit Wonders From 1958 That You Can Jam Out to at Karaoke

Reba McEntire Delivers Moving Performance Celebrating Dolly Parton’s Life, Legacy, and Music at the 78th Emmy Awards

3 Country Songs From 1976 That Every 70s Kid Still Knows Today

4 Romantic Soul Lyrics From the 70s That Will Make You Want To Fall in Love

On This Day in 1974, Eric Clapton Scored His Only No. 1 With a Cover That He Didn’t Want to Release–“I Just Knew We Weren’t Doing It Right”