1950s

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On This Day in 1955, George Jones Recorded the Song That Became His First Hit Before Being Covered by Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and Roger McGuinn

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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1950s We Hear All the Time in Shopping Malls and Grocery Stores

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3 Folk Songs From the 1950s You Forgot Were Essential Listening

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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1959

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3 Country Voices From the 1950s You’ll Actually Recognize in About Two Seconds

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3 Songs From the 1950s That Will Instantly Turn You Into a Fan of Early R&B

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On This Day in 1952, Kitty Wells Became the First Woman To Top the Country Chart and Blazed a Trail for Generations To Come

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Born 91 Years Ago in Texas, the Songwriter Son of a Country Legend Whose Songs Were Recorded by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn, and George Jones

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Born 103 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the Nashville Sound Pioneer Who Kept Notching Hits for Two Decades After His Death

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On This Day in 1950, Hank Snow Was at No. 1 With One of Country Music’s Biggest Hits—Later Recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and Ray Charles

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3 Country Groups From the 1950s Whose Melodies Still Echo Through the Decades

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3 Rock Singing Voices From the 1950s That You’ll Recognize in About Two Seconds

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