Brian Connolly – The First Cut Is the Deepest
Best Oldies Songs A Love That Bleeds Long After the Blade Is Gone When Brian Connolly released his rendition of “The First Cut Is the Deepest” in 1983, it arrived not as a…
The passing of a country icon: Conway Twitty (1933–1993)
A Voice That Carried the Heartache of a Nation Fell Silent in 1993 When Conway Twitty passed away on June 5, 1993, country music did not merely lose a singer;…
Conway Twitty – Night Fires
Torch Song for the Quiet Hours When Regret Burns Brightest When Conway Twitty released “Night Fires” in 1983 as the title track of his album Night Fires, the record did…
Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” on The Ed Sullivan Show
A Love So Enduring It Rose Like a Hill Above the Noise of Its Time When Fats Domino carried “Blueberry Hill” onto national television on The Ed Sullivan Show, he…
Roy Orbison – Losing You
Man Watches Love Slip Through His Hands and Learns the Sound of Irreversible Goodbye When Roy Orbison released “Losing You” in 1963, it ascended to No. 2 on the Billboard…
Brian Connolly – The Lollipop Man
A Candy-Coated Smile Hiding the Fractures of a Fading Pop Dream Released in 1974 as a solo single by Brian Connolly, best known as the frontman of Sweet, “The Lollipop…
Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins duet Singin’ the Blues on The Midnight Special (NBC, August 24, 1973)
Meeting of Two Honky-Tonk Souls, Where Heartache Finds Its Harmony On August 24, 1973, American television audiences watching NBC’s The Midnight Special witnessed a rare convergence of country royalty: Loretta…
Ricky Van Shelton – Life Turned Her That Way
A Ballad of Betrayal That Chooses Compassion Over Condemnation When Ricky Van Shelton released “Life Turned Her That Way” in 1988 as a single from his album Loving Proof, it…
Conway Twitty – Borderline
A Quiet Man Standing at the Edge of Losing Everything When Conway Twitty released “Borderline” in 1987 as the title track from his album Borderline, he was no newcomer chasing…
“El Paso” – Marty Robbins and Marty Stuart | Opry 100: Country’s Greatest Songs
Ballad Where Honor, Obsession, and Fate Collide Beneath a West Texas Sky When Marty Robbins released “El Paso” in 1959 as part of his landmark album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail…