Country star Jake Owen releasing his first independently released album, 'Dreams to Dream'

The 1977 album "The New South" by Hank Williams Jr. served as inspiration for Owen while he worked on this record. He always ...

The rock and roll life of Janis Martin: The female Elvis

Exploring the wild life of Janis Martin, the female rockabilly star who was once dubbed the 'Female Elvis' after signing to ...

Guinness World Records gets thousands of wild applications a year. This is what goes into verifying attempts.

In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so ...
American Songwriter

“I Had No Intentions”: Why Carl Perkins Kept Pushing for a Record After Sam Phillips Rejected Him

Carl Perkins recalls the moment he convinced Sam Phillips to let him cut a record at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
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"Don't Hold Me To It," but Bates plans new record

Bates, who penned his own hits: "The Love Song," "Long Slow Kisses" and "I Wanna Make You Cry," wrote or co-wrote all 11 songs on the album. Rrent Willmon, Thomas Mac, Keith Dozier, Randal Fowler, ...

All of Willie Nelson's albums graded -- from A+ to F

Music writer Geoffrey Himes explores a Texas legend's life through his music in "Willie Nelson: All the Albums." ...