Many fans remember Buck Owens from the long-running comedy variety show Hee Haw. However, Owens’ contributions to country music go much deeper than that. He was a pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound. The ...

Recorded for his number-one album Together Again, Owens released “My Heart Skips a Beat” as a double-sided single with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1967 country hit that captured the pain of fading love was sitting at No. 1 on the charts 59 years ago today. “Where Does the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those ...

From 1974: Homer Joy, a country musician in residence at the Spokane House, received a “big boost in his career” when Buck Owens recorded several of his songs. One of those songs was “The Streets of ...

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They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...