1990 Hit Single Voted ‘Best Country Song’ of All Time

Released in August 1990 as the lead single of his second studio album, No Fences, the song spent four weeks at the top spot ...
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4 Hit Songs from 1986 That Still Sound Like Country Gold Today

The 1980s were an interesting time for country music. The genre was slowly shifting from the pop-leaning Nashville Sound production style of the late 1970s into the honky tonk-heavy sound of the 1990s ...
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4 Country Songs That Became Massive Hits (and Were Written by Only One Writer Each)

“Should’ve Been A Cowboy” is Toby Keith’s debut single, and also his first No. 1 hit. The song, from his self-titled freshman album, was inspired by a real-life conversation Keith heard at a bar, ...
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Country music’s one-hit wonders

Country music has seen plenty of famous artists with decades-long careers. But not all musical artists are long-standing; some seem to step into the spotlight just long enough to release one ...