American Songwriter

On This Day in 1959, George Jones Released One of the Decade’s Biggest Country Albums, Featuring a No. 1 Hit Written by the Big Bopper

George Jones released his third studio album 'White Lightning' on May 26, 1959, giving him his first country No. 1 hit in the ...
American Songwriter

George Harrison Called This Solo Track a “Prayer and Personal Statement,” but It’s Not the One You’re Probably Thinking Of

George Harrison considered "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" to be part prayer, part personal statement.

Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, Gram Parsons delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels ...