American Songwriter

3 Country Songs From the 1970s Everyone Pretends They Don’t Love

These three 1970s country songs are all now considered guilty pleasures or over-hyped hits. Nevertheless, they remain great.
American Songwriter

3 Country No. 1 Hits From the 1970s That Beat Out Some of the Decade’s Biggest Players

Don’t get us wrong, country music is one of the United States’ most beloved genres of music. However, when it comes to gracing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 consistently, pop and rock music ...
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Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny ...
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Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73

SAN ANTONIO — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to ...