Legendary Country Singers

George Jones was an American award-winning country music singer. He is known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette. During the latter part of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as "the greatest living country singer".

There is no shortage of good (and even great) Hank Williams collections out there on CD, not only from Polygram and Universal (the successors to MGM Records, to which Williams was signed), but also from their licensees. Such is the case with this 1994 CD collection, a joint production of Time-Life and the Country Music Hall of Fame, containing 25 songs in a very handsome and well-put-together package.

This series was devoted to the historic country artists who got their starts from the 1940s-1980s. Each volume was a single-disc CD, with extensive liner notes and lots of photos.

Tammy Wynette was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers. Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships.

Merle Haggard - Legendary Country Singers one of the most important and respected of all country legends, Merle Haggard (along with Buck Owens) was the chief practitioner of the "Bakersfield Sound", a hard core honky tonk/western swing alternative to sixties Nashville's safer, more commercial side. Hag's self-penned, thought provoking arsenal included blue collar sagas (Ramblin' Fever, Workin' Man Blues), prison laments (Sing Me Back Home, Mama Tried), saloon songs (The Bottle Let Me Down, Swinging Doors), and thought provoking anthems (Fightin' Side Of Me, Okie From Muskogee), most of which topped the charts.

Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s).

Pioneer of the anti-establishment outlaw image, who wrote hundreds of songs and became a spectacular country showman.

Conway Twitty was a country singer who scored 55 No. 1 hits over the long expanse of his career.

The Statler Brothers (sometimes referred to in country music circles as simply The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally and, in 1964, they began singing backup for Johnny Cash.