Thirty-five years ago today, Garth Brooks was at the top of the Hot Country Songs chart with what would become his signature song.

The 1990s just might be the definitive era of sad country music. Legends like Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson were at the top of their game during that decade, and young bucks — like an ...

For some truly unexplainable reason, these three iconic hit country songs never made it to No. 1 on the charts.

There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes that herald Saturday night’s debauchery and Sunday ...