Freddy Fender – Before the Next Teardrop Falls (Hee Haw)
A SIMPLE SONG OF HEARTBREAK AND DEVOTION TURNED FREDDY FENDER INTO ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S MOST UNFORGETTABLE VOICES On the brightly lit stage of Hee Haw, surrounded by laughter and…
A SIMPLE SONG OF HEARTBREAK AND DEVOTION TURNED FREDDY FENDER INTO ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S MOST UNFORGETTABLE VOICES On the brightly lit stage of Hee Haw, surrounded by laughter and…
When Roy Orbison Sang “It’s Over” in 1965, Heartbreak Suddenly Sounded Larger Than Life In 1965, at the height of his extraordinary career, Roy Orbison stepped onto the stage for…
A Campfire Memory Wrapped Inside “Navajo Rug” and the Weathered Voice of Jerry Jeff Walker In 1989, inside the wooden walls of Texas’ legendary Gruene Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker delivered…
Long Before Modern Parenting Anthems Existed, Anne Murray Quietly Recorded One Of The Most Comforting Songs Ever Sung To A Child In 1971, as the world was rapidly changing and…
When Roy Orbison Sang “Oh, Pretty Woman” In The 1980s, Time Suddenly Rolled Back To The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll By the time Roy Orbison appeared on the…
Twenty Years After Changing Popular Music Forever, Paul Simon Returned To “Graceland” And Somehow Made It Feel Even More Human In 2006, when Paul Simon stepped onto the stage of…
A Quiet Love Song About Fate, Timing, and the Fragile Hope of Finding Someone Who Changes Everything When Stephen Bishop sang “It Might Be You”, he did not sound like…
A Song About Loneliness That Refused to Stay Quiet — “All By Myself” Became Even More Heartbreaking When Céline Dion Sang It Before the World There are songs that become…
A Country Song Crossed A City Divided By War By 1976, Belfast was already carrying the kind of weight that changed how a city was spoken about. People thought of…
Anne Murray Remembered The Lost Era When Television Allowed Artists To Simply Grow Up Naturally As Canada celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, one of the most…