It's a heartbreaking day for country music fans. Music legend Roy Clark has passed away at the age of 85. According to TMZ, the Grammy award winner died on Thursday at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma due to complications from pneumonia. The beloved country star spent more than 70 years spreading the joy of music. Clark was known for his incredible skill across a wide range of … [Read more...]
Judges laughed when he came on stage, but pretty soon nobody could believe the voice was coming from him
Willie Jones, Louisiana, went on "X Factor," and the 17-year-old immediately got the judges to laugh. Sporting some unusual clothes and a cool hair cut, he caught everybody off guard when he started singing a country song. The judges' jaws dropped as Jones sang with a perfect southern twang. They just had to send him to the next round. Simon Cowell told Jones, "Your voice … [Read more...]
American Idol contestant floors Keith Urban and sounds exactly like Johnny Cash
Josiah Siska walked into his American Idol audition unassumingly. Pretty quickly he put smiles on the judge's faces with his deep voice and performance inspired by the Man in Black Johnny Cash himself. It's the last season ever of American Idol, will this be the ultimate winner? How did you like this video? Feel free to let us know in the Facebook comments, and … [Read more...]
You’ll love the 1966 classic song all over again when you see it on “American Bandstand”
You remember "American Bandstand" we're sure, and you might even remember this wonderful moment from 1966 when Roy Orbison performed his wonderful song "Pretty Woman" after an introduction from the great Dick Clark. Orbison was a complete legend and had a string of huge hits that were internationally successful. "Only the Lonely" and "Crying" came before but this song … [Read more...]
Anybody recognize this crew cut country star?
I just love these old music videos of classic country singers. This fresh faced, crew cut kid is a young George Jones and he's playing "White Lightning" in the late 1950s. He had a number of big hits like "He Stopped Loving Her Today" but this was his first hit. It launched his career as a singer. He ended up with more than 150 hit songs. That's a lot! How did you like … [Read more...]