Mel Tillis
‘Mama Tried’ Album: Merle Haggard’s Outlaw Country Classic
The album was released in October 1968, when the man from Bakersfield was enjoying an extraordinary run of success.
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Features2 months ago‘Thank God I’ve Got You’: Even More Top 10 Action For The Statler Brothers
The group were already a decade into one of the most impressive country chart careers of the era when ‘Thank God I've Got You’ arrived in October 1976.
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Features3 months agoPatsy Cline Was ‘So Wrong’ And Yet So Right With Penultimate Hit
‘So Wrong’ was written by country star Mel Tillis, rock’n’roller Carl Perkins, and writer-performer Danny Dill.
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Features5 months ago
Lovestruck Romeo: The Killers’ Long-Term Admiration Of Mark Knopfler
The links between the American band and the British guitar hero go deeper than you might think.
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News4 years ago
Country Hitmaker & ‘Stutterin’ Boy’ Mel Tillis Passes Away At 85
Mel Tillis, who rode the country charts for more than 30 years with such No. 1s 'I Ain't Never' and 'Good Woman Blues,' died 19 November 2017 at 85.
