Hank Thompson

Country singer Kitty Wells poses for a portrait with an acoustic guitar in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' Paved the Way for Female Country Artists

Kitty Wells Was the First Solo Woman to Have a No. 1 Hit on the Country Charts

Hank Thompson

Remembering Hank Thompson's Incredible Seven-Decade Career

Hank Williams Songs

Ken Burns' 'Country Music': 5 Things We Learned From Episode Three

10 Classic County Songs That Were Responses to Hit Songs

border radio

How Border Radio Helped Popularize Country Music