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1997 Billboard Music Awards

Artist of the YearLeAnn RimesCountry ArtistLeAnn RimesCountry Album of the YearLeAnn Rimes, BlueCountry Singles Artist of the YearLeAnn RimesSingle of the YearElton John, “Candle in the Wind…

Ritter, Tex

(Encyclopedia) Ritter, Tex (Woodward Maurice Ritter), 1905–74, American country singer, b. Murvaul, Tex. He moved (1930) to New York, where he performed in musicals and on the radio. Settling (1936)…

1999 Billboard Music Awards

Artist of the YearBackstreet BoysArtist Achievement AwardAerosmithArtist Of The DecadeMariah CareyFemale Artist of the YearBritney SpearsMale Artist of the YearRicky MartinCountry Artist of…

2003 Billboard Music Awards

Artist of the Year50 CentNew Female Artist BeyoncéDuo/Group3 Doors DownNew Group Artist EvanescenceHot 100 Female ArtistBeyoncéHot 100 Producer R. KellyHot 100 Songwriter R. Kelly Hot 100…

Biographies: Selected Country Musicians

Selected Country Musicians Hank Williams See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American Visual and Performing Artists…

American Music Timeline - The Twenties

Part IV: The Twenties by David Johnson 1900 1920 1922 1924 1925 1927 1928 Next: 1930-1960 Circa 1920 West 28th St. in New York City becomes center of popular music industry, through 1950s,…

Hartford, John Cowan

(Encyclopedia) Hartford, John Cowan, 1937- 20, American singer, songwriter, and banjo player, b. St. Louis, Mo., as John Cowan Harford, Washington…

Branson

(Encyclopedia) Branson, city (2020 pop. 12,638), Taney co., SW Mo.; inc. 1904. The primarily residential city's economy is based on tourism, especially…

America, in music

(Encyclopedia) America, in music, a patriotic hymn of the United States. The words (beginning “My country, 'tis of thee”) were written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith while he was a theological…

folk song

(Encyclopedia) folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. These assume that the…