Three Days After Waylon Jennings Died, Hank Williams Jr. Came Back to the Opry and a Fourth Stool Stayed Empty
Waylon Jennings died on Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at his home in Chandler, Arizona. He was 64. By Saturday night,…
At His Last Real Studio Session, Elvis Presley Sang a Song by a Man He Never Met
On the night of March 11, 1975, inside RCA’s Studio C on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Elvis Presley recorded “Susan…
His Children Sang “I Wish You Were Here” on Glen Campbell’s Final Album. John Denver Sang It First.
Near the end of Adiós, the last studio album Glen Campbell ever made, there is a song called “Postcard from…
Phil Collins Offered to Sing His Own No. 1 Song at the Oscars. He Ended Up Watching From the Audience.
The song was “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now).” On March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler…
The Love Song Engelbert Humperdinck Made for His Wife, With Their 9-Year-Old Granddaughter Singing Her Part
In 2017, Engelbert Humperdinck released an album he described as a love letter to his wife, Patricia. By then she…
At 85, Tom Jones Sang a Song About Growing Old on The Voice UK. It Was His Last Season.
Sir Tom Jones did not need a contestant to steal the show. During the blind auditions of The Voice UK…
Barbara Mandrell Played Her Last Concert in 1997. Now She’s Receiving the Kennedy Center Honors
Barbara Mandrell has not played a concert in 29 years. On November 2, 2026, she was named one of five…
Tim McGraw Told a Nervous 17-Year-Old Scotty McCreery: “This Is Your Show, Not Mine”
In May 2011, Tim McGraw was not just another guest star on the American Idol finale. A year earlier, Nielsen…
Four Days After Marty Robbins Released a Love Song for His Wife, He Went Into Experimental Heart Surgery
The song was “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife.” Columbia Records released it on January 23, 1970. Four days later,…
Marty Robbins’ Last Concert Lasted Barely 30 Minutes, and He Closed It With “El Paso”
On December 1, 1982, Marty Robbins and his band played a banquet for the bus-tour industry at the Cincinnati Convention…