Nigeria’s fascination with 1950s country music star "Gentleman" Jim Reeves has many sources. Nigerian men who fought alongside American GI's in the Korean war picked up the musical tastes of the ...

One of country music’s most respected performers and recording artists, Bobby Bare enjoyed commercial and chart success from the late 1950s through the mid-1980s. His emotionally compelling ...

Much of the groundwork for the guitar heroes of the 1960s and beyond was laid by musicians in the 1950s, some of whom came from jazz, blues, and country music backgrounds and were at the forefront ...