Artist· US country singer & songwriter

Lefty Frizzell

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Artist· US country singer & songwriter

Lefty Frizzell

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American Songwriter Aug 24

Born 128 Years Ago Today in Indiana, the Early Country Music Titan Who Made Hank Williams a Star and Penned This Teary Willie Nelson Classic

Hank Williams Willie Nelson Fred Rose Uncle Tupelo Roy Acuff Tex Ritter Sons of the Pioneers Bing Crosby

American Songwriter Aug 17

Born 105 Years Ago Today on an Arkansas Farm, the Harmonica-Playing Country Star Who Got His Start With These Grand Ole Opry Brothers

Grand Ole Opry Wayne Raney Lefty Frizzell Cowboy Copas Linda Ronstadt

American Songwriter Aug 14

On This Day in 1966, David Houston Was at No. 1 With One of the Biggest Country Hits of the 20th Century

David Houston Tammy Wynette George Jones Merle Haggard Lefty Frizzell Dottie West Louis Armstrong

Magnet Magazine Aug 6

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of The Star Room Boys’ “Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other’s Hearts?”

Star Room Boys Patterson Hood Lydia Loveless Merle Haggard Buck Owens Lefty Frizzell Kitty Wells

American Songwriter Aug 2

Born 91 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Multi-Generational Songwriting Talent Who Penned Some of Country Music’s Most Timeless Hits

1930s Hank Cochran Patsy Cline George Strait Jeannie Seely Eddie Cochran

American Songwriter Jul 31

16 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Songwriter Behind Major Hits for George Jones, Lynn Anderson, and His Future Wife, Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette George Jones Lynn Anderson Marty Robbins Lefty Frizzell Ernest Tubb Ringo Starr Kenny Rogers Wanda Jackson

American Songwriter Jul 25

38 Years Ago Today, Vern Gosdin Was at No. 1 With a Stone Cold Tribute to a Honky Tonk Hero

Vern Gosdin Ernest Tubb Jimmie Rodgers The Byrds Emmylou Harris Lefty Frizzell Dean Dillon

American Songwriter Jul 19

On This Day in 1975, Country Music Lost the Singer Who Inspired Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, George Jones, and “Perhaps the Biggest Supergroup of All Time”

Merle Haggard Willie Nelson George Jones Lefty Frizzell Roy Orbison George Strait Randy Travis Dwight Yoakam Keith Whitley

American Songwriter Jul 14

Born 106 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the “Den Mother of Music Row” Who Got Kris Kristofferson His First Hit

Kris Kristofferson Lefty Frizzell Jimmy Dean Johnny Cash Porter Wagoner The Beatles Mel Tillis

American Songwriter Jul 11

3 Songs From the 1950s That Will Instantly Turn You Into a Country Music Fan

Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Jul 5

No True Country Playlist Is Complete Without These 4 Old Songs

Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell Marty Robbins

American Songwriter Jul 4

25 Years Ago Today, Merle Haggard Lost His Longtime Guitarist and the Man Who “Set the Pace” for His Career

Merle Haggard Lefty Frizzell Roy Nichols Chet Atkins