American Songwriter

3 Country No. 1 Hits From the 1970s That Beat Out Some of the Decade’s Biggest Players

Don’t get us wrong, country music is one of the United States’ most beloved genres of music. However, when it comes to gracing the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 consistently, pop and rock music ...
The Victoria Advocate

Retro Roundup: 1970s hits outside the top 10 Part 5

We now continue with our look at 1970s Billboard pop hits outside the top-10. Angel- That Magic Touch (#77) and I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (#44): Not everything Casablanca Records touched ...
FOX31 Denver

Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny ...
American Songwriter

3 Throwback Country Hits From the 1970s That Wound up Predicting Where the Genre Is Now

Country music has gone through many evolutions. The genre today is a far cry from what it was in the 1970s. Good or bad, there is a marked shift. Despite the obvious differences, there are several ...

Rod Stewart bringing 1970s, ’80s hits to Minnesota State Fair

Rod Stewart, known for hits like "Maggie May" and "I Don't Want to Talk About It," is performing at the Minnesota State Fair ...
Yahoo

Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb ...