The Best 70s Country Songs | Holler

In the late 50s and early 60s, Country music(or Country and Western as the old schoolers called it back in the day)was having a hard time competing for young listeners and charting hits. First, Rock & Roll-think Elvis, Buddy Holly-and it was followed by the British Explosion of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and many others. Country would have to adapt or die. And adapt, it did. RCA’s Chet Atkins, the Anita Kerr Singers, the Jordanaires were at the forefront of the new “NASHVILLE SOUND”. Characteri