Kris Kristofferson ... barely carry many of the more-challenging melodies he'd written. Hence, some of the definitive versions of the songs listed below were performed by others, yet his delivery ...

Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren't particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of "Me and Bobby McGee," the song that inspired perhaps ...

"If you don't like it, I'll write another one. It only takes me an hour," said Dolly Parton to the director when asked to revise her song.

Written in 1970, "Help Me Make It Through the Night" placed at No. 71 on the Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs of All time. A salute to Kristofferson, who died in September at age 88 ...