We remember those we lost in December, including producer Richard Perry, followed by our tributes from the prior months of ...

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 ...

Here’s a look behind a small sampling of standout songs from the late ’60s and 1970s written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by other artists. Before Kris Kristofferson recorded “Me ...

Rupert Holmes is best known for his Number One 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song),' but his first hit was a song about ...

Furthermore, thanks to the hook and the song it entailed, Twain won Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards. Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, the hook of Carrie ...

But while Harry contributes the voice of the band and helps set the tone in terms of their energy, her old partner, Chris Stein, is just as essential ... In one instance, one of the band’s biggest ...

Credit: (from left) Chris ... Kristofferson was an acclaimed, A-list actor, starring in films like Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and the original A Star is Born. As a guitarist, he was sturdy and ...

Chris Stapleton is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is widely known for songs like White Horse, Broken Halos and Starting Over. The singer has also written songs for many ...

"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.

Smith's two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens ... Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down” was just one of the songs written by Kris Kristofferson, 88, part of the country-outlaw movement and an Oscar-nominated ...