Wanted! The Outlaws became country’s first RIAA platinum album and launched a movement; 50 years on, its influence continues across generations.

Johnny Cash's influence over the country genre cannot be overstated.

When we think back to the 1950s, often ideas of a squeaky-clean life come to mind. In movies, whenever characters go back in time to the 50s, life always seems so square and simple compared to today.

Carl Smith, June Carter's first husband and a country music star in his own right, was born March 15, 1927, in Maynardville, Tennessee.