Jerry Lee Lewis is widely known as a pioneer of rock ’n’ roll, but country music was always at the core of his music-making. A native of Ferriday, Louisiana, Jerry Lee Lewis started his musical career in nearby Natchez, and […]
Faith Hill became a dominant, glamorous face of country music, a major star in the broader pop music market with tens of millions of record sales and multiple awards, and an advocate for her home state and its people. […]
Jerry Clower brought his colorful, observant, comic stories of Southern life to live shows, recordings, television, bestselling books, and Grand Ole Opry broadcasts. […]
The Smith County Jamboree was a popular bluegrass and country music festival, attracting audiences for more than forty years. Founded in 1972 as the Taylorsville Bluegrass Jamboree, the jamboree would become one of the nation’s longest-running country music festivals. […]
Tommy Cutrer was a country and gospel singer and instrumentalist, but his greatest fame came as a radio and television personality from the 1940s through the 1990s. As an announcer on the Grand Ole Opry and other nationally syndicated broadcasts, […]
Waynesboro native Jesse Rodgers was a successful cowboy radio singer, children’s television host, and country-boogie recording artist for two decades after World War II. […]
Throughout the 1980s, Paul Overstreet was one of Nashville’s most prolific and successful songwriters. The Vancleave native penned major hits for George Jones, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, and Alison Krauss, while becoming a chart-topping singer himself. […]
Mississippi Country Music Trail – Ben Peters
Hollandale
Greenville native Ben Peters penned fourteen number-one hits in his forty-year career, including three country music classics — “Kiss an Angel Good Morning,” “Daytime Friends and Nighttime Lovers,” and “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.” […]
Bobbie Gentry’s haunting songs about life in the Mississippi Delta would propel her to become one of the most influential country and pop artists of the 1960s and ‘70s. Her number-one hit “Ode to Billie Joe” is considered one of […]
The Mississippi Blues Trail – Paul Overstreet – Raised in Vancleave, through the 1980s Paul Overstreet became one of Nashville’s most consistently successful and honored songwriters, penning major hits for George Jones, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, […]
Mississippi Country Music Trail – Conway Twitty
Friars Point
Conway Twitty is known as one of country music’s bestselling balladeers, with fifty-five No. 1 singles, including five duets with his frequent music partner Loretta Lynn. […]
Hank Cochran, was born in Isola and spent his early childhood years in the community. He wrote “Make the World Go Away,” “A Little Bitty Tear,” “She’s Got You,” and “Don’t Touch Me,” and co-wrote “I Fall to Pieces.” […]
