Take a look back at the 1970s with hit songs from country legends like Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, and more.

Heartbreak was already a big country music trend by the time the 1970s rolled around: Check out this gallery of great '60s sad songs for proof. But with a new decade came along a whole new crop of ...

Kristofferson is known for the gritty realism of many of his best songs, but "Why Me" is a stark contrast, a country-gospel song ... included it in his 1970 debut album, but it was Janis Joplin's ...

Lynn Anderson’s 1970 recording of Billy Joe Royal’s ... male artist to reach #1 when “Wanted” topped the Hot Country Songs ...

These country songs idealized the so-called good ol ... deemed controversial due to its racy lyrics when it came out in 1970, ...

Kris Kristofferson wrote some of the best songs in country music history. Here are five songs made famous by other artists.

The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.

From 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' to 'Feeling Mortal,' Variety picks 10 Kris ...

Kris Kristofferson, the vibrant, trailblazing country music hitmaker who wowed audiences in the 1976 remake of “A Star Is ...

More than 50 years ago, Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, ...

Kristofferson's individualism and dogged brilliance helped him kick down genre walls and light the path for other country ...