Country

Elton Britt (1913–1972)
aka: James Elton Baker
Elton Britt was a popular country singer of the 1940s, with a yodel...
Jim Ed Brown (1934–2015)
Country and western music star Jim Ed Brown’s career spanned more than half a century since the early 1950s....
Maxine Brown (1931–2019)
Maxine Brown was a musician known for her work with the country group the Browns in the 1950s and early 1960s....
The Browns
A vocal trio from southern Arkansas, the Browns had several country hits. They were also instrumental in the d...
Billy Don Burns (1949–)
Billy Don Burns is a country singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Born and raised in Arkansas, he has made his h...
Shawn Camp (1966–)
aka: Darrel DeShawn Camp
Shawn Camp is a singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer b...
Glen Campbell (1936–2017)
aka: Glen Travis Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell was a commercially successful and critically a...
Johnny Cash (1932–2003)
aka: J. R. Cash
Johnny Cash was a world-renowned singer/songwriter of country music...
Tommy Cash (1940–2024)
Tommy Cash was a musician and the younger brother of country music legend Johnny Cash. Although he was raised...
Cate Brothers Band
The Cate Brothers, identical twins Earl and Ernie (born Ernest), once exemplified the country-style rock and r...
Carolina Cotton (1925–1997)
aka: Helen Hagstrom
Helen Hagstrom is best known for her country and western swing musi...
Country Music
While the precise origins of country and western music are not entirely clear, it is thought to have its roots...
Floyd Cramer (1933–1997)
Pianist Floyd Cramer was one of the creators of what became known as the “Nashville sound,” a styl...
Bud Deckelman (1927–1998)
Gene Darrell “Bud” Deckelman was a country and rockabilly musician who had brief success in Memphis, Tenne...
Martin Delray (1949–)
aka: Michael Ray Martin
American country music artist Michael Ray Martin (known professiona...
Bonnie Modena Dodd (1914–1984)
aka: Little Blossom
Arkansas native Bonnie Dodd (a.k.a. “Little Blossom”) was a mus...
Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers
During the height of the great string band era of the 1920s, one of the largest and most popular string bands ...
Ronnie Gene Dunn (1953–)
With a slew of chart-topping singles to his credit as half of the duo Brooks & Dunn, Ronnie Gene Dunn esta...
Melvin Endsley (1934–2004)
Melvin Endsley of Drasco (Cleburne County) was a musician and songwriter most noted for writing both the words...
Barbara Fairchild (1950–)
Throughout her career, Barbara Fairchild has been an influential singer and songwriter in both country and g...
Adam Faucett (1982–)
Adam Faucett is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Benton (Saline County). With his trademark long beard...
Narvel Felts (1938–)
Albert Narvel Felts is a singer and songwriter best known for a string of commercially successful country musi...
Fiddlin' Bob Larkan & His Music Makers
aka: Bob Larkan
aka: Bob Larkin
Fiddlin’ Bob Larkan was a well-known country fiddle player whos...
"Lefty" Frizzell (1928–1975)
aka: William Orville Frizzell
William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell was virtually the prototype of...
Lonnie Glosson (1908–2001)
Lonnie Glosson popularized the harmonica nationwide and had a hand in several hit songs during a time when rad...
Wayland Holyfield (1942–2024)
Wayland Holyfield was a prolific country music writer and recording artist who wrote one of Arkansas’s offic...
Buddy Jewell (1961–)
Buddy Jewell is a country musician best known for having won the top prize in the first season of the reality ...
Toby Keith (1961–2024)
Toby Keith was an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer whose career in music ...
Tracy Lee Lawrence (1968–)
With rural Arkansas beginnings, Tracy Lee Lawrence took Nashville, Tennessee, by storm in the early 1990s to b...
Lisa Lee (1968–2021)
aka: Alicia Faye Young Lee
Arkansas native Lisa Lee was a respected journalist in both print m...
Dean Manuel (1934–1964)
Dean Manuel played piano for several noteworthy bands of the mid-twentieth century, on the West Coast and in N...
James Calvin (Jim) Minor (1931–2009)
James Calvin (Jim) Minor was an American country singer/songwriter, producer, publisher, disc jockey, and reco...