Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys mixed elements of hillbilly, big band, polka, swing, and Dixieland jazz to create a brand of music all its own. Western swing expanded on the instrumentation of a ...

Buck Owens' legendary country career spanned five decades. During that time, he made his name as a singer-songwriter, bandleader, solo artist and crossover television star (he was one of the hosts ...

Buck Owens, a pioneer in California’s honky-tonk country music scene who gained considerable celebrity as co-host of TV’s “Hee-Haw,” died Saturday at his home in Bakersfield. He was 76.