Sixty-two years ago today, Buck Owens was in the middle of a the longest run atop the country chart of the 20th century.

Many fans remember Buck Owens from the long-running comedy variety show Hee Haw. However, Owens’ contributions to country music go much deeper than that. He was a pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound. The ...

Long before he signed with Capitol Records and pioneered the "Bakersfield sound," the twangy, rock-indebted brand of California country that would make him an international superstar, Buck Owens was a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Buck Owens, the singer who shaped the sound of country music without ever joining the Grand Ole Opry, died Saturday at 76. Owens had 15 consecutive number-one records from 1963 to ...

Owens was one of the most celebrated and influential country musicians of all time. Haggard, Owens Among First Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame Inductees Haggard, Owens Among First Bakersfield Music ...

From the Forties through the mid-Seventies Nashville was staking its claim as Music City, developing the hybrid of country and pop known as the Nashville Sound. At the same time, on the West Coast, ...

Buck Owens has spent the last few years looking after business in Bakersfield, California, back again where his career began. When country music went slick in the ’70s, Buck let it alone—and for the ...

The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by Buck Owens — which hosted just about every country music star in America over the years — has abruptly shut its doors. The ...

Omnivore Recordings has had a fruitful relationship with Buck Owens Enterprises, with numerous releases over the last 12 years. The latest comes as a request from fans, who want the albums from the ...

Johnny Cash had a gift for authenticity and a presence that was hard to define but impossible to deny, Bakersfield country music legend Buck Owens said Friday. "He had an air about him," said Owens, ...

LOS ANGELES - Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits such as Act Naturally and brought the genre to TV on Hee Haw, died Saturday. Owens, 76, died at ...