Nashville sound  

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The Nashville sound arose during the late 1950s as a sub-genre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Although it refers to a means of production (not to mention an era and mystique) as much as to an actual sound, the Nashville Sound is generally dated from 1957 or 1958.

Country pop

By the late 1970s and 1980s, many pop music singers picked up the Countrypolitan style and created what is known as "country pop", the fusion of country music and soft rock.

Examples of the Nashville sound

Classic examples of Nashville sound recordings:

• "Four Walls" by Jim Reeves (1957)
• "Gone" by Ferlin Husky (1957)
• "A Fallen Star" by Jimmy C. Newman (1957)
• "The Three Bells" by The Browns (1959)
• "He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves (1960)
• "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer (1960)
• "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline (1961)
• "A Little Bitty Tear", "Call Me Mister In-Between", and "It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'" by Burl Ives (1962)
• "The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis (1963)
• "Here Comes My Baby" by Dottie West (1964)
• "Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold (1965)
• "Misty Blue" by Wilma Burgess (1966)
• "Danny Boy" by Ray Price (1967)

Examples of Countrypolitan

• "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley (1969)
• "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson (1971)
• "Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Sammi Smith (1971)
• "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" by Charley Pride
• "Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich (1973)
• "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich (1973)
• "Paper Roses" by Marie Osmond (1973)
• "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell (1975)
• "Slow Hand" by Conway Twitty (1982)
• The music of Ronnie Milsap
• "Lady", "You Decorated My Life" and similar songs by Kenny Rogers

See also

• The Nashville A-Team