Country

Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb

As a member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb sang and played the guitar along with his twin brothers Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb. Among the group’s well-known hits are…

Billy Ray Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus grew up surrounded by gospel music: the grandson of a Pentecostal preacher, the young Cyrus was singing with his father’s gospel quartet before he’d started grade school.…

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton was born on 30 March 1945 in his grandparents’ home in Surrey as his mother Patricia was just 16-years-old and his father, Canadian soldier Edward Walter Fryer,…

Faith Hill

Faith Hill

One of the biggest female country stars of the ’90s, Faith Hill also took advantage of the inroads Shania Twain made into pop territory, becoming an enormous crossover success by…

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was…

Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan

One of the most successful individuals in the entire history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Johnny Logan first appeared at the event in 1980, when he was triumphant with “What’s…

Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Keith Urban decided to pursue a solo career in the late 1990s. In 2000, he released his first, self-titled solo album. In 2001, he was named the CMA’s “Top New…

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith) was born in Chiswick, West London, on November 18th, 1960. She moved with her family to Hertfordshire at the age of 9 where she was…

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Profile of the iconic American troubadour, whose career as a muscian, actor and political activist has spanned five decades and has seen him collaborating with many of music’s greats. ‘Outlaw’…

Zucchero

Zucchero

Perhaps no other recording artist in the world has recorded as many successful – and diverse – collaborations as the singer-songwriter from Emilia-Romagna. “All The Best” features Zucchero’s first such…