Famous Country Singers - List of Famous Country Singers - page 2

Country singers may refer to a kind of singer who is involved in the production of music that has elements of both traditional and popular music. Country musicians or singers are thus involved in music that is generally of folk style generally concerning the rural United States or the music inspired by the cow boys of Western America. This genre of country music has its roots in Southern United States, where it originated in the 1920’s and gained worldwide acclaim around the 1940’s. With the development of television, radio and other forms of mass communication devices, country, and music began to be listed to across the world and slowly gained popularity in other countries. In the 21st century, there are many famous and prominent country music singers and even country music bands that are immensely popular among music audiences. Some of the main characteristics of country music include strong instrumental elements that are often complemented by ballads and dance tunes. Here is a list of the famous country music singers. To learn some of the most intriguing and fascinating facts about their lives, scroll down and continue to read their biographies along with trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Country Singers

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
John DenverDecember 31, 1943AmericanJohn Denver, a famous American singer-songwriter and activist, is remembered for songs like Take Me Home, Country Roads and Annie's Song
Barbi BentonJanuary 28, 1950AmericanBarbi Benton is an American model actress and singer, best known for being a longtime former girlfriend of 'Playboy' founder, Hugh Hefner
Gary AllanDecember 5, 1967AmericanGary Allan is an American country music artist
Lorrie MorganJune 27, 1959AmericanLorrie Morgan is a famous American country singer
Kenny RogersAugust 21, 1938AmericanKenny Rogers is an American singer and songwriter
Tammy WynetteMay 5, 1942AmericanTammy Wynette was a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter
Conway TwittySeptember 1, 1933AmericanConway Twitty was an American country music singer
Mickie JamesAugust 31, 1979AmericanMickie Laree James-Aldis is an accomplished American professional wrestler, country singer, and model
Shania TwainAugust 28, 1965CanadianShania Twain is a Canadian pop singer famous for her album ‘The Woman in me’
Emmylou HarrisApril 2, 1947AmericanEmmylou Harris is a multiple award winning American singer and songwriter
Sasha Pieterse

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Anne Murray

Anne Murray also known as Morna Anne Murray is a famous Canadian singer

CanadianJune 20, 1945129 views

Joey Feek

Joey Feek was an American country and bluegrass singer and the lead vocalist of the musical duo Joey + Rory

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt is an American popular singer and songwriter who has earned 11 Grammy Awards

AmericanJuly 15, 1946261 views

Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson is an American musician, songwriter, and singer

AmericanOctober 17, 1958160 views

Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette was a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter

AmericanMay 5, 1942502 views

Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb is a celebrated musician known for founding the band, ‘Bee Gees’

John Williamson

John Williamson is a famous singer from Australia, known for albums like ‘Mallee Boy’, ‘Warragul’, and ‘Boomerang Café’

Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison was an American singer and songwriter

AmericanApril 23, 1936257 views