Famous Country Singers - List of Famous Country Singers - page 8

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
Lorrie Morgan

Lorrie Morgan

Lorrie Morgan is a famous American country singer

AmericanJune 27, 1959626 views

Mickie James

Mickie Laree James-Aldis is an accomplished American professional wrestler, country singer, and model

AmericanAugust 31, 1979389 views

Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell is an American singer best known for her hit song ‘Years.’

AmericanDecember 25, 1948214 views

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is a woman with multiple talents; she is a noted singer, lyricist, author, actress and businesswoman

AmericanJanuary 19, 1946213 views

Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood is an American country music singer, an author, an actress, and a celebrity chef

AmericanSeptember 19, 1964129 views

Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle is a legendary country-pop singer from the USA

AmericanJanuary 9, 1951307 views

Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Lee Milsap is a six-time Grammy Award-winning American country singer and pianist

AmericanJanuary 16, 1943218 views

Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty was an American country music singer