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    History of Country: 1986

Documentary
20 
Mar 22, 2023
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1986. The year of classic country music debuts, a Desperado Love from Conway tugs at heartstrings, and Cash says goodbye to Columbia Records!

Full Episodes

Season 1, 12 episodes

Season 1
   
History of Country: 1977,
Bill Cody takes you back to 1977 where country-styled movies like Smokey & The Bandit were creating their own cult status with fans. Eddie Rabbitt and Waylon Jennings hit their stride in '77 with top vocals and albums.
20m Jan 11, 2023
   
History of Country: 1989,
Bill Cody takes you back to 1989, the year Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Travis Tritt took over and changed the path of country music forever. Mainstays thrived while new artists rose up the charts.
20m Jan 18, 2023
   
History of Country: 1969,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, dives into the year 1969. The year Willie Nelson saved Trigger, Dolly was inducted to the Grand Ole Opry, and the world got a kick out of Hee Haw.
21m Jan 25, 2023
   
History of Country: 1992,
Bill Cody, takes you back to 1992 where Achy Breaky Heart and Boot-Scootin' Boogie bring everyone to the dance floor. John Michael Montgomery makes his chart debut, and Hee Haw gets a revamp to showcase more pop-modern country artists.
20m Feb 1, 2023
   
History of Country: 1980,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1980. Star-packed movies hit Hollywood, Alabama catapults to superstardom and The Eagles take their country rock off the market and break up.
21m Feb 8, 2023
   
History of Country: 1971,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1971. The year country's silver screen went dark, Charley Pride receives country's Entertainer of the Year Award, and Lynn Anderson becomes a crossover sensation.
18m Feb 15, 2023
   
History of Country: 1996,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1996. It's the year of the six degrees of Country Music where Brooks & Dunn take off with My Maria, Shania Twain finds career-defining success, and Leann Rimes wow's the music scene at only 13.
15m Feb 22, 2023
   
History of Country: 1975,
Bill Cody, takes you back to 1975 when Country artists achieve mainstream success, John Denver wins CMA Entertainer of the Year to everyone's displeasure, and Hank Williams Jr. suffers a career changing accident.
20m Mar 1, 2023
   
History of Country: 1983,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1983. The year The Judds signed a recording contract and Kenny & Dolly release their mega hit Islands in the Stream.
21m Mar 8, 2023
   
History of Country: 2000,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 2000 where Country music enters a new millennium, Kenny Rogers becomes the oldest singer to earn a #1 and Garth Brooks announces his retirement.
19m Mar 15, 2023
   
History of Country: 1986,
Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, takes you back to 1986. The year of classic country music debuts, a Desperado Love from Conway tugs at heartstrings, and Cash says goodbye to Columbia Records!
20m Mar 22, 2023
   
History of Country: 1963,
Bill Cody, takes you back to 1963, the year Johnny Cash introduces the world to Ring of Fire, bittersweet mourning engulfs the country scene, and a country duo 20 years in the making decide to part ways.
21m Mar 29, 2023
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