History of Country

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TV-G

1 Season

20m

Country DJ Hall of Famer, Bill Cody, highlights the best years of country music with a look at the biggest albums, breakthroughs, and debuts of the year and also how country grew and expanded through political and social commentary.

Season 1, 12 Episodes

season 1 (12 episodes)

S1 E1

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.

TV-G 20m 2023

S1 E2

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.

TV-G 20m 2023

S1 E3

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.

TV-G 21m 2023

S1 E4

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.

TV-G 20m 2023

S1 E5

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.

TV-G 21m 2023

S1 E6

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.

TV-G 18m 2023

S1 E7

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.

TV-G 15m 2023

S1 E8

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.

TV-G 20m 2023

S1 E9

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.

TV-G 21m 2023

S1 E10

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.

TV-G 19m 2023

S1 E11

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!

TV-G 20m 2023

S1 E12

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.

TV-G 21m 2023

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1 Season

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