Evolution Of Country Music In The 1960's

The 1960’s is a time where everything changed. This is the time where country music made a huge hit. Artists like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Cash played an important role in making country music better known. These artists’ released music that made country music unique in the 60’s which led to the beginning of the “Nashville Sound”/Countrypolitan. Country music in the 60’s was a mixture of rock-n-roll, blues, gospel, and pop. It is commonly known as a derivative of mostly blues and gospel and expanded the pop and rock-n-roll music through its styles. Music from this time had several crossovers between country and pop which led to the country music in today’s society to be more hip-hop. Country music from back in the days were more personal and had more meaning to them unlike nowadays country music. Country music in the 1960’s were unique to its times. There were several artists who made this possible through their albums. Patsy Cline was one of the greatest singers in the history of music who was a rockabilly. She also helped to path female singers as part of the Nashville-dominated country music industry (About Patsy Cline). In the early 1960’s, Patsy Cline had several huge hits including “I Fall to Pieces” which reached number

The “Nashville Sound” referred to the new sound that was coming from specific studios in Nashville and differentiated them between previous and contemporary styles (Hill, 297). These styles were a pairing of town and country which is why it is also known as Countrypolitan. This was the movement that explained how country music derived from the country and moved to the towns for expansion. Though this movement became well known, there were several debates on if the new sound would still be the same country music or “true country” (Hill, 297). It was not just the honky tonk music but also the pop music that made the “Nashville