Born in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1933, Pennington began his career in a band called the Western Rhythm Boys. In the late 1950s, he inked a deal with King Records, where he released singles under the ...

Five years ago today, one of the most important and underappreciated songwriters of the Outlaw Country movement died.

Nashville's music community is mourning the shocking loss of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Brett James, known for writing hits including Dierks Bentley‘s "I Hold On," Carrie Underwood‘s ...

Brett James Cornelius, known professionally as Brett James, died on Sept. 18 after a small-engine plane crashed in a field in Franklin, North Carolina. He was 57. In 2020, the Columbia, Missouri, ...