Many fans remember Buck Owens from the long-running comedy variety show Hee Haw. However, Owens’ contributions to country music go much deeper than that. He was a pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound. The ...

With its year-round pleasant climate, the little municipality of Hollywood, California, became the center of the motion picture universe. From Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore to Charlie Chaplin and ...

It was over 20 years ago that classy country crooner Dwight Yoakam teamed up with his hero Buck Owens to re-record Owens's 1973 classic "Streets of Bakersfield." Of course this duet was a result of ...

Buck Owens was the top-selling country artist of the 1960's, and his musical style- called the Bakersfield Sound after his adopted hometown- countered the slick overproduction of Nashville country ...

From 1974: Homer Joy, a country musician in residence at the Spokane House, received a “big boost in his career” when Buck Owens recorded several of his songs. One of those songs was “The Streets of ...

People enjoy the music of Buck Owens at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield in 1998. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times) The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by ...

Victoria Hallman’s romance with Buck Owens lasted only a year, but the songstress has zero regrets. Hallman starred as a "Hee Haw Honey" in the popular variety show "Hee Haw," which Owens hosted with ...