His most enduring hits were recorded by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. But his own career faded from view.

As the group’s singer and principal songwriter, he brought a Latin-inflected sound that broadened the boundaries of country music in the 1990s.

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a…

As the country music institution celebrates a century of its radio broadcast, listen to how the show defined the culture — and was reshaped by…

She blazed a trail for women in country music with the candor of her songs and her bold fashion sense. She was also the first…

A first-call keyboardist, he worked with Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton, helped make Muscle Shoals a recording hub, and had a key role in redefining…

Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.”

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement.

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement.

Known as Daddy G, he recorded with Jackie Wilson, Chuck Willis and others, but he was best known for the Gary U.S. Bonds smash “Quarter…