The year 1970 was the start of not only a new decade, but also a year of some of country music’s biggest hits. Although the artists likely didn’t realize it at the time, in 1970, some of the songs ...

Of course, any list of leading female country music artists, of any decade, needs to include Dolly Parton. In the 1970s, Parton’s career was on a steady climb after she famously left Porter Wagoner’s ...