August 17, 2012 Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson make up the group The Highwaymen. All great artists in their own right, The Highwaymen recorded 2 albums, and gained a number one song from the album of the same name, 'The Highwayman'
August 16, 2012 Thirty Five years ago today, the world lost a King. Elvis Aaron Presley died at his home Graceland in Memphis
August 16, 1977. Elvis recorded over 700 songs and sold 134.5 million albums in the US making him the Top Selling Solo Album Artist of all time, and 2nd overall behind the Beattles.
August 15, 2012 Today's KLAW Classic was written by Jimmy Webb who is celebrating birthday number 66 today.
August 14, 2012 Today's KLAW Classic was recorded by a high school drop out!
August 13, 2012 Younger brother of Classic Country Artist, Lefty Frizzell, David Frizzell has some success in the late '50's, however, his made success came in the '80's, thirty years into his career as a country singer.
August 11, 2012 Don Williams is the featured artist this week on the K-LAW 101 Classic Saturday Morning show. His song, 'That's The Thing About Love' reached the #1 spot on August 11th, 1984 - 28 years ago today.
Williams' straight-forward, yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones and an imposing build earned him the nickname 'The Gentle Giant' of Country Music
August 10, 2012 Written in just 5 minutes during a session lunch break, today's KLAW Classic comes from 33 years ago this weekend.
August 9, 2012 When Ben E. King wrote 'Stand By Me', he had no intention of recording it himself. Written for the Drifters, who passed it by, King added it to the end of a recording session to fill some extra time.
August 8, 2012 Your KLAW classic today comes from the another classic artist celebrating a birthday. Mel Tillis was born in Florida 80 years ago today as Lonnie Melvin Tillis.
August 7, 2012 Happy 62nd Birthday to Rodney Crowell! Today's KLAW Classic comes from his album 'Diamonds & Dirt', which yeilded 5 Number Ones for Rodney.
August 6, 2012 Today's KLAW Classic is from 35 years ago today, but the song was on the charts as little as just 5 years ago. 'Rolling With The Flow' was recorded by Mark Chestnut, but only made it to the 25th spot on the charts
August 3, 2012 Ever wonder how Billy Craddock got the nickname 'Crash'? Well it was way back in his high football days, that his team named him crash, a nickname that stuck both on and off the field.
