From the genre's origins, love songs have played a prominent role both on the charts and in the hearts of country music fans everywhere. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

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I spent my formative adolescent years in a decade that saw rock and roll hit a peak and then begin a long, slow decline. It was the 1970s. It was the mid-Atlantic region of the USA. At the ...

In country music, there's no denying that some of the best songs are the saddest songs. Few genres are better at exploring themes of love, loss, and heartbreak than country music, and the decades ...

Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline set the standard for sad songs, modern country music has more than held up its end of the bargain. If anything, the lyrics have gotten more specific and vivid with time.

Ken Burns and his fellow filmmakers asked each person they interviewed to name the country songs they love most, and why. Watch their answers below and then listen to the songs they love on Spotify.