Taking to the stage during Pearce’s set, Combs would deliver the first-ever performance of her #1 hit with Lee Brice, “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” something she would later call a “full circle moment,” ...

It started with a phone call and ended with a song the world can’t forget. A decade after Wayne Carson’s death, “Always On My Mind”—made legendary by Willie Nelson—remains a touchstone of timeless ...

On the band’s second album, Thrills, Nunn co-wrote “Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning,” which was later covered by Bluegrass legend John Starling on his 1980 debut, Long Time Gone.

Mark James, the songwriter behind lovelorn rock and country hits like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and Willie Nelson’s “Always on My Mind,” has died. He was 83. James’ death on Saturday, at his ...

Mark James, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member who wrote or co-wrote “Suspicious Minds,” “Always on My Mind” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” died June 8 at his home in Nashville. The news was reported by ...