California State University,Northridge,is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles,California,United States. With a total enrollment of 36,368 students,it has the second largest undergraduate population as well as the third largest total student body in the California State University system,making it one of the largest comprehensive universities in the United States in terms of enrollment size. The size of CSUN also has a major impact on the California economy,with an estimated $1.9 billion in economic output generated by CSUN on a yearly basis. As of Fall 2021,the university had 2,187 faculty,of which 794 were tenured or on the tenure track.
Martin David Robinson,known professionally as Marty Robbins,was an American singer,songwriter,multi-instrumentalist,and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country and western singers for most of his nearly four-decade career,which spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. He was also an early outlaw country pioneer.
The story of Tennessee's contribution to American music is essentially the story of three cities:Nashville,Memphis,and Bristol. While Nashville is most famous for its status as the long-time capital of country music,Bristol is recognized as the "Birthplace of Country Music". Memphis musicians have had an enormous influence on blues,early rock and roll,R&B,and soul music,as well as an increasing presence in rap.
Ian &Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson. They began performing together in 1959,married in 1964,and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975.
Samuel Timothy McGraw is an American country singer,songwriter,record producer,and actor. He has released 16 studio albums. 10 of those albums have reached number one on the Top Country Albums charts,with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. In total,McGraw's albums have produced 65 singles,25 of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles –"It's Your Love","Just to See You Smile",and "Live Like You Were Dying" –were respectively the top country songs of 1997,1998,and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards,14 Academy of Country Music awards,11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards,10 American Music Awards,and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour,which was done in partnership with his wife,Faith Hill,is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history,and one of the top five among all genres of music. He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide,making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Curb Records is an American record label started by Mike Curb,originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973,Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of MGM and Verve Records.
Wynonna Ellen Judd,known simply as Wynonna,is an American country music singer. She is one of the most widely recognized and awarded female country musicians in history. In all,she has had 19 No. 1 singles,including those with The Judds. She first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother,Naomi,in their mother-daughter country music duo,The Judds. They released seven albums on Curb Records,in addition to 26 singles,of which 14 were No. 1 hits.
Ian Dawson Tyson was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs,including "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon",and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian &Sylvia.
Johnny Tillotson is an American singer-songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s,when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop,country,and adult contemporary Billboard charts,including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" and "Without You".
Roy Orbison Sings is the sixteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison and the ninth for MGM Records,released in May 1972. Around this time,Orbison's hit singles had well and truly dried up,but this album is said to be one of his finest.
Lonnie Melvin Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s,his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement,with a long list of Top 10 hits.
Michael A. Elizondo Jr. is an American producer,songwriter,and multi-instrumentalist. A protégéof Dr. Dre,Elizondo has worked with 50 Cent,Eminem,Linkin Park,Carrie Underwood,Fiona Apple,Mastodon,Ry Cooder,Twenty One Pilots,Nelly Furtado,Brothers Osborne,Lauren Daigle,Madison Cunningham,and Lin-Manuel Miranda,among others. His songwriting credits include "In da Club" by 50 Cent,Eminem's "Just Lose It" and "The Real Slim Shady","Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige,and Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova". He has won three Grammy Awards from seven nominations,which includes two nominations for Producer of the Year.
Bill Ivey is an American folklorist and author. He was the seventh chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts,and is a past chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Sidewalk Records was a record label based in Hollywood,California that was started in 1963 by Mike Curb at the age of eighteen. The company was first formed as Sidewalk Productions and later became a subsidiary label of Capitol Records. Many recordings by Sidewalk Productions appeared on the related label Tower Records,also a subsidiary of Capitol Records.
William Owen Bradley was an American musician,bandleader and record producer who,along with Chet Atkins,Bob Ferguson,Bill Porter,and Don Law,was a chief architect of the 1950s and 60s Nashville sound in country music and rockabilly.
Michael Barry Reid is an American country music artist,composer,and former professional football player. He played as a defensive tackle for five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL).
Jeffrey LeVasseur,known as Jeffrey Steele,is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material,Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter,having co-written more than 60 hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry,Tim McGraw,Faith Hill,LeAnn Rimes,Rascal Flatts,Billy Ray Cyrus,and others.
Quonset Hut Studio is the nickname given to Bradley Studios,an independent recording studio complex established in 1954 in Nashville,Tennessee by brothers Harold and Owen Bradley. The first commercial recording studio facility in what would later become known as Music Row,the studio produced hundreds of hits by artists including Johnny Cash,Conway Twitty,Patsy Cline,Red Foley,Brenda Lee,Marty Robbins,Sonny James,and others.
Jim Ed Norman is an American musician,multi-platinum record producer,arranger and label-head. As an arranger and producer,he was one of the principal architects of the distinctive sound of West Coast 1970s pop and country rock. He was President of Warner Bros Records Nashville from 1984 to 2004.
Scott Borchetta is an American record executive and founder of the Big Machine Label Group. He started the label in 2005 with Taylor Swift as its first signed artist and 13 employees,he served as its president/CEO,encompassing four imprints:Big Machine Records,Nashville Harbor Records &Entertainment,The Valory Music Co. and Nash Icon Records. In 2015,he became an in-house mentor on American Idol in the program's 14th and 15th seasons. He is also a sports car racing driver in the Trans-Am Series and owner of NASCAR Xfinity Series team Big Machine Racing.
