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A good song is often inspired by some painful experience, like a breakup or a death, or even a catastrophic natural event like a flood. So, after hundreds of thousands of people lost everything in the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the blues duo of Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie were well-equipped to use their firsthand observations of the calamity to write and record “When the Levee Breaks.” Read more about our lyric of the week.

First recorded by the Tuskegee Institute Singers in 1914, the origins of this hymn extend back into the shared lamentations and expressions of hope that sustained a people. Read more about the lyric of the week by Lightnin' Hopkins, “I’ve Been ‘Buked And Scorned”:

When it comes to making a list of the most influential country singers ever, Hank Williams, Sr. may be the artist most people would put at the top. Hank wrote and lived what he sang, and true to one of his own song titles, he never got out of this world alive. Another country artist who was a major influence on many aspiring young singers, though, was Lefty Frizzell, who brought another dimension to country with hits that were as big as Hank’s, like “If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time.”

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