Nashville sound

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country music subgenre music genre

The Nashville sound is a smooth, pop-influenced style of country music that emerged in the late 1950s and 1960s, characterized by lush string arrangements and polished production aimed at mainstream audiences.

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Label Occurrences
Nashville sound canonical 33
Nashville Sound 4
Nashville sound of the early 1960s 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music subgenre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
aimedAt adult contemporary listeners ⓘ
mainstream audiences ⓘ
pop radio ⓘ
alternativeName Nashville sound ⓘ
surface form: Nashville Sound

countrypolitan ⓘ
associatedWith Bob Ferguson ⓘ
Brenda Lee ⓘ
Chet Atkins ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
surface form: Decca Records Nashville

Eddy Arnold ⓘ
Jim Reeves ⓘ
Owen Bradley ⓘ
Patsy Cline ⓘ
RCA Studio B ⓘ
Skeeter Davis ⓘ
The Anita Kerr Singers ⓘ
The Jordanaires ⓘ
characteristic background vocal choruses ⓘ
crossover appeal to pop audiences ⓘ
downplayed fiddles and steel guitars ⓘ
lush string arrangements ⓘ
polished studio production ⓘ
pop-influenced arrangements ⓘ
smooth lead vocals ⓘ
smooth production ⓘ
use of orchestral instruments ⓘ
contrastedWith Bakersfield sound ⓘ
outlaw country ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedIn 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
followedBy outlaw country ⓘ
urban cowboy sound ⓘ
hasCrossoverHits "Crazy" by Patsy Cline ⓘ
"He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves ⓘ
"Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II American music ⓘ
industryResponseTo competition from rock and roll ⓘ
decline in country record sales in early 1950s ⓘ
influenced country pop ⓘ
countrypolitan ⓘ
modern mainstream country ⓘ
influencedBy Hollywood film scores ⓘ
big band music ⓘ
crooner vocal style ⓘ
easy listening ⓘ
location Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
lyricalTheme adult emotional concerns ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
notableLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
surface form: Columbia Records Nashville

Decca Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
notableRecordingStudio RCA Studio B ⓘ
peakPopularity 1960s ⓘ
precededBy honky-tonk ⓘ
productionCenter Music Row ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
surface form: Tin Pan Alley pop

country music ⓘ
crooner pop ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
traditional country ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation background vocal choirs ⓘ
light percussion ⓘ
muted electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
string sections ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Dottie West → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Jolene → musicStyle → Nashville sound ⓘ
Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) → musicGenre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Nashville sound → alternativeName → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nashville Sound
Here Comes My Baby → musicalStyle → Nashville sound ⓘ
Music Row → associatedWith → Nashville sound ⓘ
Self Portrait → stylisticInfluence → Nashville sound ⓘ
Jim Reeves → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nashville Sound
Jim Reeves → influenced → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nashville Sound
Don Gibson → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Don Gibson → movement → Nashville sound ⓘ
Brenda Lee → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Chet Atkins → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Love and Music → associatedWith → Nashville sound ⓘ
I Still Believe in You → associatedWith → Nashville sound ⓘ
subject surface form: I Still Believe in You (song)
I Still Believe in You → associatedWith → Nashville sound ⓘ
subject surface form: I Still Believe in You (album)
Eddy Arnold → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Eddy Arnold → influenced → Nashville sound ⓘ
Eddy Arnold → movement → Nashville sound ⓘ
Bakersfield sound → contrastWith → Nashville sound ⓘ
The Willie Way → associatedMovement → Nashville sound ⓘ
Dorothy Marie Marsh → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Dorothy Marie Marsh → helpedShape → Nashville sound ⓘ
Fred Rose → influenced → Nashville sound ⓘ
Patsy Cline’s repertoire → helpedDefine → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nashville sound of the early 1960s
Owen Bradley → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Owen Bradley → movement → Nashville sound ⓘ
Loretta Lynn → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Sweet Dreams → hasMusicStyle → Nashville sound ⓘ
Patsy Cline → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Hank Cochran → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Lynn Anderson → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Jason Isbell → notableWork → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nashville Sound
Monument Records → specializesIn → Nashville sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nashville Sound
“The Carroll County Accident” → associatedGenreMovement → Nashville sound ⓘ
subject surface form: The Carroll County Accident
“Misery Loves Company” → hasMusicalStyle → Nashville sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Misery Loves Company
Skid Row Joe → associatedGenre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Confessions of a Broken Man → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ
Roger Miller → genre → Nashville sound ⓘ