"The Thunder Rolls" is one of Garth Brooks' most well-known hits ... but he wasn't the first country artist to record the song. In October of 2010, Alger was inducted into the Nashville ...

Garth Brooks scored one of the biggest — and most controversial — hits of his career with "The Thunder Rolls," but it had actually been previously recorded by another country star.

“The Thunder Rolls” is one of Garth Brooks’ most popular songs. During his concerts, he sings an extra verse that doesn’t appear in the album or single versions of the song. That verse ...

Garth Brooks’ contribution ... gifts are unanswered prayers, he sings. Brooks took on the controversial topic of domestic abuse in “The Thunder Rolls.” Though Tanya Tucker released the ...