Country music singer Mel Tillis, whose six-decade career included hits such as “I Ain’t Never” and “Coca Cola Cowboy” and who never let his stutter get in the way of him becoming a ...

Mel Tillis, as famed for his recording career and songwriting as he was for his lifelong stutter, died early Sunday morning at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, following a lengthy ...

Country music legend Mel Tillis is pictured with his National Medal of Arts after being presented with the award by U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles ...

Mel Tillis, a country music singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1960s, charting multiple top forty hits over a long career despite a lifelong stuttering problem, has died in Florida at ...

Mel Tillis, shown in 2013 at his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died in Florida, his family announced Sunday. Mark Zaleski The Associated Press file Mel Tillis, a Country Music ...

Country music legend Mel Tillis died early Sunday morning, according to a statement from his publicist. He was 85. Tillis died at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, after ...

Mr. Tillis went on to record for a number of labels and release some 60 albums, among them “Mel & Nancy” (1981), a collection of duets with the daughter of his friend Frank Sinatra.

Country music star Mel Tillis is “very ill” according to fellow musicians The Oak Ridge Boys, who were set to perform alongside Tillis on the Country Music Cruise, which departs on Saturday ...

Fellow country music stars took to social media Sunday to share memories of Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis, who died early Sunday morning at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala ...

Country star Mel Tillis died yesterday after a long illness. He was 85. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN says the prolific songwriter's road to fame wasn't an easy one.