On this Day in 1966, Buck Owens took "Think of Me" to No. 1 for six weeks and ignited thee rise of the Bakersfield sound.

Buck Owens had an impact on country music that goes beyond his many hits or his TV time on Hee Haw. He created the "Bakersfield Sound," challenging Nashville's dominance on the country landscape.

Owens may be best known as the smiling country singer who co-hosted Hee Haw, but he also sang original tunes. A new collection, Buck Owens: Bound for Bakersfield, goes back to the days before ...

Listen to a rare live recording of Buck Owens singing 'Y'all Come' and 'Tall Dark Stranger' from upcoming 'Bakersfield Sound' box set.

A Texas native, Owens in the 1950s moved to Bakersfield, where he was introduced to a rough-and-tumble "honky tonk" musical ...

Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens perform their Number One song 'Streets of Bakersfield' on 'Austin City Limits.' ...

Christened after a local legend, Buck Owens Boulevard welcomes visitors to Bakersfield off Highway 99 with a mix of eaterys and hotels. Whether you're looking for the perfect pair of boots or one ...

On Wednesday (August 11), the Bakersfield West Rotary donated the Buck Owens star on the Fox Theater's Walk of Fame, to honor the man who made a household name out of their fair city.

BAKERSFIELD — Country singer Buck Owens recorded a lot of geographically minded songs during his long career -- some hits (“Big in Vegas,” “Made in Japan”), some not (“Hollywood Waltz ...

Buck Owens, 76, one of country music’s leading stars and a host of the long-running television variety show “Hee Haw,” died March 25 at his home in Bakersfield, Calif.

2006-04-02 04:00:00 PDT Bakersfield-- Greg Mackedanz, a long-haul trucker from Blaine, Minn., was headed down Highway 99 Saturday afternoon, listening to country music on the radio station. He was ...

Week 47: Buck Owens, Baron Of BakersfieldHee Haw made it easy to caricature country fans as proudly ignorant rubes. The show debuted in 1969 as a mid-season replacement for The Smothers Brothers ...