Born August 5, 1934, in Woodland, Alabama, Vern Gosdin got his start in California’s burgeoning West Coast country movement in the early 1960s, where he and brother Rex occasionally opened shows for ...

George Strait, Mel Tillis and Vern Gosdin have all recorded hit songs by Buddy Cannon. George Strait, Mel Tillis and Vern Gosdin have all recorded hit songs by Buddy Cannon. But that's just the start.

On this day (July 25) in 1988, Vern Gosdin was at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “Set ‘Em Up Joe.” Released as the second single from Chiseled in Stone in April of the same year ...

Long before The Voice was a hit television show, it had a very different meaning: It was Vern Gosdin's nickname. The mustachioed country traditionalist with a voice like butter had a colorful, ...