Billy Sherrill -- the iconic Nashville record producer and executive whose style of production ushered in a sound described as "Countrypolitan" ... Tammy Wynette & More, Dies at 78. Billy Sherrill ...

Tammy Wynette was not just a big name in country music; she sang about the real lives of many women: love, hard times, and ...

Tammy Wynette was considered “the voice” long before those words became the name of a current hit reality show. The singer could impressively sound fragile one moment, then let it rip the next ...

Country record producer and songwriter Billy Sherrill, who co-wrote and produced Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” and helped create the smooth "countrypolitan" sound of the 1960s and '70s ...

Legendary country producer and songwriter Billy Sherrill — best known for his work with Tammy Wynette and George Jones — has died in Nashville after a short illness. He was 78.

Billy Sherrill, the longtime Nashville record producer and songwriter who crafted countless hits for George Jones, Tammy Wynette and others, died on Tuesday, as first reported by the Tennessean.

In August 1968, Tammy Wynette and her producer Billy Sherrill recorded the song that would become her signature — a song that feminists pointed to as degrading to women.

NEW YORK — Billy Sherrill, who as a songwriter, record producer, and executive helped kick-start the career of Tammy Wynette, breathed new life into a declining George Jones, and was an ...

Billy Sherrill: Country songwriter and producer who made Tammy Wynette and Charlie Rich household names. In 1968 he told Tammy Wynette that he had a good title, “Stand By Your Man”, but couldn ...

However, Wynette and co-writer Billy Sherrill defended the song in Tom Roland’s Billboard Book of No. 1 Country Hits by claiming they wanted to write a song for the truly liberated woman, saying ...

Billy Sherrill, Country Producer Behind George Jones, Dies at 78. He helped create the smooth ‘countrypolitan’ sound of the 1960s and ’70s and co-wrote Tammy Wynette's “Stand by Your Man.” ...

Mr. Sherrill helped such performers as Tammy Wynette, George Jones and Charlie Rich become crossover stars, and produced such hits as “Stand By Your Man” (1968), which he co-wrote with Wynette.