Nashville sound

The Nashville sound in country music arose during the 1950s in the United States. Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, who were producing records in Nashville, invented the form by stripping the honky tonk roughness from traditional country and adding jazzy production and pop song structures. Vocalist Patsy Cline and pianist Floyd Cramer were two of the most famous of the Nashville sound's original era.

Samples

• of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart", perhaps the best-known Williams song, covered by numerous other stars, and an excellent representation of the Nashville Sound