While a keenly told story set to music can be terrific ... Perhaps the definition standard of a male country singing voice. Cowboy hat and all. Hank Williams had twang and spitfire in his delivery.

Country music’s hottest male artist is an Oklahoma-born superstar who has scored dozens of No. 1 hits throughout his decades-long career. The Top Tens, a reference site that includes hundreds of ...

His biggest successes came in the 1980s, however ... including four turns as Male Vocalist of the Year. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.