Generation Country

Sunday Morning Coming Down: October 18-19, 1986

Tanya Tucker returned to No. 1 after ten years away. Beneath her, the next ten chart-toppers were already lined up in order. For one weekend, Bob Kingsley wasn't only counting down the week. He was reading the rest of the year.

By Generation Country · Oct 18, 2026

Deana Carter

30 Years of "Strawberry Wine": The Five-Minute Waltz That Started Deana Carter's Career

Nearly five minutes long, in waltz time, about a teenage girl's desire — everything country radio said no to in 1996. Thirty years ago, Capitol led with it anyway, and Deana Carter, Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison turned the song nobody wanted into the introduction that never stopped working.

By Generation Country, Jared Ingersol · Jul 26, 2026