Webb Pierce

During the week of Feb. 20, 1954, Pierce started his 17-week reign atop the 'Billboard' Best Sellers in Stores country chart with "Slowly."

Typecasting country artists as flipping between sounding sad and nostalgic paints a limited picture that leaves out the ever-presence of humor within the genre.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame features everyone from actors to radio personalities, and there are plenty of Nashville names enshrined there.