Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Full artist credit for this album to Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Pearl Jam`s recording is a pretty faithful cover of the version by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers, which also reached #2 on the pop charts in 1964.
 

 

 

 
An exceptional tribute to Gram Parsons with a stellar cast of singers mining his rich catalog. Emmylou Harris sings backup on three tracks.
 

 
An exceptional tribute to Gram Parsons with a stellar cast of singers mining his rich catalog. Emmylou Harris sings backup on three tracks.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The "Play" album didn`t do much on the charts in 1999 but came out #1 in the Village Voice critics` consensus poll at the end of the year. Many of its tracks were used in commercials. In March of 2001 it finally cracked the top 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It`s slotted here based on Modern Rock airplay of "Bodyrock" July-September 1999.
 

 
The "Play" album didn`t do much on the charts in 1999 but came out #1 in the Village Voice critics` consensus poll at the end of the year. Many of its tracks were used in commercials. In March of 2001 it finally cracked the top 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It`s slotted here based on Modern Rock airplay of "Bodyrock" July-September 1999.
 

 
The "Play" album didn`t do much on the charts in 1999 but came out #1 in the Village Voice critics` consensus poll at the end of the year. Many of its tracks were used in commercials. In March of 2001 it finally cracked the top 40 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It`s slotted here based on Modern Rock airplay of "Bodyrock" July-September 1999.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Melissa Elliott as Missy used "Misdemeanor" as her middle name until fall 2002.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Shelby Lynne`s breakthrough album charted for only one week - March 10, 2001 - after she won the Grammy for Best New Artist of 2000, which was ironic for how long she`d been making records. "I Am" is slotted here shortly after it was released in January 2000.
 

 
Shelby Lynne`s breakthrough album charted for only one week - March 10, 2001 - after she won the Grammy for Best New Artist of 2000, which was ironic for how long she`d been making records. "I Am" is slotted here shortly after it was released in January 2000.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This Soundtrack to a popular Coen Brothers movie prompted a minor revival of bluegrass and related roots music.
 

 

 

 
A unique tribute: Rodney Crowell writes and sings about the impact the song had on him while enlisting the original writer and singer, Johnny Cash (his ex-father-in-law), to join him in a rewritten chorus.
 

 

 

 

 

 
Melissa Elliott as Missy used "Misdemeanor" as her middle name until fall 2002.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"White Blood Cells" was released on July 3, 2001 and didn`t chart at all until the following January, after the year-end critics` polls drew enough attention to it. It`s slotted here soon after its release date.
 

 
"White Blood Cells" was released on July 3, 2001 and didn`t chart at all until the following January, after the year-end critics` polls drew enough attention to it. It`s slotted here soon after its release date.
 

 
"White Blood Cells" was released on July 3, 2001 and didn`t chart at all until the following January, after the year-end critics` polls drew enough attention to it. It`s slotted here soon after its release date.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Although neither rock nor soul music, "Don`t Know Why" is such an appealing song and performance, and was so popular and ubiquitous across formats for so long, that it compels inclusion in the Timeline. It`s slotted here the first time the "Come Away With Me"album reached the top 40 on the Billboard 200.