Bakersfield Sound

Sub-genre of country music. Emerged 1957. Wikipedia

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58 artists with 302.0K combined listeners. 79% of them sit in the Contemporary Country / Honky Tonk / Country Road community on the map. It shares the most artists with Outlaw Country.

Where Bakersfield Sound sits on the map

• Contemporary Country / Honky Tonk / Country Road · 46 artists (79%)
• Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat · 2 artists (3%)
• Vocal Jazz / Doo-Wop / Mellow Gold · 2 artists (3%)
• Broadway / Children'S Music / Show Tunes · 1 artists (2%)
• Indie Anthem-Folk / Indie Folk / Vancouver Indie · 1 artists (2%)
• Flamenco Guitar / Flamenco / Lds · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Bakersfield Sound

Bakersfield Sound artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Loretta Lynn & Tammy Wynette · 29 shared playlists
2. Loretta Lynn & Merle Haggard & The Strangers · 27 shared playlists
3. Roger Miller & Johnny Horton · 20 shared playlists
4. Jeannie C. Riley & Loretta Lynn · 19 shared playlists
5. Johnny Horton & Lefty Frizzell · 18 shared playlists
6. Porter Wagoner & Tammy Wynette · 18 shared playlists
7. Loretta Lynn & Porter Wagoner · 16 shared playlists
8. Johnny Horton & Ray Price · 15 shared playlists
9. Buck Owens & Porter Wagoner · 15 shared playlists
10. Roger Miller & Lefty Frizzell · 15 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Bakersfield Sound, for their size.

• Outlaw Country · 15 shared artistsBoth: Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Rosanne Cash
• Classic Oklahoma Country · 6 shared artistsBoth: Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Merle Haggard & The Strangers
• Traditional Country · 5 shared artistsBoth: Jim Reeves, Charley Pride, Bill Anderson
• Cosmic American · 6 shared artistsBoth: Buck Owens, Gene Clark, Tom T. Hall
• Honky Tonk · 6 shared artistsBoth: Rosanne Cash, Johnny Horton, Ray Price
• Rebel Blues · 2 shared artistsBoth: Whiskey Blues Man, Dimitri Tiomkin
• Cowboy Western · 2 shared artistsBoth: Eddy Arnold, Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
• Mellow Gold · 4 shared artistsBoth: Lynn Anderson, Roger Miller, Eddy Arnold

Artists

58 artists tagged Bakersfield Sound, ranked by listeners.

1. Tammy Wynette62.7K listeners · Contemporary Country
2. Jim Reeves49.1K listeners · Axe
3. Loretta Lynn42.9K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
4. Rosanne Cash18.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
5. Charley Pride14.8K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
6. Lynn Anderson11.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
7. Johnny Horton8.2K listeners · Outlaw Country
8. Bobbie Gentry7.6K listeners
9. Buck Owens7.2K listeners
10. Roger Miller5.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
11. B.E.R.4.7K listeners · Indie Jazz
12. Ray Price4.1K listeners · Outlaw Country
13. The Statler Brothers3.8K listeners
14. Gene Clark3.6K listeners · Cosmic American
15. Porter Wagoner3.5K listeners
16. Tom T. Hall2.9K listeners · Outlaw Country
17. Eddy Arnold2.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
18. Merle Haggard & The Strangers2.8K listeners · Outlaw Country
19. Steve2.2K listeners · Doo-Wop
20. Hank Snow2.2K listeners
21. Lefty Frizzell1.9K listeners · Outlaw Country
22. Ernest Tubb1.9K listeners · Cosmic American
23. Connie Smith1.6K listeners
24. Faron Young1.6K listeners
25. Reina del Cid1.3K listeners · Alternative Roots Rock
26. Floyd Cramer1.1K listeners · Samba-Rock
27. Bill Anderson1.1K listeners
28. Donna Fargo1.1K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
29. Dottie West1.0K listeners · World
30. Jeannie C. Riley1.0K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
31. Billy Walker1.0K listeners
32. Dave Dudley1.0K listeners
33. Buck Owens And The Buckaroos1.0K listeners
34. Hank Locklin1.0K listeners
35. Cal Smith1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
36. George Hamilton IV1.0K listeners
37. Dick Curless1.0K listeners
38. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos1.0K listeners
39. Jack Greene1.0K listeners
40. Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys1.0K listeners · Canadian Country
41. Jesse Winchester1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
42. Wynn Stewart1.0K listeners
43. Highway 1011.0K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
44. Whiskey Blues Man1.0K listeners · Rebel Blues
45. Henson Cargill1.0K listeners
46. David Houston1.0K listeners · Country
47. Sammi Smith1.0K listeners · Cosmic American
48. Del Reeves1.0K listeners
49. Red Simpson1.0K listeners
50. Dimitri Tiomkin1.0K listeners · Rebel Blues
51. Lone Wolf1.0K listeners · Heartland Rock
52. Tony Phillips1.0K listeners · Country Rock
53. Mel Tillis1.0K listeners · Outlaw Country
54. EDDY RAVEN1.0K listeners
55. Hank Snow And His Rainbow Ranch Boys1.0K listeners
56. Jacques Lefèbvre1.0K listeners · Country Quebecois
57. Johnny Duncan1.0K listeners
58. Ferlin Husky1.0K listeners