When the June 2, 1986, release of Randy Travis’s debut studio album, “Storms of Life,” made him a country music star, he was not quite 27 and had been doing kitchen work and singing after being raised ...

Think of a country music superstar, and Randy Travis is in a league all his own. Travis began having hits at country radio in the mid-1980s. In the decades since then, it’s his voice behind some of ...

After years of trying to break into the country music scene in Nashville, releasing a pair of unsuccessful singles in the late 1970s, Travis finally got his break in 1985. He inked a deal with Warner ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. There wasn't a dry eye in the Grand Ole Opry House in March when Carrie Underwood delivered a touching ...