Kris Kristofferson, born Kristoffer Kristofferson on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas, was an American singer, songwriter ...

Eventually though, the janitor managed to set himself apart as a songwriter and finally got the Man in Black’s attention. In fact, Cash was such a fan that Kristofferson recalls one time that Cash ...

Willie Nelson once performed a Kris Kristofferson classic, and some believe it's even better than the original song.

In his 1996 memoir Waylon: An Autobiography, Jennings said that they first got together in 1984 while working on an annual ...

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

Hollywood beckoned as early as 1980, with a dewily romantic lead opposite Kris Kristofferson in Michael Cimino’s supersized western “Heaven’s Gate” — like a sort of hothouse flower, she ...

Kris Kristofferson Paid a Price for His Social Activism. He Didn’t Care "I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck," he once said, "but I got into this to tell the truth as I saw it" ...

Dear listeners, “You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris,” Bob Dylan once said of Kris Kristofferson, who died on Saturday, “because he changed everything.” That’s high praise ...

Artist and songwriter Kris Kristofferson performs "Sunday Morning Coming Down" at the Nashville Songwriters Association International "50 Years of Songs" at the Ryman Auditorium, Sept. 20, 2017 ...

Over the next decade-plus, Kristofferson kept his head down and continued to be Kris Kristofferson, the rugged poet with the narrow eyes, the world-weary charisma, and the frog-inside-a-cello voice.

Kris Kristofferson was a legend in country music, Hollywood and beyond.. The star, who died on Sept. 28, 2024 at the age of 88, first began his music career in the 1970s and collaborated with ...

Singer-songwriter and native Texan Kris Kristofferson, whose poignant lyrics made him a country music legend and whose rugged good looks led to 1970s Hollywood movie star fame, has died. He was 88 ...