Kris Kristofferson wrote some of the best songs in country music history. Here are five songs made famous by other artists.

LOS ANGELES – If Kris Kristofferson's life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible.

Oh, Waylon... I think we all know that the country outlaw certainly wasn't shy, and he was just as honest and authentic in ...

Country music legend Kris Kristofferson, who also starred in hits including "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and "A Star is Born," died at home in Maui at the age of 88.

Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings ... The Outlaws alongside Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Jessi Colter. It was the first country album to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. Songs like “T for ...

George Strait's 31st studio album, the feel-good "Cowboys and Dreamers," marks five decades of record releases; a titanic career for a Texas troubadour whose greatest ambition seems to have always ...

JD Souther, the singer, songwriter and actor who co-wrote hits of the Eagles like "New Kid in Town" and "Best of My Love," ...

JD Souther, the singer, songwriter and actor who co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the Eagles ... to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings. The group of guys that were before ...

George Strait's 31st studio album, the feel-good “Cowboys and Dreamers,” marks five decades of record releases; a titanic career for a Texas troubadour whose greatest ambition ... a cover of Waylon ...

This 1 minute 47-second song is ranked at No.154 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ... Carl Bunch and bass player, Waylon Jennings. The Winter Dance Party, as it was dubbed ...