This lighthearted feature from American Songwriter highlights three country music groups from the 1960s whose influence is still felt today, pushing back on the idea that the genre is dominated only by solo artists. It profiles The Statler Brothers, The Buckaroos and The Browns, each of whom left a lasting mark on country music through hit records and distinctive sounds that shaped the genre's development.

The Statler Brothers, formed in Virginia in the mid-1950s, are best known for their 1966 hit "Flowers on the Wall" and later found fame with 1990s film audiences via its inclusion on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. The Buckaroos, formed in 1963 under Buck Owens, helped define the electrified "Bakersfield sound" and released seven albums that charted on the Billboard Country charts. The Browns, active between 1960 and 1968, released 15 studio albums, including chart hits "When Love Is Gone" and "Our Kind of Country", noted for their smooth Nashville harmonies.