There are several songs written by Kris Kristofferson that you didn't know he was behind them. These tracks are by popular ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the age of 88, was truly one of the greatest songwriters of the past 60 years. No less an eminence than Bob Dylan said of him, "You can look at Nashville pre ...

Here’s a look behind a small sampling of standout songs from the late ’60s and 1970s written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by other artists. 1.

Kris Kristofferson was always modest about his talent. He disliked being called a poet and preferred it when other people performed his songs. "I sing like a bullfrog," he once told record ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Kris Kristofferson passed away late last month, and fans are still mourning ...

Birthday: June 22, 2936 Did You Know …: Kristofferson’s song “To Beat the Devil” helped keep Eric Church going before his big break. Required Reading: Top 10 Kris Kristofferson Songs ...

Grammy-winning singer and actor Kris Kristofferson has been remembered as “something special” by his A Star Is Born co-star Barbra Streisand, following his death aged 88. The US country music ...

Yesterday, Ernest shared a cover of the late, great Kris Kristofferson’s hit “Help Me Make It Through The Night” on his ...

Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren’t particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of “Me and Bobby McGee,” the song that ...

By the time of his top-charting 1973 album “Jesus was a Capricorn,” even Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley were recording his songs. After his success in the early-1970s, he met singer Rita ...

Few songwriters have had as profound an effect on country music as Kris Kristofferson. His chart-topping hits of the late 1960s and early 1970s – “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Sunday Morning ...