During the Kennedy presidency, “The Beverly Hillbillies” was America’s most watched television series. Ironically, as American cities boomed in the 1960s so did rural-themed television ...

W hen The Beverly Hillbillies premiered in 1962, few could have predicted just how popular it would become. The sitcom ...

While radio stations and night clubs overflow with hillbillies and rock-and-roll singers, jazz musicians--who are making America's first significant contribution to serious music--are too often ...