American Songwriter

On This Day in 1996, an 80s Country Legend Suffered an Onstage Accident That Abruptly Ended His Touring Career

Twenty-nine years ago today, an '80s country hitmaker had an onstage accident that he never fully recovered from.
HeraldNet

Passages Mel McDaniel’s hits included ‘Blue Jeans’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mel McDaniel, a husky-voiced country music singer-songwriter with hits like “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” and “Louisiana Saturday Night” has died. He was 68. Darleen Bieber of ...
Variety

Mel McDaniel, country singer, dies at 68

Country singer Mel McDaniel, who had a string of hits in the 1980s, died on Thursday after a fight with cancer. He was 68. Best known for his No. 1 country hit “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” and his ...
Nashville Scene

Mel McDaniel Benefit at the Nashville Palace

A product of the fertile Tulsa, Okla., music scene of the 1960s, Mel McDaniel is perhaps best known as the singer of “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On,” an indelible 1984 country hit. His good-humored ...