The movie Urban Cowboy was a modest hit upon its 1980 release. Its soundtrack, however, was a much different, more successful story. "And you could already hear the Eagles’ influence on Nashville.

Forty years ago, Urban Cowboy’s soundtrack made the genre a pop phenomenon — and paved the way for its modern hitmakers. By Joe Levy Mickey Gilley remembers the moment he fell for the Urban ...

Urban Cowboy was more than just a movie; for some country fans in the early 1980s, it was more like a way of life. For many moviegoers, director James Bridges' 1980 film starring John Travolta and ...

The pop culture impact of Urban Cowboy was immense: Not only did Western wear become a fashion fad, but musically, the soundtrack spawned three country No. 1 hits and six Top 40 singles.

[A version of this story was originally published in 2015 for the 35th anniversary of Urban Cowboy ... Lee’s “Lookin’ for Love,” from the soundtrack, was an immediate and huge hit ...

In a pop-culture year that’s offered one bronc after another, rein this one in: "Urban Cowboy," the honky-tonk-stirring, line-dancing, soundtrack-selling Western romance that teamed a post ...

Right in the middle of those four examples came the “Urban Cowboy” craze ... were feuding and Gilley’s burned down in 1990. The soundtrack for the movie was so successful, it is credited ...

(Sadly, the club burned down in an arson fire in 1990.) Trending on Billboard The Urban Cowboy soundtrack remained at No. 1 on Top Country Albums for eight weeks beginning in August 1980 and ...

The producers of "Urban Cowboy" have now put an actual one ... rather than making judgments based on box office figures and soundtrack sales. The listless 1980 movie is not exactly a gold-plated ...

The soundtrack to “Urban Cowboy,” replete with contributions from rock and pop acts like Boz Scaggs, Bonnie Raitt and the Eagles, was certified platinum three times over for sales of three ...