Pop Goes The Country is an ongoing feature where I explore country music’s biggest crossover hits. Thus far, with the exception of maybe Tex Williams’ “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette),” the crossover hits discussed in this feature have rarely reflected their respective time periods. In other words, in wasn’t what the song said that catapulted… Continue reading Pop Goes The Country Vol. 7: Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky – “A Dear John Letter” (1953)