Alabama

The biggest-selling country group of the '80s, Alabama began in 1969 as a trio of cousins: Jeff Cook, Randy Owen, and Teddy Gentry. Then known as Young Country, the band performed on weekends at a local amusement park, Canyonland. In 1973, after moving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the group (with drummer Rich Scott), began playing its own songs in clubs, renaming itself Alabama.

After a few...