Urban Cowboy

Urban cowboy is a style of Country music first made popular in the early 1980s largely because of (and named after) the 1980 film of the same name, Urban Cowboy. Its distinguishing sound was the melding of country and Pop music (best described as 70s L.A. soft pop), and sometimes leaning towards Disco. It was very common to see these types of recordings done outside Nashville, in particular on the USA west coast. Some examples of country artists receiving recognition in this genre include Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Johnny Paycheck and Moe Bandy.