Forty-one years ago today, Earl Thomas Conley set a chart record when "Angel in Disguise" topped the Billboard country chart.

Country singer Earl Thomas Conley, who had 18 number one hits and influenced dozens of artists, has died.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Earl Thomas Conley, one of the most popular and prolific country singers of the 1980s, died here Wednesday. He was 77.