The country cross-over invited a lot anew talent to the genre. Pop singers, world music and Europeans. Crystal Gayle was the success, Dolly Parton the rock, Emmylou, Tanya, Linda and Olivia added their take of the Ol' c&w.
Buck Owens appeared with a different sound than the Nashville humming and then came the Outlaws, Waylon, Wíllie and Tomplan, and shake the studio system and the attitude towards country and western.