This year marks the 30th anniversary of the recording of one of country musicâs penultimate anthems. Tammy Wynetteâs chart-topping recording of âStand By Your Man,â which she co-wrote with her then-producer Billy Sherrill, has become one of the quintessential womenâs songs in the country music canon.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 194,656. Its county seat and largest city is Tuscaloosa, the former state capital from 1826 to 1845. The county is named in honor of Tuskaloosa, a paramount chief of the Mississippian culture, considered ancestors of the Choctaw in the region.
Main article: List of place names in Alabama of Native American origin. 1  Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa County - derived from Muskogean words tashka (warrior) and lusa (black). Chief Tuskaloosa is remembered for leading a battle against Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in southern Alabama in 1540.