Complex sentence: In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the "Billboard" country charts from 1950 until 1980.
Split into simpler sentences: In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, he recorded 140 albums. He charted more than 85 singles on the "Billboard" country charts from 1950 until 1980.