This Day in Country Music

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Birthdays:-
1895 Carl T Sprague born near Houston, Texas - Original Singing Cowboy
1909 Mother Maybelle Carter born Maybelle Addington in Nicklesville, Virginia
1928 *Rocky Page born Dean Page in Kadina, South Australia - South Australia's Pioneer of Country Music - Died June 14 1997
1968 Jeff Wood born in Oklahoma - Singer, songwriter who charted with "You Just Got One" #44 in 1996
Died:-
1956 Clarence Mulford died, Portland, Maine - Western novelist who wrote 28 Hopalong Cassidy novels starting with "Bar 20" in 1907, and the last ""Hopalong Cassidy Serves A Writ" in 1941 - The novels sporned numerous movies beginning in 1936, starring William Boyd - Born 3 February 1883
1999 Shel Silverstein died age 68 in Key West, Florida
Events:-
1957 Harlan & Jan Howard married in Las Vegas

Recorded:-

Released:-

Charted:-
1969 Jerry Lee Lewis "Jerry Lee Lewis Sings The Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits, Vol. 1" album charted to #2
1969 Jerry Lee Lewis "Jerry Lee Lewis Sings The Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits, Vol. 2" album charted to #5
1969 Dottie West & Don Gibson "Rings Of Gold" album charted to #21
1969 Glen Campbell "Where's The Playground Susie" single charted to #28
1975 Jerry Jordan "Phone Call From God" album charted to #2
1975 Lois Johnson self titled album charted to #32
1975 Bill Anderson "Country DJ" single charted to #36
1975 Tommy Overstreet "That's When My Woman Begins" single charted to #6
1986 Steve Earl "Guitar Town" album charted to #1
1986 Eddie Rabbitt "Rabbitt Trax" album charted to #6
1986 Oak Ridge Boys "Seasons" charted to #8
1997 George Strait "Carrying Your Love With Me" album charted to #1
1997 Joe Diffie "Twice Upon A Time" album charted to #33

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1896 Mari Sandoz born in Sheridan County, Nebraska - Western writer of mainly non-fiction - "Old Jules" her 1935 biography of her father, "Crazy Horse" in 1949 "Cheyenne Autumn" in 1953 - The later being the inspiration for John Ford's 1964 movie of the same name - One of the first Westerns to abandon the old racist stereotypes of the Indian as a vicious savage and emphasize the tragedy of the Indian experience
1901 Chick Hurt born in Willowshade, Kentucky - The Prairie Ramblers
1909 Ocie Stockard born in Crafton, Texas - Western Swing/multi-instrumentalist
1914 Bob Atcher born in Hardin County, Kentucky - Singing cowboy, WLS Barn Dance
1955 Mark Herndon born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1956 *Kim Mothershaw born - Brisbane, Queensland commercial radio announcer who started his radio career as a office boy at 4IP in 1974 - Currently 4BH Brisbane, Queensland Breakfast Announcer with Loretta Ryan, previously with Leisa Sheehan - Former long serving Breakfast Announcer on 4KQ Brisbane
1967 Jenny Gottani Born in Ingham, Qld - Gottani Sisters
1979 *Paul Wilson - Born in Toowoomba Qld - Toowoomba based Country Artist

Died:-
1978 Glen Sherley died of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Gonzales, California
1979 John Ashby died age 63 - Free State Ramblers
1979 Lester Flatt died age 64 in Nashville
1996 Walter Hyatt died age 47 in the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 into the Florida Everglades - Founder of Uncle Walt's Band
2003 Minnie Snow died age 89 in Nashville, Tennessee - Widow of Hank Snow
2004 James 'Bill' Durham died - Recorded "The Girl I Left Behind" & "Songs About Trains" - Worked with Kris Kristofferson

Events:-
1957 Everly Brothers debuted on the Grand Ole Opry
1996 Steve Wariner joined the Grand Ole Opry
1997 Trace Adkins married Rhonda in Belle Meade Mansion, Nashville

Recorded:-

Released:-
1961 Roy Orbison "Running Scared" released HL1811 on London
1999 Kenny Rogers "She Rides Wild Horses" album released on Dreamcatcher
1999 SHeDaisy "The Whole Shebang" album released on Hollywood
1999 Frenchie Burke "Crazy Cajun Recording" album released on Edsel

Charted:-
1946 Elton Britt "Detour" single charted to #5
1963 Patsy Cline "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" single charted to #5
1968 Bobby Goldsboro "Honey" album charted to #1 - His biggest hit
1968 Del Reeves "A Touch Of Sadness" album charted to #3
1968 Carl Smith "Deep Water" album charted to #28
1968 Jerry Reed "Nashville Underground" album charted to #31
1968 The Buckaroos "A Night On The Town With Buck Owens Buckaroos" album charted to #32
1968 Skeeter Davis "Why So Lonely" album charted to #33
1973 *Johnny Greenwood "The Goondiwindi Grey" debuted on Radio 4IP Ipswich/Brisbane, Queensland Top 40 Chart - One of two different songs about Gunsynd the racehorse
1974 Porter Wagoner "Tore Down" album charted to #28
1974 Jerry Wallace "For Wives And Lovers" album charted to #31
1974 George Hamilton IV "Greatest Hits" album charted to #35
1977 Kenny Rogers "Lucille" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #39 peaking at #7
1985 Tammy Wynette "Sometimes When We Touch" album charted to #32
1991 Hank Williams Jr "Pure Hank" album charted to #8
1996 George Strait "Blue Clear Sky" album charted to #1
1996 James Bonamy "I Don't Think I Will" single charted to #2 - His biggest hit

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Birthdays:-
1901 The Duke Of Paducah born Benjamin Francis Ford in Desoto, Missouri
1920 Tiny Moore born in Hamilton County, Texas - Mandolin player
1921 Joe Maphis born in Suffolk, Virginia - Joe & Rose Lee Maphis
1924 Bill Woods born in Denison, Texas - Father Of The Bakersfield Sound
1927 *Kid Mahoney born Neil Roger Hansen in Proserpine, Queensland - He recorded four sides for Rodeo Records in 1951 with only two of those ever released - Kid with his wife Kim were known as "The Yodelling Ramblers They travelled the rodeo circuit as rough riders, rope spinners and singers during the 1950's including a stint with Hagen's Circus - Died 4 July 1987
1937 Bob Montgomery born in Lampasas, Texas - Songwriter/producer - Early in his career Bob teamed with Buddy Holly as" Buddy & Bob"
1942 Billy Swan born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1954 Stu Page born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England - Worked with an American bluegrass band the Warren Wikeson Band and later formed Stu Page And Remuda - Singles include "He Made The Whole World Sing", "Are You Still In Love With Me" and the double a-side "Florida Feelin'"/"Honeysuckle Dreamin'"
1955 Kix Brooks born Leon Eric Brooks III in Shreveport, Louisiana
1965 Edward James Kilgallon born in East Greenbush, New York - Ricochet
---- *Ernie Constance

Died:-
1969 Pappy O'Daniel died age 59 - Founder of The Lightcrust Doughboys
2005 Milt Dickey died age 84 - Hillbilly performer on KCMO Cowtown Jamboree, KDRO Sedalia, KHMO Hannibal, KWTO Springfield, Missouri, WDZ Tuscola & WKRO Cairo, Illinois - Born 3 October 1920

Events:-
1971 Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from cousin Myra
2001 Darry Worley married Beverly Dean Irwin in Savannah, Tennessee

Recorded:-

Released:-
1992 Carl Perkins "Restless: The Columbia Recordings" album released
1998 Ralph Stanley - "Songs My Mother Taughyt Me & More: Clawhammer Style Banjo" released on Freeland
1998 Don Edwards - "Best Of Don Edwards" album released on Warner Brothers
1998 Joe Ely - "Twistin' In The Wind" album released on MCA

Charted:-
1951 Anita Carter "Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts" single charted to #2 - Her biggest hit
1962 Jimmy Dean "PT 109" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #40 peaking at #20
1973 Charlie McCoy "Good Time Charlie" album charted to #1
1973 Bobby G Rice "You Lay So Easy On My Mind" album charted to #7
1973 Nat Stuckey "Take Time To Love Her/Used It All On You" album charted to #37
1973 Tammy Wynette "Kids Say The Darndest Things" album charted to #3
1979 Emmylou Harris "Blue Kentucky Girl" album charted to #3
1979 Don Williams "The Best Of Don Williams Volume II" album charted to #7
1979 Hoyt Axton "Della And The Dealer" album charted to #17
1981 John Anderson "I Wish I Could Write You A Song" single charted to #14
1984 Vern Gosdin "There's A Reason" album charted to #17
1984 Mel Tillis "New Patches" album charted to #34
1990 Tanya Tucker "Tennessee Woman" album charted to #18
1990 Eddie Rabbitt "Jersey Boy" album charted to #34

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Birthdays:-
1910 Curtis Massey born in Midland, Texas
1914 Johnny Wright born in Mt Juliet, Tennessee - Johnny & Jack
1916 Jack Anglin in Columbia, Tenn - Johnnie and Jack - Died March 7 1963
1921 Terry Fell born in Dora, Alabama - Singer/songwriter - Wrote "Truck Drivin' Man"
1926 Dewey Phillips born in Adamsville, Tennessee - Memphis disc jockey
1941 Ritchie Valens born Richard Stephen Valenzuela in Pacioma, California - Died Feb 3 1959
1942 Bob McKinlay born in Ashton-in-Makersfield, near Wigan, Lancashire, England - He was a member of the north-west beat group The Long And The Short, which made the UK Top 30 in 1964 with "The Letter" - He later gained a degree in socialogy and a teaching diploma - Albums include "English Born-Dixie Fried", "Country Good And Rollin'", "My Songbird", "Country Tapestry" & "Roots And Offshoots"
1949 Marlon Hargis born in Somerset, Kentucky - Exile
1954 Ray Kennedy born in Buffalo, New York - Musician/songwriter/producer/arranger
1965 Lari White born in Dunedin, Florida

Died:-
1960 Gid Tanner died age 74 - Skillet Lickers
1975 Bob Wills died of pneumonia age 70 - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1981 Nathan Abshire died age 77 in Basile, Louisiana - Cajun vocalist/accordionist
1997 Rose Carter born Rosa Lola Lee Carter - The Chuck Wagon Gang
2003 Kenny Smith died - Country singer, guitarist who led The Kenny Smith Trio - Born Kenny Eugene Smith 12 July 1931 near Strong, Arkansas
2004 Sonny Chapman died - Country rock guitarist, singer - Member of The Canyon River Band - Born Charles Michael Chapman in 1952
2006 Larry Rice died Inverness, Florida - Bluegrass musician, songwriter, mandolinist - Eldest of the four Rice brothers - Played in bluegrass band The Haphazards in California in the early 1960's - Joined J.D. Crowe and the Kentucky Mountain Boys in the late 1970's - (Born 24 April 1949)

Events:-
1956 "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch" musical variety show aired it's final broadcast after 16 years - The show featured 10 to 15 minute skits about cowboys and rustlers, along with musical numbers by Autry
1960 Freddy Fender arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for possession of cannabis
1967 Merle Haggard debuted on the Grand Ole Opry

Recorded:-

Released:-
1997 Billy Lee Riley "Hot Damn" album released on Capricorn
1997 Jerry Clower "Jerry Clower Live At Dollywood" album released on MCA

Charted:-
1967 Wanda Jackson "Reckless Love Affair" album charted to #17
1967 Lynn Anderson "Ride, Ride, Ride" album charted to #25
1967 George Morgan "Candy Kisses" album charted to #35
1967 Stu Phillips "Grassroots Country" album charted to #36
1967 Billy Walker "The Walker Way" album charted to #37
1971 Sammi Smith "Help Me Make It Through The Night" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #40 peaking at #10
1972 Buck Owens "Buck Owens Live At The Nugget" album charted to #3
1972 Anne Murray "Annie" album charted to #14
1972 David Houston "The Day That Love Walked In" album charted to #14
1972 Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins "Me And Chet" album charted to #24
1972 Connie Smith "Ain't We Having A Good Time" album charted to #25
1978 Johnny Cash "I Would Like To See You Again" album charted to #23
1978 Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius "I'll Never Be Free" album charted to #29
1989 The Shooters "Solid As A Rock" album charted to #40
1995 Rhett Akins "That Ain't My Truck" single charted to #3
2000 Garth Brooks "When You Come Back To Me Again" single charted to #21

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Birthdays:-
1903 Jenks "Tex" Carman born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky - Vocalist/steel guitarist
1914 Bob Archer born Robert Owen Archer in Harden County, Kentucky - Popular country singer in 1930's-40's with hits like "Cool Water" & "You Are My Sunshine"
1932 Bob Johnston born in Hillsboro, Texas - Capitol Records executive/producer
1936 Bobby Darin born Walden Robert Cassotto in Bronx, NY
1943 Sonny Garrish born in Fairplay, Maryland - Session steel guitarist
1950 *Rodney Walker born
1997 *Rebecca Holdorf born in Boonah, Queensland - Singer, guitarist, fiddle player - Part of the Freiberg family band Living In Harmony - Living In Harmony released their debut album in 2004

Died:-
1954 Gary Hogue died - Steel guitarist who played for Marty Stuart & Jolie Holliday - Born 30 March 1954
1966 Uncle Bud Landress died age 85 - The Georgia Yellow Hammers
1968 Beasley Smith died in Nashville, Tennessee - Songwriter/orchestra leader
1986 Moses "Mose" Rager died age 75
1994 *Leonard Teale died in Sydney, N.S.W. - Radio, TV, film actor and poetry reciter - Appeared in over 15,000 episodes of radio serials including playing Superman/Clark Kent in Australian children's radio serial in the mid 1950's - Long running role of Detective Sergeant David Mackay in Australia's first television police drama Homicide Other leading television roles included Seven Little Australians & Class Of '74 - He released several albums of Australian poetry including Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River The Leonard Teale Spoken Word Award is presented at The Henry Lawson Heritage Festival in N.S.W. - Born on 26 September 1922

Events:-
1927 The Ryman Auditorium played host to their first "Old -Time Fiddlers Contest"
1948 Kol Yisrael Israel radio station began broadcasting

Recorded:-
1937 The Light Crust Doughboys recorded twenty-one songs
1952 Tex Ritter recorded "High Noon" for the movie of the same name starring Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly

Released:-
1996 Reno & Smiley "On Stage" album released on Copper Creek
1999 Alejandro Escovedo "Bourbonites Blues" album released on Bloodshot
2002 Fiddlin Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners self titled album released on County
2002 Ed Bruce "This Old Hat" album released on Old Hat Productions

Charted:-
1949 Eddy Arnold "One Kiss Too Many/" double sided single charted to #1
1960 *Lucky Starr with The Hepparays "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #40 and peaked at #40
1966 Eddy Arnold "The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me" single charted to #2
1977 Willie Nelson "Before His Time" album charted to #3
1977 Bobby Borchers "Cheap Perfume And Candlelight" single charted to #7 - His biggest hit
1977 Merle Haggard "Song I'll Always Sing" album charted to #15
1977 Eddy Arnold "I Need You All The Time" album charted to #33
1983 Alabama "The Closer You Get" single charted to #1
1983 Vern Gosdin "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" album charted to #17
1983 Charly McClain "Paradise" album charted to #21
1983 Ed Bruce "You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight" single charted to #21
1992 Linda Davis "Shoot For The Moon" album charted to #28
1994 Reba McEntire "Read My Mind" album charted to #2
1994 Pam Tillis "Sweethearts Dance" album charted to #6 - Her biggest hit
1994 Garth Brooks "One Night A Day" single charted to #7
1994 Randy Travis "Theis Is Me" album charted to #10
1994 Johnny Cash "American Recordings" album charted to #23

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Birthdays:-
1918 Eddy Arnold born Richard Edward Arnold in Henderson, Tennessee
1920 Dave Stogner born in Gainesville, Texas - Western swing bandleader
1922 Alex Zanetis born Alexander William Zanetis in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin - Songwriter who wrote "Guilty" for Jim Reeves, "As Usual" for Brenda Lee and many others for George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Dean Martin and Ronnie Milsap - (Died 13 September 2005)
1937 Trini Lopez born Trinidad Lopez III in Dallas, Texas
1941 K T Oslin born Kay Toinette Oslin in Crossett, Arkansas - Vocalist/songwriter/actress
1946 Aly Bain born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland - Shetland fiddler
1953 Mike Oldfield born Reading, England - "Tubular Bells"
1968 *Billy Bridge - Born Yallourn, Victoria - Victorian Independent Country Artist
---- *Graeme Jensen born in Gympie, Qld - Australian Independent Country Artist

Died:-
1929 Eddy Arnold's Father died on his Eddy's eleventh birthday - A short time later the bank foreclosed on the farm, and Eddy grew up in poverty
1968 Beasley Smith died in Nashville, Tennessee - Songwriter, orchestra leader - Wrote "Lucky Ole Sun"
2008 *Arthur George "Buddy" Bisby died a week shy of his 83rd birthday - Country music entertainer well-known in the Hunter Valley, N.S.W. Married Mavis on 17 December, 1949
2003 June Carter Cash died in Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee age 73

Events:-
1951 Buck Owens moved his family from Phoenix, Arizona to Bakersfield, California - From September 1951 to May 1958, Buck played at the Blackboard, Bakersfield's top Country Music nightclub
1982 Ricky Skaggs joined the Grand Ole Opry
1983 Bashful Brother Oswald married Eunita Orene Adams
1988 Martina Schifft married John McBride in Wichita, Kansas
2004 Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts married Allison Alderson in Nashville, Tennessee

Recorded:-
1958 Brenda Lee recorded "Little Jonah"

Released:-
1992 Del McCoury"Blue Side Of Town" album released on Rounder
1999 Roy Rogers "Happy Trails: The Roy Rogers Collection 1937-1990" album released on Rhino
2001 Ralph Stanley "Clinch Mountain Gospel" album released on Rebel
2001 Charley Pride "A Tribute To Jim Reeves" album released on Music City
2001 Mike Auldridge "Blue Lonesome Wind" album released on Rebel Records
2001 Radney Foster "Are You Ready For The Big Show" album released on Dualtone

Charted:-
1948 Eddy Arnold"Bouquet Of Roses/Texarkana Baby" double sided single both charted to #1
1961 Ernest Ashworth "Forever Gone" single charted to #15
1965 Ernest Ashworth "Because I Cared" single charted to #18
1965 Hank Thompson "Breakin' In Your Heart" album charted to #18
1971 Bobby Bare "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends" single charted to #8
1971 Bill Anderson "Always Remember" album charted to #13
1971 Billy Crash Craddock "Knock Three Times" album charted to #18
1971 Roy Drusky "I Love The Way That Youve Been Lovin' Me" album charted to #32
1971 Glen Sherley self titled album charted to #32
1976 Willie Nelson "Willie Nelson Live" album charted to #5
1976 Charley Pride "Sunday Morning With Charley Pride" album charted to #14
1976 Hoyt Axton "Flash Of Fire" single charted to #18
1976 Ray Stevens "Just For The Record" album charted to #34
1982 Cristy Lane "Amazing Grace" album charted to #37
1993 Clint Black (with Wynonna) "A Bad Goodbye" single charted to #2
1993 Brooks & Dunn "We'll Burn That Bridge" single charted to #2
1993 Tracy Byrd self titled album charted to #24
1993 K T Oslin "Greatest Hits: Songs From An Aging Sex Bomb" album charted to #31

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Birthdays:-
1921 Chuck Bowers born in Wichita, Kansas - Tall wavy haired hillbilly singer who performed on KWTO Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri
1925 Bobbejaan Schoepen born Modest Schoepen in Boom, Antwerp, Belgium - Flemish entertainer, singer, guitarist and composer - He is also an actor and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park in Belgium - First Belgian singer to successfully pursue an international career - He introduced Country Music to the masses of Western Europe - First hit single in 1948 "De Jodelende Fluiter" ("The Yodeling Whistler" - In 1959 & 1960 he covered the Slim Dusty song "Pub With No Beer" in Dutch & German which became #1 hits in Belgium, Austria & Germany
1955 Nick Forster born in Beirut, Lebanon - Hot Rize
1971 Rick Trevino born in Austin, Texas

Died:-
2003 Lawson Wayne White died - Country drummer, songwriter, arranger - Worked with Dottie West, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Chet Atkins 7amp; Willie Nelson

Events:-
1878 *Quorn in South Australia proclaimed a town
1888 Emile Berliner demonstrated an improved early gramophone at the Franklin Institute using a flat 7-inch disk with lateral-cut grooves on one side only, hand-cranked at 30 rpm with a two minute capacity - He was the first to mass-produce hard rubber vulcanite copies from a zinc master disk
1928 *2FC & 2BL were acquired by the New South Wales Broadcasting Company

Recorded:-
1969 Merle Haggard recorded "Workin' Man Blues"

Released:-
2000 The Seldom Scene "Scene It All" album released on Sugar Hill
2000 Kathy Mattea "The Innocent Years" album released on MCA
2000 Joe Ely "Live At The Cambridge Folk Festival" album released on Strange Fruit
2000 Lacy J Dalton "Anthology" released on Renaissance
2007 *Sam Hawksley "Broken Hearts Like Records" album launched at the Bridge Hotel, Rozelle, Sydney, N.S.W.

Charted:-
1964 The Browns featuring Jim Ed Brown "Then I'll Stop Loving You" single charted to #12
1964 Dave Dudley "Songs About The Working Man" album charted to #19
1970 Ray Price "You Wouldn't Know Love" album charted to #12
1970 Glen Campbell "Oh Happy Day" album charted to #16
1970 Henson Cargill "The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye Ever Heard" single charted to #18
1970 Jean Shepard "Best By Request" album charted to #23
1970 Johnny Bush "Warmth Of The Wine" single charted to #25
1970 Dave Dudley "The Best Of Dave Dudley" album charted to #32
1974 Nat Stuckey "The Best Of" album charted to #33
1981 Anne Murray "Where Do We Go When You Dream" album charted to #4
1981 Eddy Arnold "Bally-Hoo Days/" double sided single charted to #11
1987 Reba McEntire "Greatest Hits" album charted to #2
1987 Janie Fricke "After Midnight" album charted to #29
1987 Johnny Cash "Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town" album charted to #36
1987 Dwight Yoakam "Hillbilly Deluxe" album charted to #1
1992 Confederate Railroad self titled album charted to #7
1998 Garth Brooks "To Make You Feel My Love" single charted to #1

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Birthdays:-
1912 Grant Turner born in Abilene, Texas - Grand Old Opry announcer for 49 years
1918 Dorris Paul Warren born in Lyles, Tennessee - Bluegrass fiddler
1921 Brad McCuen born in New York City - Founder of Mega Records/record producer
1925 Cousin Herb Henson born in East St. Louis
1925 Red Smiley born Arthur Lee Smiley in Marshall, North Carolina - Reno & Smiley
1928 Ben Smathers born in Henderson, Tennessee - Founder of "The Stoney Mountain Cloggers"
1944 Jesse Winchester born in Shreveport, Louisiana - Singer/songwriter
1948 Penny DeHaven born Charlotte DeHaven in Winchester, Virginia
1952 Pat Flynn born in Los Angeles, California - New Grass Revival

Died:-
1966 Wiley Walker died age 54 - Wiley & Gene

Events:-
1930 "Information Please" radio quiz program is first broadcast - The show assembled a panel of experts and intellectuals and asked them tricky questions - It ran until 1948
1932 *Australian Broadcasting Commission was born by Act of Parliament to provide and broadcast adequate and comprehensive programs in the interest of the community - The Commission began operation on 1 July 1930 with eight metropolitian stations (2BL, 2FC, 3AR, 3LO, 4QG, 5CL, 6WF and 7ZL) and four regional stations (2NC, 2CO, 4RK, and 5CK) with headquarters in Pitt St, Sydney
1952 Johnny Horton debuted on the Louisiana Hayride
2001 Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum opened for business in Nashville
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Released:-


Charted:-
1969 Faron Young "I've Got Precious Memories" album charted to #38
1969 Conway Twitty "Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie" album charted to #6
1969 Hank Thompson "Smoky The Bar" album charted to #16
1973 Tom T Hall "Old Dogs, Chiltren And Watermelon Wine" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #39 peaking at #4
1975 Merle Haggard "Keep Movin' On" album charted to #1
1975 Don Williams "You're My Best Friend" album charted to #5
1975 Bobby Bare "Hard Time Hungrys" album charted to #33
1975 Charlie Rich "Greatest Hits" album charted to #14
1980 Anne Murray "Somebody's Waiting" album charted to #15
1986 Keith Whitley "LA To Miami" album charted to #26
1986 Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues" single charted to #35
1997 Tracy Byrd "Don't Love Make A Diamond Shine" single charted to #17

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Birthdays:-
1936 Leon Ashley born Leon Walton in Newton, County, Georgia - First artist to write, publish, record and distribute his own songs
1942 Rodney Dillard born in East St. Louis - The Dillards
1948 Joe Bonsall born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Oakridge Boys
1949 Gary Scruggs born in Knoxville, Tennessee - Earl Scruggs Revue
1952 George Strait born in Poteet, Texas
1969 *Troy Cassar-Daley
2001 *Lee Kernaghan's wife Robbie gave birth to Jet

Died:-
1997 *Rocky Emmett died - He liked to wear flamboyant clothes on stage - Toured the eastern states including with Buddy Williams - He recorded with daughter Julie Brentall - Rocky later became a gospel music singer (Born in Queensland 2 February 1925)

Events:-
1957 Rusty & Doug Kershaw made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry
1978 "The Buddy Holly Story" premiered in Dallas, Texas
1986 "Stagecoach" - made-for-TV movie starring Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and John Schneider debuted on CBS-TV
1986 Tom Ewing became one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys - He was guitarist and lead singer for the last ten years of Bill Monroe's career, appearing on Monroe's last three studio albums - He ended his tenure as a Blue Grass Boy in 1996 with a short break in early 1989
1993 City Of Greater Geelong was created by Royal Assent, combining the former municipalities for Bellarine, Corio, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and portions of South Barwon, Barrabool and Bannockburn - Geelong's first commercial radio station 3GL began broadcasting in 1930
2002 *Carrara Country Music Festival began at Carrara Sportsground on Gold Coast, Queensland

Recorded:-
1942 *Buddy Williams recorded "What A Pal My Mother Might Have Been To Me", "Where The White Face Cattle Roam", "My Pretty Quadroon", "Wonder Valley", "Blazin' The Trail" & "A Mother's Plea"
1974 *Dick & Gwen Eckert recorded an EP with Opal Records - "Vanishing Bushland", " Wait For Me Waltz", "It's Not Love" & "If God Is Dead"

Released:-
1999 Shenandoah "15 Favourites" album released on Captol
1999 Brad Paisley "Who Needs Pictures" album released on Arista
2004 "Cash, An American Man" authorized biography of Johnny Cash was released
2007 The Flat Mountain Girls "Idle Talk & Wicked Deeds" album released at the White Eagle Saloon, Portland, Oregon

Charted:-
1958 Don Gibson "I Can't Stop Loving You/Oh Lonesome Me" double sided single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #37 peaking at #3
1963 Buddy Cagle "Your Mother's Prayer" single charted to #29
1968 Glen Campbell "A New Place In The Sun" album charted to #1
1968 Flatt & Scruggs "Original Theme From Bonnie And Clyde" album charted to #26
1968 The Geezinslaw Brothers "The Geezinslaw Brothers & "Chubby" album charted to #29
1968 Bobby Lewis "An Ordinary Miracle" album charted to #40
1985 Alabama "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')" single charted to #1
1985 Ronnie Milsap "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" album charted to #1
1985 Lee Greenwood "Greatest Hits" album charted to #4
1985 Glen Campbell "(Love Always) Letter To Home" single charted to #14
1985 John Schneider "Tryin' To Outrun The Wind" album charted to #15
1985 Kenny Rogers "Love Is What We Make It" album charted to #17
1985 Lane Brody "He Burns Me Up" single charted to #29
1991 Garth Brooks "The Thunder Rolls" single charted to #1
1991 McBride And The Ride "Burnin' Up The Road" album charted to #27
1996 Mindy McCready "Ten Thousand Angels" album charted to #5
1996 Alabama "Say I" single charted to #38

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Birthdays:-
1921 Martha Carson born Irene Ethel Amburgey in Neon, Kentucky
1924 Lester Wilburn born in Hardy, Arkansas - Older brother of the Wilburn Brothers, Doyle & Teddy - They started their careers as children singing as the Wilburn Family which also included another brother Leslie and sister Vinita Geraldine - The Wilburn Family worked on KWKH, Shreveport, where they regularly appeared on the Louisiana Hayride
1938 Chip Young born Jerry Marvin Stembridge in Atlanta, Georgia
1940 Mickey Newbury born Milton Sim Newbury Jr in Houston, Texas
---- *Dave Pincombe born - 1980 Song of the Year Golden Guitar - "Three Empty Bottles" - Died October 12 2001

Died:-
1951 Billie Bennett died - Actress who made 32 films from 1914-1930 - Entered pictures as a 40 year old - Character actress who made two films with Charlie Chaplin "Tillie's Punctured Romance" & "Mabel's Busy Day" in 1914 - In many westerns with Franklyn Farnum, Bill Cody & William Fairbanks
2004 Marty Garner died - Country bass player who worked with Hank Williams Sr, Tex Ritter, Red Foley, Willie Nelson & Patsy Cline - Born Marvin Franklin Garner, 24 July 1926 in Riverside, Arkansas

Events:-
1945 WTTG-TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (DuMont Television Network) began operating as W3XWT - The first station in Washington, D.C. is now FOX 5
1960 Alan Freed The man who coined the term 'Rock and Roll' along with eight other disc-jockeys were accused of taking payola - Money privately paid to DJs by record companies or record promoters to get their records played on radio
1968 Pirate Radio Brumble out of Northern England began broadcasting
2001 Dollywood's Splash Country a US$20 million waterpark opened - Situated on 25 acres near Dollywood Middle Creek Road in Pigeon Forge - It features a 25,000 square-foot wave pool, family raft ride, lazy river, an interactive children's area, multi-person tube rides, two extreme body slides, shaded lounge areas and a restaurant

Recorded:-
1953 Jean Shepard recorded "A Dear John Letter" #1 single

Released:-
1998 Terri Clark "How I Feel" album released by Mercury Nashville
1998 The Stanley Brothers "Best Of The Best Of The Stanley Brothers" album released
1998 Ralph Stanley "Clinch Mountain Cowboy" album released on Rebel
1998 Restless Heart "Greatest Hits" album released on RCA
1998 Don Edwards "My Hero, Gene Autry" A Tribute" album released on Shanachie
1998 Stoney Edwards "Poor Folks Stuck Togerher: The Best Of Stoney Edwards" album released on Razor & Tie

Charted:-
1962 *Frankie Davidson "Have You Ever Been To See Kings Cross" single debuted at #34 on the Australian Top 40 Chart reaching #3
1973 John Fogarty "The Blue Ridge Rangers" album charted to #11
1973 Bob Luman "Neither One Of Us" album charted to #26
1979 Johnny Cash "(Ghosts) Riders In The Sky" single charted to #2
1984 The Statler Brothers "Atlanta Blue" album charted to #8
1984 Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers "Houston To Denver" album charted to #9
1984 Conway Twitty "By Heart" album charted to #18
1984 Sylvia "Surprise" album charted to #40

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1902 Oscar Davis born in Providence, Rhode Island - Artist management/promoter
1919 George Gobel born in Chicago, Illinois - WLS National Barn Dance - TV comedian
1946 Cher born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Cerrito, California -Singer/actress - Last name changed to La Pierre after being adopted - Had 11 pop Top 40 hits as Sonny & Cher from 1965-1972 - Married to Sonny Bono from 1963-1974 - Had 21 solo Top 40 hits from 1965-1991 - Only country single "It's Too Late To Love Me Now" reached #87
---- *Col Finley

Died:-
1944 Jack Cash died after a chainsaw accident in Arkansas, age 14 - Johnny Cash's
older brother
1962 Charlie Bowman died age 72 - The Hill Billies - Charlie Bowman & His Brothers

Events:-
1958 Don Gibson joined the Grand Ole Opry
2000 *Bill Wood was posthumously awarded the Queensland Recognition in Country Music award in Rockhampton, Queensland

Recorded:-

Released:-
1997 Buddy Emmons "Steel Guitar Jazz" album released on Mercury
1997 Doyle Lawson "Kept And Protected" album released on Sugar Hill
Charted:-
1961 *Lucky Starr "Someone Else's Roses" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #39 peaking at #37
1967 Jim Ed Brown "Pop A Top" single charted to #3
1967 Bobby Bare "Come Kiss Me" single charted to #14
1967 George Jones "Greatest Hits" album charted to #16
1967 Kitty Wells "Love Makes The World Go Round" album charted to #28
1972 Sammi Smith "Something Old, Something New, Something Blue" album charted to #17
1972 Elvis Presley "He Touched Me" album charted to #32
1972 Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan "Two Sides Of Jack & Misty" album charted to #35
1978 Johnny Cash "There Ain't No Chain Gang" single charted to #2
1978 Moe Bandy "That's Whats Makes The Juke Box Play" single charted to #11
1978 Debby Boone "God Knows/" single charted to #22
1989 Clint Black "Killin' Time" album charted to #1
1989 Garth Brooks self titled album charted to #2

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1921 Benny Cain born in New Haven, Connecticut - Husband and wife bluegrass duo Benny & Vallie Cain - Died 15 April 1993
1948 Leo Sayer born Gerard Hugh Sayer in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England

Died:-
1931 Charlie Poole died age 39
1996 Al "Lash" LaRue died age 78 - Cowboy Actor
2006 Billy Walker died age 77 - He and his wife, Betty Cook Walker 61, were killed in a car crash enroute from Foley, Alabama to Nashville - Band members Charles E Lilly Jr. 44, bass, mandolin; Daniel L Patton 40, guitar, banjo were also killed - Walkers' grandson Joshua Brooks 21, was hospitalised in a critical condition - Born 15 January 1929

Events:-
1956 Brenda Lee signed a recording contract with Decca Records
1994 Trisha Yearwood married Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks on stage at the Ryman Auditorium

Recorded:-

Released:-
2002 Ben Colder "Eskimos Mean Old Queens And Little Bitty Steers" album released
2002 Jeannie C Riley "The Very Best Of Jeannie C Riley" album released on Varese
2002 Joe Ely "From Lubbock To Laredo" The Best Of" album released on MCA

Charted:-
1949 Eddy Arnold "The Echo Of Your Footsteps" single charted to #2 - Double sided single
1949 Cecil Campbell's Tennessee Ramblers "Steel Guitar Ramble" single charted to #9
1966 Sonny James "True Love's A Blessing" album charted to #3
1966 Jimmy Bryant "Bryant's Back In Town" album charted to #27
1977 Waylon Jennings "Ol' Waylon" album charted to #1
1977 Freddy Fender"The Best Of" album charted to #4
1977 Kris Kristofferson"Songs Of Kristofferson" album charted to #8
1981 Atlanta"Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" single charted to #9
1983 Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings "Take It To The Limit" album charted to #3
1983 Bellamy Brothers "I Love My Mind" single charted to #4
1983 David Allan Coe "Casltles In The Sand" album charted to #8 - His biggest hit
1983 Lane Brody "Over You" single charted to #15
1983 Marty Robbins "A Lifetime Of Song1951-1982" album charted to #36
1988 K D Lang "Shadowland" album charted to #9
1988 The Burch Sisters "Everytime You Go Outside I Hope It Rains" single charted to #23 - Their biggest hit

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1889 Willie Narmour born in Carroll County, Mississippi - Fiddler
1892 Ralph Peer born - First country music talent scout and executive of the Victor Recording Company
1926 Omega "Miggie" Lewis born in Richmond County, Georgia - The Lewis Family
1945 *Terry Smith born
1953 Rich Alves born in Pleasanton, California - Pirates Of The Mississippi
1961 Dana Williams born - Bass player with Diamond Rio
1973 Susan Morrison Hill born in Nashville, Tennessee
1978 Ginnifer Goodwin born in Memphis, Tennessee - Television & film actress - Played Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife in the film"Walk the Line in 2005
2002 *Kasey Chambers gave birth to Talon Jordi Hopper - Father is Cori Hopper
---- *Karen O'Shea

Died:-
1998 Royce Kendall died - The Kendalls
2005 Terry Carisse died in Ottawa, Canada age 58 - Singer, songwriter, guitarist - He won many Canadian country music awards in the 1980's for singing and songwriting - (Born 11 July 1946)

Events:-
1954 KREX-TV CBS channel 5 in Grand Junction, Colorado begins broadcasting
1955 Jack Benny's radio program ends after 23 years - He made his own radio show debut in 1932 - His TV show ran from 1952-1965
1956 KRIS-TV NBC channel 6 in Corpus Christi, Texas begins broadcasting
1957 KBTX-TV CBS channel 3 in Bryan, Texas begins broadcasting

Recorded:-
1956 Lefty Frizzell recorded "Waltz Of The Angels" at his first Nashville recording session

Released:-
2001 Marty Robbins "Live Classics From The WSM Grand Ole Opry" album released on Audium
2007 *Mary Schneider "The Complete Collection" 2CD Yodelling The Classics albums released in the U.S. by Koch International

Charted:-
1965 George Jones "The Race Is On" album charted to #3
1971 Tammy Wynette "We Sure Can Love Each Other" album charted to #8
1975 *Lester Coombs "Wolf Creek Pass" single debuted at #37 on the Australian Top 40 Chart peaking at #28
1976 Mel Street"Greatest Hits" album charted to #26
1976 Billy Swan self titled album charted to #28
1982 Jerry Reed "The Man With The Golden Thumb" album charted to #10
1999 Chad Brock "Lightning Does The Work" single charted to #19
1999 Sherrie Austin "Never Been Kissed" single charted to #29

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1918 Yodeling Flo born Florence Morosco in Cardale, Pennsylvania - Performed on WWVA Original Jamboree
1925 Mac Wiseman born in Crimora, Virginia - Founding member, and served as the first Secretary of the Country Music Association in 1958
1944 Ken Irwin born in New York City - One of the founders of Rounder Records
1945 Misty Morgan born in Buffalo, New York - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
1948 Buddy Alan born Alvis Alan Owens in Mega, Arizona - Son of Buck Owens
1951 Judy Rodman born in Riverside, California - Singer/songwriter
1958 Shelley West born in Cleveland, Ohio
1964 *Colin Buchanan born
---- *Johnny Doyle

Died:-
1983 Rex Gosdin died age 45 - The Gosdin Brothers
1991 Ernie Lee died age 75

Events:-
1960 Merle Kilgore made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

Recorded:-

Released:-
2000 The Oakridge Boys "The Very Best Of The Country Gospel Years" album released

Charted:-
1964 Margie Bowes "Understand Your Gal" single charted to #26
1970 Tammy Wynette "Tammy's Touch" album charted to #1
1974 *Judy Stone "Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone" single debuted at #33 peaking at #3
1981 Alabama "Feels So Right" single charted to #1
1987 Anne Murray "Harmony" album charted to #9
1992 Brooks & Dunn "Boot Scootin' Boogie" charted to #1

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1935 Rusty York born Charles Edward York in Harlan County, Kentucky - Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio afer turning 17 -Bluegrass musician who turned to rockabilly in late 1950's before returning to bluegrass - He had his own record label Jewel Records
1943 Gerry Ford born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland - Moved to England age 16 and worked as a baker before moving to Scotland where he spent 11 years in the police force - Turned to music, full time in 1976 - Has recorded most of his albums in Nashville where he has also recorded duets with Jean Shepard - Known as Scotland's 'Mr Country', he has presented country music programs on BBC Radio, Scotland for many years
1946 *Joan Weaver born in Melbourne, Victoria
1947 Mike Reid born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
1949 Don Cook born in San Antonio, Texas - Producer/songwriter/publishing executive
1955 Rosanne Cash born in Memphis, Tennessee - Daughter of Johnny Cash & Vivian Liberto
1988 Billy Gilman born in Westerly, Rhode Island - Youngest artist in history to reach the Billboard country charts at age 11

Died:-
1965 Earl Johnson died in Georgia - Fiddler/banjoist/session musician
1991 Gene Clark died in Sherman Oaks, California
2005 Vivian Liberto died, California - Met Johnny Cash on July 18, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas - After he was discharged from the Air Force, they married on August 7, 1954 and moved to Memphis - They had four daughters, Rosanne, 1955; Kathy, 1956; Cindy, 1958 & Tara, 1961 - She filed for divorce in June 1966 - She married Richard Distin on January 11, 1968 in Las Vegas and moved to Ventura, California - Ginnifer Goodwin portrayed Vivian Liberto in the film "Walk the Line - Born 23 April 1934

Events:-
1852 Port Augusta South Australia named by exploring party A. L. Elder & J Grainger in the government yacht Yatala
1986 Garth Brooks married Sandy Mahl
2003 Buddy Jewell debuted on the Grand Ole Opry

Recorded:-

Released:-
1994 Restless Heart "Matters Of The Heart" album released on RCA

Charted:-
1946 Gene Autry "I Wish I Had Have Never Met Sunshine" single charted to #3
1969 Claude King "I Remember Johnny Horton" album charted to #24
1969 Del Reeves "Be Glad" single charted to #5
1975 Tanya Tucker self titled album charted to #8
1975 Billy Crash Craddock "Still Thinkin' About You" album charted to #11
1975 Connie Cato "Good Hearted Woman" album charted to #29
1975 La Costa "With All My Love" album charted to #33
1980 Urban Cowboy Soundtrack album charted to #1
1980 Rex Allen Jr "It's Over" single charted to #14
1980 Bellamy Brothers "Dancin' Cowboys" single charted to #1
1980 Floyd Cramer "Dallas" album charted to #29
1997 Sherrie Austin "Lucky In Love" single charted to #34

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1875 Dr Humphrey Bate born in Sumner County, Tennessee
1893 Ernest "Pop" Stoneman born in Monarat, Virginia - The Stonemans
1936 Tom T Hall born in a log cabin in Olive Hill, Kentucky
1943 Gerry Ford born in Athlone County, Westmeath, Eire - Moved to England at age 16 and later to Scotland - Country singer & country music presenter on BBC Radio Scotland for many years
1947 Jessie Colter born Miriam Johnson in Pheonix, Arizona

Died:-
1995 Dick Curless died age 63
2004 Herbert Sam died Opalousas, Louisiana - Zydeco musician brother of accordionist Ambrose Sam - Born 1924

Events:-
1949 *Horsham Victoria proclaimed a city
1951 Marty Robbins signed by Columbia Records
1973 Virgin Records launched in UK by Richard Branson - First release was "Tubular Bells" by Michael Oldfield
2007 Richard Weize founder and owner of German based Bear Family Records received a lifetime acheivement award from Belmont University, Nashville (for his work in producing CD reissues) at the International Country Music Conference at Belmont University

Recorded:-

Released:-
2001 The Mavericks "O What A Thrill: An Introduction To The Mavericks" album released on MCA

Charted:-
1967 Warner Mack "The Many Country Moods of Warner Mack" album charted to #21
1968 Loretta Lynn "Fist City" album charted to #1
1968 Charley Pride "Make Mine Country" album charted to #4
1968 Jim Ed Brown "The Enemy" single charted to #13
1968 Flatt & Scruggs "The Story Of Bonnie & Clyde" album charted to #23
1968 Del Reeves "Running Wild" album charted to #35
1968 Ernie Ashworth "A New Heart" single charted to #39
1974 Freddie Hart "Hang In There Girl" album charted to #6
1974 Sonny James "Is It Wrong" album charted to #22
1974 Henson Cargill "Shop And Smell The Roses" single charted to #29
1985 The Statler Brothers "Pardners In Rhyme" album charted to #
1985 Restless Heart self titled album charted to #10
1987 *Redgum "Roll It On Robbie" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #39 and peaking at #39
1991 Larry Boone "To Be With You" single charted to #34
1991 Lee Greenwood "A Perfect 10" duets album charted to #38
1996 Sammy Kershaw "Politics Religion And Her" album charted to #17
1996 Tracy Byrd "4 To 1 In Atlanta" single charted to #21

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1907 John Wayne born in Winterset, Iowa - "The Duke" starred in over 200 movies, many of them westerns - His only album "America, Why I Love You" a narrative tribute to America, charted to #13 Country in 1973
1944 Gates Nichols born in New York City - Condederate Railroad
1949 Hank Williams Jr. born Randall Hank Williams to Hank & Audrey Williams in Sheveport, Louisiana
1964 Adam Baker born in Oklahoma City - "Weren't You Listening" reached #46 in 1986
1971 Keith Gattis born in Austin, Texas

Died:-
1933 Jimmie Rodgers died in his hotel room in New York City age 35
1974 Onie Wheeler died age 62, on stage at the Ryman Auditorium, during Jimmy Snow's "Grand Ole Gospel Show" in Nashville
2002 Orville Couch died in U.S. - Hillbilly singer, performed on KRLD Big D Jamboree and WFAA Saturday Night Shindig - Songs include "Wild Girl", "Hello Trouble", "Easy Does It" & "Big Sandy" Born 21 February 1935
2003 Paul Everett Weaver died - Bluegrass guitar, fiddle, banjo - Member of The Briarhoppers Stringband - Born 1926
2003 Artie Bittner died in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania - Country rock guitarist, bassist who performed with David Frizzell and Jack Greene - Born Arthur E Bittner Jr 31 March 1963
2006 Cy Coben died in Atherton, California aged 87 - Songwriter whose career spanned jazz, pop & country born in Jersey City, New Jersey - Songs include "Old Piano Roll Blues", "Nobody's Child", "A Good Woman's Love", "Lonely Little Robin" & "I Want To Play House With You"
Events:-

Recorded:-

Released:-
1998 The Mavericks "It's Now! It's Live!" album released

Charted:-
1958 Johnny Cash "Guess Things Happen This Way"/ single charted to #1
1973 Bobby Bare "I Hate Goodbyes/Ride Me Down Easy" album charted to #31
1973 Connie Smith "A Lady Named Smith" album charted to #31
1979 Cliff Cochran "Love Me Like A Stranger" single charted to #24
1979 Debby Boone "Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart" single charted to #25
2001 Jeff Carson "Real Life (I Never Was The Same Again)" single charted to #14

[Heather]

Birthdays:-
1921 Redd Stewart born Henry Ellis Stewart in Ashland City, Tennessee
1925 Patsy Stoneman born in Galax, Virginia - The Stonemans
1927 *Allan "Swaney" Swanson born - Vocals - fiddle - dobro - guitar - mandolin - harmonica - banjo - Toured with Slim Dusty and was a session musician on many albums - Died on February 8 1985
1930 *Stan Coster born in Casino, N.S.W. - Australia's best Bush Ballad songwriter - Jobs include fencer, slaughterman, horsebreaker, kangaroo shooter, bulldozer driver, rodeo rider - Started writing songs in 1956 - Slim Dusty has recorded over 60 of his songs - Released his first album "My People" in 1979 - Died March 25 1997
1931 Kenny Price born in Florence, Kentucky - Singer/songwriter/ drummer/guitarist/banjoist/bass - Died 4 August 1987
1935 Len Chandler born in Akron, Ohio - Folk singer, guitarist, composer, poet, topical songwriter for radio, founder and co-director in Alternative Chorus-Songwriters Showcase, performer & recording artist
1939 Don Williams born in Floydada, Texas
1958 *Neil Finn born in Te Awamutu, NZ - Crowded House
1974 Alan Clark born - Lead singer of Clark Family Experience
1986 *Krystal Donnelly born - Lives Townsville, Queensland - Charters Towers heat winner in the Telstra Road To Tamworth 2006 Talent Quest - Her grandmother, a yodeler, traveled Australia with Lester's Follies
---- *Warren Derwent born
---- Murray Pulver born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, hometown is Winnipeg, Manitoba - Lead guitarist, vocalist with Canadian band Doc Walker

Died:-
1971 Bob Dunn died age 63 - Western swing/guitarist
2005 David Curlee Williams died aged 84 in Columbus, Ohio - Songwriter - Wrote "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" for Jerry Lee Lewis

Events:-
1703 Saint Petersburg Russia founded - Became capital of Russia on 8 May 1713 and later moved back to Moscow in 1918 - Renamed Petrograd on 31 August 1914 - Renamed Leningrad on 20 January 1924 and reverted back to Saint Petersburg on 6 September 1991
1951 The Wild Bill Hickock radio show began on the Mutual Radio network - Guy Madison (Wild Bill) and Andy Devine (Jingles) starred on the Mutual Network show, as well as the syndicated TV version
1951 Hoppyland Theme Park opened in Venice, California on a site originally called Ocean View Amusement Park/ Venice Amusement Park - Actor William Boyd who played Hopalong Cassidy became a business partner in 1951 - The park re-opened as Hoppyland Theme Park, and closed in 1954
1957 CHUM-AM radio Toronto becomes Canada's first Top 40 formatted radio station
1972 Opryland Park in Nashville opens for first time

Recorded:-

Released:-

Charted:-
1957 Johnny Cash "Next In Line"/ single charted to #9
1957 Eddy Arnold "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" single charted to #12
1967 Buck Owens "Buck Owens And His Buckaroos In Japan!" album charted to #1
1967 Ray Price "Danny Boy" album charted to #3
1967 Bobby Lewis "How Long Has It Been" album charted to #39
1972 George Jonesself titled album charted to #10
1981 Emmylou Harris "Mr Sandman" single debuted on the Australian Top 40 Chart at #30 peaking at #15
1989 Reba McEntire "Sweet Sixteen" album charted to #1
1989 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Two" album charted to #5
1989 Kenny Rogers "Something Inside So Strong" album charted to #10
1995 4 Runner self titled album charted to #27
1989 Oak Ridge Boys "Greatest Hits Volume Three" album charted to #22

[Chatter-box]

Heather, this list is so cool. Every day when I get to my computer I just look forward to seeing that link on my Email that says you've done it again. I love to see what happened on that day and it's fun to remember all those songs and artists. I love that "classic country". Thanks, Heather.

[Heather]

You're welcome. I'm glad you read it and enjoy it.