Willie Nelson #1 Yet Again
Mar 13, 2018
March 13th in Country Music History 1930: Country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star Jan Howard is born in West Plains, Missouri. 1963: Singer/songwriter Billy Yates is born in Doniphan, Missouri. 1980: Willie Nelson…
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Alan Jackson Scores First #1 Hit in 1991
Mar 12, 2018
March 12 in Country Music History 1938: Country singer and songwriter Lew DeWitt of The Statler Brothers fame is born on this day. DeWitt suffered from Crohn's disease and died on August 15, 1990. 1975:…
'Coal Miner's Daughter' Film Opens to Public
Mar 07, 2018
March 7th in Country Music History 1944: Townes Van Zandt, singer/song-writer, is born on this day in Fort Worth, Texas. 1973: “Dueling Banjos" by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel becomes one of the few 1970s…
Country Icon Tragically Killed in Tennessee Plane Crash
Mar 05, 2018
March 5th in Country Music History 1963: Music icons Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copus and Hawkshaw Hawkins are tragically killed near Camden, Tennessee when their plane flies into severe weather. 90 miles from their destination, the…
"Trio" Album is Released
Mar 02, 2018
March 2 in Country Music History 2010: Steve Miller & Kenny Chesney film for an installment of "CMT Crossroads" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. 2006: Former "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood returns to the FOX-TV show…
Alan Jackson is #1 on Country Music Album Charts
Feb 27, 2018
February 27th in Country Music History 1946: Sitting at #1 on the US Country Singles Chart is “Guitar Polka” by Al Dexter. The track goes on to spend a grand total of 16 weeks on…
Willie Nelson Wins With 'Always On My Mind'
Feb 23, 2018
February 23rd in Country Music History 1972: Country musician Steve Holy is born in Dallas, Texas. Holy went on to score 15 singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts. 1983: Willie Nelson wins Best Country…
Some Gave All is #1 on Charts
Feb 20, 2018
February 20th in Country Music History 1954: Webb Pierce’s "Slowly" becomes the first #1 song on Billboard's country charts to feature the pedal steel guitar. 1981: Musician Chris Thile is born in Oceanside, California. Thile…
Hank Williams Jr. on Grand Ole Opry
Feb 16, 2018
February 16th in Country Music History 1914: Actor and country Western music vocalist Jimmy Wakely is born is Howard County, Arkansas. Wakely was known as one of the last singing cowboys. 1950: American record producer…
Johnny Cash Stars in TV Film
Feb 15, 2018
February 15 in Country Music History 1917: Singer, manager, music promoter, and businessman Wally Fowler is born near Adairsville, Georgia. He was the founder of The Oak Ridge Quartet, a gospel act that eventually became…