COUNTRY HISTORY
August 15th: On this day
Aug 15, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1965, The Beatles set a new world record for the largest attendance at a pop concert when they played in front of 55,600 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City.…
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August 14th: On this day
Aug 14, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1976 Waylon Jennings was at #1 on the US country album chart with Are You Ready for the Country. Its title track is a song from Neil Young's seminal 1972 album Harvest.Despite the title,…
August 10th: On this day
Aug 10, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 2009 Brooks & Dunn announced that they were breaking up in 2010 after 20 years as a duo. Signed to Arista Records in 1991, the duo recorded ten studio albums, one Christmas…
August 9th: On this day
Aug 09, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 2003 Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett were at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with the Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins penned song, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". The song spent a total…
August 8th: On this day
Aug 08, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 2017 American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor Glen Campbell died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 81. He became a patient at an Alzheimer's long-term care and treatment facility in 2014.…
August 7th: On this day
Aug 07, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1954 Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto at St Ann's Catholic Church in Memphis. The couple had four daughters: Rosanne (born May 24, 1955); Kathleen (born April 16, 1956); Cindy (born July 29,…
August 6th: On this day
Aug 06, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1990 Capitol Records released "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks. The first single from his second album, No Fences, the song spent four weeks at #1 on the US country singles charts. The…
August 2nd: On this day
Aug 02, 2018 by Rick Watts
Born on this day in 1935, was Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, ("I Fall…
August 1st : On this day
Aug 01, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1984 Hank Williams Jr. shot the video to "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight." Directed by John Goodhue the video features artists such as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech and…
July 31st: On this day
Jul 31, 2018 by Rick Watts
On this day in 1964, A private aircraft piloted by Jim Reeves crashed during a thunderstorm near Nashville, Tennessee. Both Reeves and business partner Dean Manuel were killed in the crash; their bodies are found two…
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