Country Music History July 18

It's a sultry Saturday.  Find a way to stay cool!

Today is Ricky  Skaggs birthday.  Ricky was born in 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky.  A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Ricky was named Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1985.

"Dang Me" was Roger Miller's first #1 Billboard country single.  The year 1964.

In 1986 after working with them for 28 years, Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash's contract.  They didn't notify Johnny; he found out by reading it in the newspaper.

And in 2008, Garth Brooks joined headliner Billy Joel on stage at Shea Stadium; the duo sang "Shameless".