Country Music History

Saturday greetings!  Way back in 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Leonard Slye was born.  You know him better as Roy Rogers, star of many cowboy movies, husband of Dale Evans and member of the Sons of the Pioneers. In 2002, American Recordings released "American IV: The Man Comes Around", Johnny Cash's last album of new material issued during his life...

Here's Friday's edition of Country Music History. Singing "Someone Else's Star", Bryan White debuted at the Grand Ole Opry in 1995. Seeking treatment for addiction to pain killers, Tammy Wynette entered the Betty Ford Clinic in 1986. Looking at the Billboard country singles chart, the #1 song in 1978 was "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" sung by the fabulous Barbara Mandrell...

I found this interesting. I thought "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow" was written for the movie "O, Brother Where Art Thou." Well, it wasn't. The song was recorded for the first time in 1950 by The Stanley Brothers. The remake for the O'Brother movie was sung by "The Soggy Bottom Boys"...

Happy Wednesday and happy birthday to singer k. d. lang who was born November 2, 1961 in Consort, Alberta, Canada.  k.d. had a few huge country hits including "Constant Craving" and her remake of "Crying". Roy Acuff ran for governor of Tennessee in 1948 but lost to his opponent, Gordon Browning, by a margin of 2-1...

The first day of November bring us birthdays of several players in country music. "Whisperin' Bill", Bill Anderson was born in 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina.  Bill joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1961 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001...

Terrific Thursday greetings!  "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" singer, Charlie Daniels, was born October 27, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina.  Daniels joined the Grand Ole Opry in 2008 and the Country Music Hall of Fame recently in 2016...

A huge name in country music was born October 26, 1967.  Keith Urban was born in New Zealand.  Born in 1962 on October 26, singer Kristen Hall, founding member of Sugarland. Looking at the Billboard country singles chart, the #1 spot in 1991 is held by Travis Tritt and "Anymore"...

Yowza - three big country music birthdays today! Chely Wright, singer of "Single White Female",  was born October 25, 2970 in Kansas City, Missouri.  Sawyer Brown lead singer, Mark Miller, was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1958.  And Minnie Pearl was born in 1912 in Centerville,  Tennessee with the given name Sarah Colley...

Are you ready to face another work week?  Start it out right now with a dose of Country Music History! "Big Bad John" singer, Jimmy Dean, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2002, LeAnn Rimes sang the national anthem at the World Series in San Francisco...

Good Saturday to you! In 1963, David Allan Coe began serving a four-year prison sentence at Ohio State Penitentiary for car theft, possession of obscene materials and possession of burglary tools. Ernest Tubb was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965...