Country Music History April 6

Merle Haggard.  The name speaks for itself.  The legend.  The singer of "Okie From Muskogee", "Mama Tried", "If We Make It Through December" and a host of other country hits, was born April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California.

In 2007 singing "All My Friends Say", Luke Bryan made his Grand Ole Opry debut.

What proved to be a mega-hit and a dance craze, in 1992 Mercury records released "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus.

Looking at the Billboard country singles charts, "Gone" by Ferlin Husky is in the #1 position in 1957; and in 1991, Garth Brooks and "Two Of A Kind Workin' On A Full House".

The First Lady of Country Music, Tammy Wynette, died at her home in Nashville April 6, 1998.