Country Music History August 16

Do you have the work day blues?  In 1969, Merle Haggard's "Workin' Man Blues" was #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

Co-founder of the Dixie Chicks, Emily Robison, was born August 16, 1972 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

One-half of the duo Dan + Shay, Dan Smyers was born in 1987 in Pennsylvania.

In 2012, "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" by Luke Bryan was certified double-platinum.

And in 1977, Elvis Presley died in his bathroom at Graceland Mansion in Memphis.