Country Music History August 16

Wishing you every blessing on this beautiful Sunday.

Today in 1969, the number 1 country single on the Billboard chart is "Workin' Man Blues" by Merle Haggard.

Dixie Chicks member, Emily Robison, was born in 1972 in Massachusetts.

Country Music Hall of Fame member, Elvis Presley, passed away in 1977 at his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

And in 2012, "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" by Luke Bryan reaches double platinum status

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