Country Music History July 27

"Ode to Billie Joe" was a huge, huge hit for Bobbie Gentry.  Bobbie was born this date in 1944 in Chickasaw, Mississippi with the given name, Roberta Streeter.

Sawyer Brown guitarist, Duncan Cameron, was born in 1956 in Utica, New York.

Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" is #1 on the Billboard charts in 1963.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D C was dedicated this date in 1995.  Billy Ray Cyrus performed at the dedication, singing "Some Gave All".