Country Music History July 31

Hey, Hey, Hey!   It's Fridaayyyy!!!  Have a spectacular weekend!

Way back when in 1948, country music stars first appeared on national TV.  Kitty Wells, Eddy Arnold and others taped a show at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. The show was broadcast to five major cities in the U.S.

During a thunderstorm in Brentwood, Tennessee in 1964, Jim Reeves and musician Dean Manuel died in a plane crash.  Rescue workers searched for three days before they discovered the plane wreckage.

"Why" by Jason Aldean achieved gold single status in 2008.

And happy birthday to Zac Brown born this date in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia.