• RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • April 27, 2024 CDT
  • People
  • Timeline Help
  • An instant history for your favorite artists, plus producers, musicians, songwriters and others
  • Jul 31, 1937
    Bonnie Brown is born in Sparkman, Arkansas. She joins older siblings Maxine and Jim Ed in forming The Browns, whose million-selling crossover hit "The Three Bells" precedes their 1963 induction into the Grand Ole Opry and their 2015 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 21, 1967
    The Browns make their final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry as members, as Maxine and Bonnie Brown retire, leaving Jim Ed Brown to a solo career. Among the hits they play are "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)," "The Three Bells" and "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On"
    Jun 13, 1977
    Tom T. Hall records "I Wish I Loved Somebody Else" with Bonnie Brown and Maxine Brown on backing vocals at the Toy Box in Nashville
    Apr 27, 1996
    The Browns are reunited on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 28, 2015
    Bonnie Brown, of The Browns, announces she's been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer during a luncheon in Nashville
    Jul 2, 2016
    The Browns announce on Facebook that Bonnie Brown has been placed in a critical care unit as she battles cancer
    Jul 16, 2016
    Bonnie Brown, of The Browns, dies after a battle with lung cancer at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. The group applied traditional-pop harmonies to country songs in the 1950s and '60s, led by "The Three Bells." The Browns joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015

    Displaying : 1 - 7 of 7 / Page 1

  • The Ultimate Country Music Database
  •  

    RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.

     

    Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.

     

    From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.

     

    RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!