About Us
  • 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
    • Mar 17, 1919
    Pop singer Nat "King" Cole is born in Montgomery, Alabama. He charts more than 100 records during his career, including the original version of "Mona Lisa," which becomes a country hit for Moon Mullican, Jimmy Wakely and Willie Nelson
    Aug 1, 1922
    Marie Hawkins is born in Boston, Massachusetts. She becomes the second wife of Nat "King" Cole, marrying him in 1948, and the mother of Country Music Association awards nominee Natalie Cole
    Jul 28, 1936
    Eddie Cole's Swingsters record two songs for Decca. The session marks the first for Nat "King" Cole, who will earn a pair of country hits eight years later
    Jan 27, 1937
    Nat "King" Cole marries his first wife, Nadine Robinson, in Michigan. He appears seven years later in early versions of the Billboard country chart
    Nov 15, 1943
    The comedy "Here Comes Elmer" opens in movie houses with appearances by Dale Evans and Nat "King" Cole
    Nov 30, 1943
    The King Cole Trio holds its first Capitol Records session, recording "Straighten Up And Fly Right" at the C.P. MacGregor Studios in Los Angeles. The song lands on an early version of the Billboard country charts when they debut the following year
    Jun 10, 1944
    The King Cole Trio recording "Straighten Up And Fly Right" tops an early version of the Billboard country singles chart
    Jul 31, 1944
    "Swing In The Saddle" appears in movie theaters, with bass player Gil Taylor making his first on-screen appearance with The Hoosier Hot Shots. The western's cast also features Cousin Emmy, Jimmy Wakely & His Oklahoma Cowboys, Red River Dave McEnery and Nat "King" Cole
    Oct 17, 1944
    Carol Cole is born in West Medford, Massachusetts, just months after Nat "King" Cole made a couple of unlikely appearances on an early version of Billboard's country charts. The singer subsequently adopts her
    Mar 22, 1948
    Nat "King" Cole divorces his first wife, Nadine, who co-wrote "I Can't See For Lookin'." The song appeared four years earlier on Billboard's folk chart, an early version of its country hit list
    Displaying : 1 - 10 of 53 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

  • 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!