EventID | Date | Event | Venue | City | StateID |
7262 | Oct 29, 1982 | Alabama makes its Grand Ole Opry debut | Grand Ole Opry House | Nashville | tn |
7248 | Oct 26, 2000 | Garth Brooks announces his plans to retire from touring during a party to celebrate his... | Gaylord Entertainment Center | Nashville | tn |
7146 | Sep 6, 1963 | Mark Chesnutt is born in Beaumont, Texas. With honky tonk forming the center point for his music,... | Beaumont | tx | |
7142 | Sep 6, 1957 | Joe Smyth is born in Portland, Maine. He becomes the drummer for Sawyer Brown, behind the kit for... | Portland | me | |
7138 | Sep 6, 1939 | David Allan Coe is born in Akron, Ohio, an event he calls "the first of a long line of crimes... | Akron | oh | |
7117 | Sep 5, 1957 | Elvis Presley records "Blue Christmas" to begin three days of sessions for his first... | Radio Recorders | Los Angeles | ca |
7115 | Sep 5, 1955 | Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "Sixteen Tons" on his daytime variety show. Fan mail pours in, and Ford... | |||
7113 | Sep 5, 1951 | Drummer Jamie Oldaker is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A part of Eric Clapton's band for much of the... | Tulsa | ok | |
7075 | Sep 4, 1946 | Guitarist Don Potter is born in Glens Falls, New York. After arranging Dan Hill's 1978 pop hit... | Glens Falls | ny | |
7073 | Sep 3, 1996 | Capitol releases Deana Carter's album "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" | |||
7064 | Sep 3, 1961 | Loretta Lynn signs with Decca Records | |||
7058 | Sep 3, 1925 | Hank Thompson is born in Waco, Texas. His mix of honky-tonk and Western swing makes him one of... | Waco | tx | |
7053 | Jun 11, 2001 | Lonestar's "I'm Already There" video debuts on CMT's "Most Wanted Live" | |||
7002 | Oct 1, 1968 | Kelly Willis is born in Lawton, Oklahoma. She earns critical acclaim during the 1990s for her... | Lawton | ok | |
7001 | Oct 6, 1998 | Alabama is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Los... | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Los Angeles | ca |
7000 | Oct 4, 2001 | The Country Music Hall of Fame inducts 12 new members: The Everly Brothers, Sam Phillips, Bill... | Country Music Hall of Fame | Nashville | tn |
6986 | Aug 10, 2001 | The Dixie Chicks' Martie Seidel marries Gareth Maguire in Kailua, Hawaii | Kailua | ha | |
6980 | Nov 27, 2014 | Cole Swindell, riding a Domino Sugar float, sings "Chillin' It" as snow falls during the... | New York | ny | |
6967 | Sep 28, 1984 | MCA releases George Strait's album "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" | |||
6925 | Oct 5, 2001 | Delayed twice in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,... | |||
6917 | Sep 18, 1998 | Reba McEntire receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to Meryl Streep's star, at 7018... | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Los Angeles | ca |
6916 | Oct 3, 1998 | Willie Nelson holds Farm Aid '98 at the New World Music Theatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, with... | Tweeter Center | Tinley Park | il |
6911 | Sep 2, 1991 | Capitol releases Garth Brooks' album "Ropin' The Wind" | |||
6909 | Sep 2, 1978 | Kathy Mattea moves to Nashville with a mattress on top of her car | Nashville | tn | |
6905 | Sep 2, 1973 | Jerry Lewis gets help on his muscular dystrophy telethon from country stars Johnny Cash, Roy Clark,... | |||
6903 | Sep 2, 1959 | Drummer Paul Deakin is born in Miami, Florida. He helps found The Mavericks, whose eclectic brand... | Miami | fl | |
6890 | Sep 1, 1983 | The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S.... | |||
6872 | Sep 1, 1950 | Drummer Steve Goetzman is born in Louisville, Kentucky. He joins Exile, whose mix of country, rock... | Louisville | ky | |
6869 | Sep 1, 1933 | Harold Jenkins is born in Friars Point, Mississippi. As Conway Twitty, he leaves a pop/rock career... | Friars Point | ms | |
6865 | Oct 15, 1960 | Loretta Lynn makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing "I'm A Honky Tonk... | Ryman Auditorium | Nashville | tn |
6838 | Aug 30, 1983 | RCA releases Kenny Rogers' album "Eyes That See In The Dark" | |||
6828 | Aug 30, 1949 | Hank Williams records "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" and "I Just... | E.T. Herzog Studio | Cincinnati | oh |
6824 | Aug 30, 1919 | Muriel Deason is born in Nashville. Known publicly as Kitty Wells, her 1952 single "It Wasn't... | Nashville | tn | |
6822 | Aug 29, 1995 | K.T. Oslin has quadruple-bypass heart surgery at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital | Saint Thomas Hospital | Nashville | tn |
6804 | Aug 29, 1952 | Songwriter Don Schlitz is born in Durham, North Carolina. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of... | Durham | nc | |
6803 | Aug 29, 1927 | Jimmy C. Newman is born in High Point, Louisiana. He becomes the rare Cajun artist to achieve... | High Point | la | |
6801 | Aug 28, 1992 | "Honeymoon In Vegas," starring Nicolas Cage and parachuting Elvis impersonators,... | |||
6797 | Aug 28, 1982 | LeAnn Rimes is born in Jackson, Mississippi. After releasing her first hit, "Blue," at... | Jackson | ms | |
6792 | Aug 28, 1973 | Tanya Tucker records "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)" in Nashville. While... | Columbia Recording Studios | Nashville | tn |
6789 | Aug 28, 1968 | Tammy Wynette writes and records "Stand By Your Man" at the Columbia Recording Studio in... | Columbia Recording Studios | Nashville | tn |
6785 | Aug 28, 1965 | Eileen Edwards is born in Windsor, Ontario. As Shania Twain, she becomes the first woman to sell... | Windsor | cn | |
6784 | Aug 29, 1956 | Keyboard player Dan Truman is born in St. George, Utah. He joins Diamond Rio, whose tight harmonies... | St. George | ut | |
6777 | Aug 27, 1990 | Capitol releases Garth Brooks' album "No Fences" | |||
6767 | Aug 27, 1961 | Jeffrey Steele is born in Burbank, California. He helps found the band Boy Howdy before piling up... | Burbank | ca | |
6764 | Aug 27, 1957 | Bill Anderson writes "City Lights" on the roof of the three-story Hotel Andrew Jackson in... | Hotel Andrew Jackson | Commerce | ga |
6762 | Aug 27, 1949 | Guitarist/vocalist Jeff Cook is born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He founds the band Alabama with two... | Fort Payne | al | |
6756 | Aug 26, 2000 | Pam Tillis joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing "All The Good Ones Are Gone" and... | Grand Ole Opry House | Nashville | tn |
6748 | Aug 26, 1974 | John Denver records "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los... | Universal Amphitheatre | Los Angeles | ca |
6742 | Aug 26, 1961 | Guitarist Jimmy Olander is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a member of Diamond Rio,... | Minneapolis | mn | |
6726 | Aug 25, 1970 | Jo Dee Messina is born in Holliston, Massachusetts. After releasing her first album in 1996, she... | Holliston | ma |