Nov 6, 1954

Webb Pierce begins a nine-week run at the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "More And More"

Nov 6, 1954

Future country hitmaker George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, appear on the cover of TV Guide

Nov 6, 1954

Elvis Presley signs a one-year contract to play "The Louisiana Hayride" every Saturday for $18-a-week

Nov 6, 1953

The Osborne Brothers perform publicly for the first time

Nov 6, 1948

Little Jimmy Dickens officially joins the cast of the Grand Ole Opry

Nov 6, 1948

Elvis Presley's family moves from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis

Nov 6, 1948

Glenn Frey is born in Detroit, Michigan. As a member of The Eagles, he contributes to the country-rock movement. The Eagles score a lone country hit, "Lyin' Eyes," but are lionized with the album "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"

Nov 6, 1947

Hank Williams records "Honky Tonkin'" and "I'm A Long Gone Daddy" at Nashville's Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel

Nov 6, 1944

"Lights Of Old Santa Fe" debuts, rounding up Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes and The Sons Of The Pioneers in a movie built around a rodeo crime

Nov 6, 1943

Hank Locklin and wife Willa Jean have a son, Maurice Locklin