Jul 10, 1967

Wynn Stewart records "Love's Gonna Happen To Me"

Jul 10, 1967

Fiddler Hoyle Nix, who wrote the western-swing classic "Big Ball's In Cowtown," marries Joy Franklin in Durant, Oklahoma

Jul 10, 1967

Capitol releases Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe"

Jul 10, 1967

Kenny Rogers leaves The New Christy Minstrels

Jul 10, 1967

Roy Acuff and Wesley Rose attend as Acuff-Rose opens a new, multi-million-dollar building on Franklin Road in Nashville

Jul 10, 1966

Bill Monroe performs on the same bill with Flatt & Scruggs at a bluegrass festival at Whippoorwill Park near Warrenton, Virginia. It marks the first time Monroe has been willing to share the stage with his former band members since they left him in 1948

Jul 10, 1966

When Neil Young spots Buffalo Springfield associate Richard Davis being shook up by police over a parking ticket in front of The Whisky in Los Angeles, he tries to assist Davis. He ends up jailed and receives multiple lacerations and head injuries

Jul 10, 1965

Connie Smith's self-titled debut reaches #1 on the Billboard country albums chart

Jul 10, 1965

Wreck on the highway: Roy Acuff, guitarist June Stearns and steel player Shot Jackson are injured in a near-fatal car crash in east Tennessee. Acuff has a pair of pelvic fractures and a broken collarbone. Stearns never returns to the band

Jul 10, 1965

Ken Mellons is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. The deep-voiced singer earns a 1994 hit with "Jukebox Junkie"