Aug 12, 1957

Decca releases Patsy Cline's "Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray"

Aug 12, 1956

Danny Shirley is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He fronts Confederate Railroad, whose mix of country and Southern rock gives them a biker image and a handful of 1990s hits, including "Trashy Women," "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" and "Queen Of Memphis"

Aug 12, 1956

Webb Pierce records "Teenage Boogie" at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville. He also makes his first pass at "Cryin' Over You," though he discards it in favor of a version he records in November

Aug 12, 1955

Elvis Presley performs a concert at Driller Park in Kilgore, Texas. In the audience is Bob Luman, who is so inspired that he forsakes traditional country for a future path in rockabilly-tinged country

Aug 12, 1954

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is born in Lee's Summit, Missouri. He eventually becomes a Grammy nominee in the country genre

Aug 12, 1949

Coral releases Kenny Roberts' remake of "Jealous Heart"

Aug 12, 1949

Mark Knopfler is born in London. The Dire Straits guitarist shares Grammys with Chet Atkins, and writes "The Bug," by Mary Chapin Carpenter; "Setting Me Up," by Highway 101; and "When It Comes To You," by John Anderson

Aug 12, 1948

Songwriter Jerry Vandiver is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He authors Tim McGraw's "For A Little While" and Gene Watson's "Don't Waste It On The Blues"

Aug 12, 1947

Red Foley records "Tennessee Saturday Night" and "Blues In My Heart" at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville

Aug 12, 1944

Movie theaters welcome "Sing, Neighbor, Sing," with appearances by Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys and Lulu Belle & Scotty