Sep 22, 1969

Buck Owens & The Buckaroos perform "Tall Dark Stranger" on the premiere episode of "The Music Scene" on ABC-TV. Also in the lineup: Tom Jones, James Brown and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Sep 22, 1969

Capitol releases the album "The Band." It includes "Up On Cripple Creek," named by the Country Music Foundation in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 all-time greatest singles

Sep 22, 1968

The Jordanaires sing "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" during Red Foley's funeral at the Madison Church of Christ in Tennessee. Others in attendance include Minnie Pearl, Porter Wagoner, Roy Acuff, Brenda Lee, Grandpa Jones, Webb Pierce and Pat Boone

Sep 22, 1967

While shooting "The Bill Anderson Show" at the WSIX-TV studios in Nashville, Jan Howard's briefcase falls off the trunk of her car. A man in an Oldsmobile picks it up and drives off, taking her tax records, personal documents and tranquilizers

Sep 22, 1967

With "Bonnie And Clyde" in theaters, Mercury releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' theme music to the movie, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

Sep 22, 1963

"To All The Girls I've Loved Before" singer Julio Iglesias suffers a compressed spine in a near-fatal car crash in Madrid, Spain. He learns to play guitar during his recovery

Sep 22, 1963

"The Real McCoys" airs for the final time on CBS, ending a six-year run for the hayseed series. The previous year, the sitcom's star, Walter Brennan, earned a country hit with the recitation "Old Rivers"

Sep 22, 1963

Jerry Lee Lewis holds his first recording session for Smash Records at the Phillips Recording Studio in Nashville

Sep 22, 1962

Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan performs at Carnegie Hall in a concert organized by folk figure Pete Seeger. Dylan writes such country hits as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," "It Ain't Me, Babe," "To Make You Feel My Love" and "You Ain't Going Nowhere"

Sep 22, 1961

Hawkshaw Hawkins conducts his final recording session with Columbia Records. Shortly thereafter, he returns to the King label, with whom he'd previously amassed a half-dozen hits