Mar 28, 1950

Hank Snow records "I'm Moving On" at Brown Radio Productions on Fourth Avenue North during his first Nashville session

Mar 28, 1949

Columbia releases George Morgan's double-sided hit, "Rainbow In My Heart" backed with "All I Need Is Some More Lovin'"

Mar 28, 1949

Keyboard player Milan Williams is born in Okolona, Mississippi. He joins the 1970s R&B act The Commodores, whose ballad "Three Times A Lady" is successfully covered as a country hit by Conway Twitty

Mar 28, 1948

Nat "King" Cole marries the former Marie Hawkins at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. They have a daughter, Natalie Cole, who will become a Country Music Association awards nominee

Mar 28, 1948

Jimmy Wakely is The Melody Kid in "Oklahoma Blues," debuting in movie theaters. His supporting musicians include Fiddlin' Arthur Smith

Mar 28, 1948

Gerry House is born in Covington, Kentucky. The morning show host for WSIX-FM in Nashville, House doubles as a songwriter, writing Reba McEntire's "Little Rock," George Strait's "The Big One" and Pam Tillis' "The River And The Highway"

Mar 28, 1947

Having previously used a guitar on his recording sessions, Grandpa Jones holds his first session in Nashville, playing a banjo for the first time

Mar 28, 1941

Session musician Charlie McCoy is born in Oak Hill, West Virginia. A versatile instrumentalist, he plays on classics by George Jones, Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison and others on his way to 2009 entry in the Country Music Hall of Fame

Mar 28, 1937

Dean Webb is born in Independence, Missouri. He plays mandolin for The Dillards, a bluegrass act that influences The Eagles and regularly appears as The Darlings on "The Andy Griffith Show"

Mar 28, 1936

Gospel giant Bill Gaither is born in Alexandria, Indiana. He writes "He Touched Me," recorded by Elvis Presley, whose version ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"