Mar 7, 1960

Johnny Horton records "Sleepy-Eyed John" just before midnight at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville

Mar 7, 1959

Throw this in the grocery bag, too: Walter Brennan, who will earn a 1962 country hit with the recitation "Old Rivers," appears on the cover of TV Guide

Mar 7, 1957

Ray Price records "I'll Be There (When You Get Lonely)" and takes his first swipe at "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" during a five-hour session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville

Mar 7, 1956

Merle Travis and actress Judy Hayden are divorced, after seven years of marriage

Mar 7, 1955

Capitol releases Ferlin Husky's "Cuzz Yore So Sweet," under the alias Simon Crum

Mar 7, 1955

Decca releases Al Hibbler's pop hit "Unchained Melody." The song finds new life in country music decades later, becoming a hit in 1978 for Elvis Presley and again in 1997 for LeAnn Rimes

Mar 7, 1953

Four Star releases Jimmy Dean's "Bumming Around"

Mar 7, 1953

Rock drummer Kenny Aronoff is born in Albany, New York. After establishing himself with John Mellencamp, he plays on country hits by Travis Tritt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Willie Nelson and Jake Owen

Mar 7, 1953

Patsy Cline marries Gerald Cline in Frederick, Maryland

Mar 7, 1951

Webb Pierce conducts his first recording session for Decca Records, at the Castle Studio in Nashville. The session includes "Drifting Texas Sand," which he re-records nine years later