- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- December 22, 2024 CST
Miscellaneous-
Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events -
Mar 23, 2018
Bluegrass fiddler Lester Woodie dies at Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia. He was a former member of The Stanley Brothers' bluegrass band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, playing on their seminal record "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
Mar 28, 2018
Songwriter Kenny O'Dell dies in Franklin, Tennessee. A 1996 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he authored Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Tanya Tucker's "Lizzie And The Rainman" and The Judds' "Mama He's Crazy"
Apr 17, 2018
Guitarist/songwriter/producer Randy Scruggs dies. He authored Deana Carter's "We Danced Anyway" and Billy Joe Royal's "Love Has No Right"; produced Sawyer Brown and Earl Thomas Conley; and played on hits by George Strait, Vince Gill, Waylon Jennings and Miranda Lambert
May 21, 2018
Retired recording engineer Glenn Snoddy dies of congestive heart failure at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He founded Nashville's Woodland Sound recording studio, and ran tape for numerous classics, including Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga" and Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry"
May 24, 2018
Drummer Roger Clark dies of a heart attack at his home in Alabama. He played on Eddy Raven's "I Should've Called," Narvel Felts' "Reconsider Me" and Hank Williams Jr.'s "Family Tradition"
Jun 2, 2018
Bass player Wayne Secrest dies at Lexington Country Place in Kentucky after a lengthy illness. He was a founding member of Confederate Railroad, known for a mix of country and Southern rock that influenced the 1990s country hits "Trashy Women," "Queen Of Memphis" and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"
Jun 13, 2018
Drummer D.J. Fontana dies in his sleep at his Nashville home. An associate of Elvis Presley, he played on "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel," plus country hits by Dolly Parton, Charley Pride and Waylon Jennings
Jun 29, 2018
Songwriter Brandon Church dies in Granite Falls, North Carolina, following a series of seizures related to chronic alcohol use. He co-wrote "How 'Bout You," a hit by his brother, Eric Church
Jun 30, 2018
Bluegrass mandolin player Dean Webb dies. He was a member of The Dillards, a band that influenced The Eagles and made recurring appearances on the 1960s on "The Andy Griffith Show"
Jul 5, 2018
Former engineer and producer Jim Malloy dies. He ran the boards for recording sessions by Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton and produced Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
Displaying : 1860 - 1870 of 2092 / Page << | 1... | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | ...210 | >>
- The Ultimate Country Music Database
RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.
Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.
From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.
RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!