RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database

RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
January 6, 2025 CST
Miscellaneous
Timelines Help
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

Oct 17, 1971

'N Sync's Chris Kirkpatrick is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group joins Alabama when the country band records a successful remake of 'N Sync's own "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You"

Oct 20, 1971

Rapper Snoop Dogg is born in Long Beach, California. He improbably becomes a Country Music Association awards nominee in 2012 after joining Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson and Kris Kristofferson on "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die"

Nov 19, 1971

Tony Rich is born in Detroit. The R&B singer earns a 1996 hit with "Nobody Knows," written in part by his brother. Kevin Sharp re-records it as a country single

Jan 27, 1972

Singer/songwriter Deric Ruttan is born in Bracebridge, Ontario. Among his writing credits are Dierks Bentley's "What Was I Thinkin'," Eric Church's "Hell On The Heart" and Blake Shelton's "Mine Would Be You"

Feb 4, 1972

Songwriter/producer Frank Rogers is born in Florence, South Carolina. He oversees hits for Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Josh Turner and Granger Smith, among others. His compositions include Paisley's "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Scotty McCreery's "Five More Minutes" and Darius Rucker's "This"

Feb 23, 1972

Steve Holy is born in Dallas, Texas. He earns a major hit with his ballad "Good Morning Beautiful" in 2001, returning to prominence five years later with the rambunctious "Brand New Girlfriend"

Mar 26, 1972

Musician Bernie Herms is born in London, Ontario. He plays piano on a number of Brad Paisley hits, including "We Danced," "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" and "He Didn't Have To Be"

Mar 28, 1972

Songwriter/bass player Jerry Flowers is born in West Virginia. A member of Keith Urban's road band, Flowers writes Sam Hunt's "House Party," Billy Currington's "Do I Make You Wanna" and Jason Aldean's "A Little More Summertime"

Apr 5, 1972

Pat Green is born in San Antonio, Texas. He becomes a major artist in the Lone Star State while recording on his own label. He earns a Grammy nomination in 2003, the same year he nets his first hit, "Wave On Wave"

Apr 5, 1972

Waylon Payne is born in Nashville, the son of Sammi Smith and Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne. Named for Waylon Jennings, he appears in the movie "Walk The Line" and writes Lee Ann Womack's "Solitary Thinkin'"

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!