About Us
  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • December 21, 2024 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
  •    
    • May 4, 1953
    Justin Tubb begins working as a deejay on radio station WHIN in Gallatin, Tennessee
    Jun 1, 1953
    Jim Reeves' role as an announcer for KWKH's The Louisiana Hayride comes to an end as disc jockey Norman Bale replaces him. Reeves is free to work The Hayride strictly as a performer
    Jul 16, 1953
    More than 20 years after the band's leader started his career in Texas, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys return to the Lone Star State, beginning a regular appearance on KGNC Radio in Amarillo
    Sep 19, 1953
    The first full-time country station, KDAV, debuts in Lubbock, Texas. Among those who work for the station: Buddy Holly, who's frequently visited in the studio by rival disc jockey Waylon Jennings
    Nov 5, 1953
    Elton Britt begins a daily radio show on WCOP in Boston
    Nov 7, 1953
    Richmond, Virginia, radio station WXGI bans Webb Pierce's "There Stands The Glass" from its airwaves, suggesting the song's alcoholic message would negatively influence younger listeners
    Nov 8, 1953
    Buddy Holly makes his radio debut, performing Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" on "The Buddy And Jack Show" on KDAV in Lubbock, Texas
    Jul 8, 1954
    While Elvis Presley watches "High Noon" at the Suzore movie theater, disc jockey Dewey Phillips plays "That's All Right" 14 times in a row on WHBQ in Memphis
    Jul 17, 1954
    "The Ozark Jubilee" debuts as an ABC radio show, airing from the Jewell Theater in Springfield, Missouri, with host Red Foley
    Dec 26, 1954
    The Mutual Broadcasting Network airs "The Shadow" for the last time. The radio mystery, noted for the catch phrase "Only the shadow knows," is hailed in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1972 hit "Do You Remember These"



    Displaying : 140 - 150 of 586 / Page << | 1... | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ...59 | >>

  • 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!