- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- December 30, 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 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
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
Jul 29, 2018
Songwriter Ronnie Samoset dies. He authored Doug Stone's "A Jukebox With A Country Song," Sawyer Brown's "(This Thing Called) Wantin' And Havin' It All" and Patty Loveless' "I'm That Kind Of Girl"
Aug 22, 2018
Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at his Nashville home. King co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and received co-writing credit on the Kid Rock country hit "All Summer Long," built on the "Sweet Home" signature riff
Aug 26, 2018
Pop songwriter/producer Tony Hiller dies in London. He enjoyed country hits with Ed Bruce's "Nights" and Margo Smith's "Save Your Kisses For Me"
Oct 1, 2018
Charles Aznavour dies at his home in France. The singer, songwriter and actor penned Roy Clark's 1969 country hit "Yesterday, When I Was Young"
Oct 11, 2018
Songwriter Carol Hall dies at her home in New York after a three-year battle with dementia. Noted primarily for her Broadway work, she composed the music for "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas." Dolly Parton created a holiday classic with one of those songs, "Hard Candy Christmas"
Oct 24, 2018
Singer/songwriter Tony Joe White dies at home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, following a heart attack. He earned a pop hit as an artist with "Polk Salad Annie" and had country hits as a songwriter of Hank Williams Jr.'s "A Rainy Night In Georgia" and Jacky Ward's "That's The Way A Cowboy Rocks And Rolls"
Oct 27, 2018
Freddie Hart dies in Burbank, California. Named the ACM Entertainer of the Year in March 1972, he also joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004, paced by his gold single "Easy Loving"
Displaying : 620 - 630 of 715 / Page << | 1... | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | ...72 | >>
- 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!