• RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • December 26, 2024 CST

  • Places
  • State Help
  •    
  • Feb 28, 1959
    Playwright Maxwell Anderson dies in Stamford, Connecticut, two days after suffering a stroke. Anderson co-wrote "September Song," which becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson 20 years later
    Jun 9, 1960
    Broadway composer Cole Porter, co-writer of the 1945 country hit "Don't Fence Me In," receives an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut
    Jun 12, 1960
    Record producer Eli Oberstein dies in Westport, Connecticut. Among his credits are pioneering records by Ernest Tubb, The Delmore Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys and The Monroe Brothers
    Aug 7, 1962
    Banjo player Alison Brown is born in Hartford, Connecticut. She becomes a critically acclaimed Nashville musician, forming her own label, Compass Records, with husband Garry West and winning a Grammy award in 2001
    Jul 22, 1963
    Emily Saliers is born in New Haven, Connecticut. She joins Amy Ray to form the folk duo Indigo Girls, enlisted to sing background vocals on Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1993 country hit "The Hard Way"
    Sep 25, 1963
    Keyboard player Billy Welch is born in Greenwich, Connecticut. After playing in the road bands of Trace Adkins, Julie Reeves and Mindy McCready, he joins the group Rushlow, which gains a hit with its 2003 debut single "I Can't Be Your Friend"
    Dec 14, 1964
    Pianist Matt Rollings is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He wins the Academy of Country Music's award for Top Keyboard Player six straight years in the 1990s, while supporting George Strait, Shania Twain and Trisha Yearwood, among others
    May 17, 1968
    Drummer Dave Abbruzzese is born in Stamford, Connecticut. He joins Seattle alt-rock band Pearl Jam in 1993, but leaves in August 1994, about a year before the band is referenced by Lonestar in the country hit "No News"
    Jul 25, 1970
    Drummer Rich Redmond is born in Norwich, Connecticut. After a stint with the band Rushlow, he becomes a member of Jason Aldean's band, playing on "Big Green Tractor," "She's Country" and "Dirt Road Anthem"
    Sep 17, 1973
    Pop arranger Hugo Winterhalter dies in Greenwich, Connecticut. On top of work with such acts as Kate Smith and Count Basie, he joined Eddy Arnold for a 1955 New York session that yielded four hits, including a remake of "The Cattle Call"

    Displaying : 30 - 40 of 104 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ...11 | >>

  • 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!