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

  • Places
  • State Help
  •    
    • Mar 12, 1921
    Movie and Broadway star Gordon MacRae is born in East Orange, New Jersey. Associated with the film version of "Oklahoma!," he nets a 1949 pop with Jo Stafford by recording "Need You," re-cast for the country charts in 1967 by Sonny James
    Apr 13, 1921
    Walter Rutland Harris is born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Held prisoner for 16 months after his plane is shot down during the Korean War, his offspring include Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris
    May 17, 1921
    Songwriter Bob Merrill is born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He pens several country hits, including Ernest Tubb's "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry," Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" and Rex Allen's "Sparrow In The Tree Top"
    Aug 5, 1925
    Carl T. Sprague records the first western hit, "When The Work's All Done This Fall," in Camden, New Jersey
    Mar 23, 1927
    Kelly Harrell records "My Name Is John Johanna" and "Charles Giteau" in Camden, New Jersey. The songs will appear on the landmark 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Nov 30, 1927
    Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)" along with "Away On The Mountain," "Ben Dewberry's Final Run" and "Mother Was A Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)" at the Victor Studio in Camden, New Jersey
    Feb 14, 1928
    Jimmie Rodgers records "The Brakeman's Blues," "Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea," "The Sailor's Plea" and "Treasures Untold" in Camden, New Jersey
    Feb 15, 1928
    Jimmie Rodgers records "In The Jailhouse Now," "Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)," "Memphis Yodel" and "Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)" at the Victor Studio in Camden, New Jersey
    Apr 5, 1928
    Vocalist Tony Williams is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He takes the lead on The Platters' 1955 pop hit "Only You (And You Alone)," which is remade as a country single in 1981 by Reba McEntire
    May 9, 1928
    The Carter Family holds its third recording session, cutting its theme song, "Keep On The Sunny Side," plus "Little Darling, Pal Of Mine" and "Anchored In Love" at the Victor Studio in Camden, New Jersey
    Displaying : 10 - 20 of 253 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ...26 | >>

  • 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!