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

  • Places
  • State Help
  •    
    • Oct 3, 1941
    Pop singer Chubby Checker is born with the given name Ernest Evans, in Andrews, South Carolina. He becomes a major star in the early-1960s with "The Twist" and "Let's Twist Again." His 1990s country foray, "Texas Twist," is mostly ignored
    May 4, 1942
    R&B songwriter Nickolas Ashford is born in Fairfield, South Carolina. His credits include "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," recorded by Vince Gill & Gladys Knight for the CMA-nominated album "Rhythm Country & Blues"
    Oct 11, 1946
    Rhythm guitarist George McCorkle is born in Chester, South Carolina. He joins The Marshall Tucker Band, appearing on the 1973 recording "Can't You See," remade for the country charts by Waylon Jennings in 1976
    Nov 11, 1946
    On the day he turns 16, Hank Garland receives a phone call in South Carolina from the Grand Ole Opry's Paul Howard, inviting him to play on the show. Garland wanted to perform earlier, but could not until he was 16 and eligible for the musicians union
    Nov 24, 1946
    Songwriter Earl Clark is born in Dillon, South Carolina. He pens the Tracy Lawrence hits "Can't Break It To My Heart" and "Renegades, Rebels And Rogues"
    Sep 28, 1947
    Ronnie Reno is born in Buffalo, South Carolina. He plays guitar on several Merle Haggard records, including "If We Make It Through December," "Ramblin' Fever" and "It's All In The Movies," before forming a bluegrass band, The Reno Brothers
    Nov 13, 1947
    Southern rock guitarist Toy Caldwell is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, he writes "Can't You See," a country hit in 1976 for Waylon Jennings
    Jan 7, 1948
    Singer/songwriter Marshall Chapman is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Playing in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band during part of her career, she writes the Sawyer Brown hit "Betty's Bein' Bad"
    Apr 18, 1948
    Earl Scruggs marries Louise Certain in Gaffney, South Carolina, two months after leaving Bill Monroe's band. She becomes the manager of Flatt & Scruggs
    May 22, 1948
    Southern-rock vocalist Doug Gray is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He becomes a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, who earn a country Grammy nomination in 1977 for their single "Long Hard Ride"
    Displaying : 30 - 40 of 181 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ...19 | >>

  • 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!