- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- January 25, 2021 CST
Places-
Dec 23, 1928
Drummer Buddy Harman is born in Nashville. A member of the "A-Team" of session musicians, his credits include The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy," among others
Dec 29, 1928
Uncle Jimmy Thompson, the first person to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, makes his final appearance on the show, just three years after its debut
May 4, 1929
Banjo player Kirk McGee makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
Jul 3, 1929
William "Gil" Wright is born in Nashville. As a member of The Anita Kerr Singers, he provides backing vocals on Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel," Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World" and Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go"
Oct 11, 1929
Vocalist Hugh Jarrett is born in Nashville, Tennessee. A member of The Jordanaires during the mid-1950s, he appears on numerous Elvis Presley hits as well as the Jim Reeves single "The Blizzard"
Oct 26, 1929
Neal Matthews is born in Nashville. As a member of The Jordanaires, he sings background on hits by George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Horton, Elvis Presley and others, propelling the quartet into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Nov 29, 1930
Henry Whitter, best known for recording "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97," makes his lone Grand Ole Opry appearance
Feb 17, 1931
Uncle Jimmy Thompson dies of pneumonia in his home outside of Nashville. The fiddle player was the first musician to perform on what became the Grand Ole Opry
Aug 6, 1931
Steel guitarist Billy Robinson is born in Nashville. He appears on hits by Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Ernest Tubb
Sep 5, 1931
The male trio The Vagabonds makes its Grand Ole Opry debut, becoming one of the show's most popular acts during the decade
Displaying : 70 - 80 of 9971 / Page << | 1... | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ...998 | >>
- Free 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 Hunter Hayes, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.
RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!