- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- May 8, 2024 CDT
- Time
Recreates a specific month in country music history -
Jan 17, 1940
After nearly a year on the air, Ernest Tubb's second stint on San Angelo, Texas, radio station KGKL comes to an end
Jan 23, 1940
Johnny Russell is born in Roundaway, Mississippi. A 1985 addition to the Grand Ole Opry, he scores a hit with 1973's "Rednecks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer." He also writes Buck Owens' "Act Naturally," Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton's "Making Plans" and George Strait's "Let's Fall To Pieces Together," among others
Jan 26, 1940
The Hopalong Cassidy movie "Santa Fe Marshal" appears in theaters, with "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven" songwriter Eddie Dean included in the cast
Jan 30, 1940
First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears on Gene Autry's CBS Radio show "Melody Ranch" as Autry broadcasts live from Washington, D.C., at president Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifth Birthday Ball. Autry gifts the president a Stetson hat
Jan 30, 1940
Record producer Jerry Bradley is born in Nashville. He succeeds Chet Atkins in 1973 as the head of RCA's country division, producing hits for Charley Pride, Dave & Sugar and Johnny Russell; and overseeing key releases by Waylon Jennings, Ronnie Milsap and Dolly Parton. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019
Jan 31, 1940
Fiddler Speedy McNatt joins Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys. The band already features one of McNatt's friends, Eddy Arnold, as lead vocalist
Displaying : 10 - 16 of 16 / Page 1 | 2
- 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!