• RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • April 30, 2024 CDT

  • Time
  • This Month Help
  • Recreates a specific month in country music history
  •    
  • Dec 20, 1989
    Ricky Van Shelton receives a platinum album from the RIAA, for "Loving Proof"
    Dec 20, 1989
    The Charlie Daniels Band gets a platinum single from the RIAA for "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
    Dec 21, 1989
    Triple-nominees Randy Travis and George Strait are the top country contestants announced among finalists in the American Music Awards. Hank Williams Jr. and Alabama are the genre's only double-nominees
    Dec 21, 1989
    John Bailes dies. A member of the first successful version of The Bailes Brothers, he was one of four siblings who played in the duo between 1942 and the 1950s
    Dec 22, 1989
    Richard Dreyfuss stars in "Always," making its theater debut. The soundtrack features Lyle Lovett's "Cowboy Man," plus music by Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, The Platters, Micheal Smotherman, The Coasters and Van Morrison
    Dec 23, 1989
    Ronnie Milsap's "A Woman In Love" takes over the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 23, 1989
    Merle Haggard and Theresa Lane have a daughter, Jenessa Haggard
    Dec 26, 1989
    MCA releases Patty Loveless' "Chains"
    Dec 27, 1989
    U.S. troops begin a withdrawal from Panama after driving Manuel Noriega from power in one week. Craig Morgan participated in Operation Just Cause as a member of the Army Airborne Division
    Dec 27, 1989
    Elmo & Patsy earn a gold record from the RIAA for their Christmas novelty hit, "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," and a second gold record for the album of the same name

    Displaying : 30 - 40 of 42 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5



  • 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!