About Us
  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • May 5, 2024 CDT

  • Time
  • This Month Help
  • Recreates a specific month in country music history
  •    
    • Apr 6, 1973
    Bass player Markku Lappalainen is born in California. He becomes a member of the rock band Hoobastank, referenced in Luke Bryan's 2008 country hit "Country Man"
    Apr 6, 1973
    Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" with The Bee Gees on NBC's "The Midnight Special." Also appearing: singer/songwriter Jim Weatherly, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Skeeter Davis, who offers "The End Of The World"
    Apr 7, 1973
    Freddie Hart cruises to the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Super Kind Of Woman"
    Apr 8, 1973
    Surrealist painter Pablo Picasso dies of heart failure in Mougins, France. He's namechecked in Trick Pony's 2001 country single "Just What I Do"
    Apr 8, 1973
    The Neil Young movie "Journey Through The Past" debuts in Dallas, Texas. Young goes on to earn country hits as a songwriter through recordings by Linda Ronstadt and Waylon Jennings
    Apr 9, 1973
    The rock band Queen gives its inaugural performance at the Marquee Theater in London, England. Lead singer Freddie Mercury eventually writes their hit "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," covered in the country charts by Dwight Yoakam
    Apr 9, 1973
    One week after being named a sixth-degree black belt in karate, Elvis Presley is upped to seventh-degree. The ranking is largely considered honorary
    Apr 10, 1973
    Bill Anderson records "The Corner Of My Life" during the evening hours at Bradley's Barn, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Apr 10, 1973
    Waylon Jennings records "You Ask Me To" during an afternoon session at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Apr 11, 1973
    Marty Robbins records the Jeanne Pruett-penned "Love Me" during a 2 p.m. session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Displaying : 10 - 20 of 45 / 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!