- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- April 24, 2024 CDT
- Time
Recreates a specific month in country music history -
Jun 1, 1943
Pop songwriter Tom Bahler is born in Los Angeles. He writes Cher's "Living In A House Divided" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out Of My Life." Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke do a country version of the latter song, re-titling it "He's Out Of My Life"
Jun 3, 1943
Drummer Michael Clarke is born in New York. An original member of The Byrds, he leaves before they record the album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo," but moves to the country-rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers
Jun 4, 1943
Johnny Bond sings "I'm Going To Get Der Fuehrer Sure As Shootin'" as "Cowboy Commandos" debuts in movie houses
Jun 5, 1943
The Grand Ole Opry begins airing from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which becomes the radio show's home until 1974
Jun 6, 1943
Joe Stampley is born in Springhill, Louisiana. He peppers an 11-year string of hits, beginning in 1972, with such titles as "Soul Song," "All These Things" and "Roll On Big Mama," expanding his career in a series of "good ol' boy" duets with Moe Bandy
Jun 14, 1943
The rodeo picture "Song Of Texas" debuts in theaters with Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers--including Pat Brady--performing "Mexicali Rose"
Jun 14, 1943
Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is born in Center Star, Alabama. A pop songwriter who pens "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby," he also writes two Freddy Weller successes, plus "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers," a country hit twice, for Bob Luman and Steve Wariner
Jun 21, 1943
Ernest Tubb begins hosting a morning radio program on Nashville's WSM Radio. The job lasts one year
Jun 24, 1943
Columbia Pictures' "Frontier Fury" hits movie theaters with a cast that includes Charles Starrett, Jimmie Davis, Johnny Bond and Wesley Tuttle
Jun 28, 1943
Donna King, of the pop group The King Sisters, marries record executive Jim Conkling. Four years later, the Sisters pull in a country hit with "Divorce Me C.O.D."
Displaying : 1 - 10 of 10 / Page 1
- 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!