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    • Dec 24, 1900
    Roy Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He co-founds The Blackwood Brothers, a gospel group whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 22, 1911
    Doyle Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He's an original member of gospel's Blackwood Brothers, whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 4, 1919
    James Blackwood is born in Ackerman, Mississippi. He's one of the original members of gospel's Blackwood Brothers, whose "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 23, 1921
    R.W. Blackwood is born in Choctaw County, Mississippi. With three siblings, he forms The Blackwood Brothers, whose gospel release "His Hand In Mine" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jun 30, 1954
    R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles, of The Blackwood Brothers, die in a plane crash in Clanton, Alabama. The group's "His Hand In Mine" is named one of country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 2, 1967
    The Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers album "Grand Old Gospel" wins Best Sacred Recording during the ninth annual Grammy Awards. Wagoner's "Confessions Of A Broken Man" album earns Best Album Cover Photography for Les Leverette and Robert Jones
    Feb 29, 1968
    Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers take the trophy for Best Gospel Performance, for the album "More Grand Old Gospel," during the 10th annual Grammy Awards
    Mar 11, 1970
    Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers win Best Gospel Performance, for the album "In Gospel Country," during the 12th annual Grammy Awards
    Jan 31, 1971
    Johnny Cash shoots a gospel edition of "The Johnny Cash Show" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, welcoming Stuart Hamblen, The Blackwood Brothers, The Staple Singers, The Oak Ridge Boys and Billy Graham
    Mar 21, 1971
    Roy Blackwood, a co-founder of The Blackwood Brothers, dies of a heart attack at his Memphis church. The gospel quartet's "His Hand In Mine" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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