• RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • December 26, 2024 CST
  • People
  • Timeline Help
  • An instant history for your favorite artists, plus producers, musicians, songwriters and others
  • Sep 25, 1943
    Joe Sun is born in Rochester, Minnesota. A radio promotion man for Ovation Records, representing The Kendalls, he has a minor hit in 1978 with "Old Flames (Can't Hold A Candle To You)," which Dolly Parton reprises in 1980
    May 7, 2005
    "Hot Rod Lincoln" songwriter Charlie Ryan and "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You" songwriter Joe Sun are inducted into the Minnesota Rock & Country Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Medina Entertainment Center
    Oct 25, 2019
    Joe Sun dies in Palm Bay, Florida. Following work as a disc jockey and a radio promotion executive, he earned a minor country hit in 1978 with "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You," setting the table for a 1980 version by Dolly Parton

    Displaying : 1 - 3 of 3 / 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!