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May 26, 1964 Lenny Kravitz is born in Manhattan, New York, to The Jeffersons actress Roxie Roker and TV executive Sy Kravitz. He releases his debut album, Let Love Rule, in 1989.More
March 12, 1964 For the first time in the history of the UK charts, there are no American acts in the Top 10, as British acts like The Rolling Stones take hold in their home country as well.More
February 7, 1964 Thanks to media coverage and a publicity campaign by Capitol Records, thousands of screaming fans greet The Beatles when their plane lands in New York at 1:20 p.m. The scenes become iconic images of Beatlemania.More
February 1, 1964 The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hits #1 in the US as Beatlemania takes hold.More
January 11, 1964 Billboard publishes its first Country and Western Albums chart. Johnny Cash gets the first #1 with Ring of Fire.
December 28, 1963 Merle Haggard makes his first appearance on the country chart with "Sing A Sad Song," which peaks at #19.
May 12, 1963 Bob Dylan refuses to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show when they won't let him play "Talkin' John Birch Society Blues."More
April 23, 1963 Bob Dylan records "Girl From The North Country," "Masters Of War," "Talking World War III Blues," and "Bob Dylan's Dream." The songs are all released on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
March 5, 1963 Having ironically just finished a tribute concert for the family of a country music DJ who'd been killed in a car crash, country legend Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins fly back to Nashville, with Cline's manager, Randy Hughes, at the controls. Bad weather postpones the flight an extra day, however, and, anxious to get going, Hughes phones his wife in Nashville, who informs him that the weather is clearing there. Unfortunately, she is actually in the storm's eye, and when the four proceed on, Hughes, who is not rated "on instruments," loses all visibility and attempts to land on a nearby highway. Instead, he skirts some trees, which bring the plane down in a nearby swamp. Cline, her other fellow stars, and Hughes are all killed in the accident.
February 9, 1963 Country singer Travis Tritt is born in Marietta, Georgia.
February 7, 1963 Weeks before her tragic death in a plane crash, Patsy Cline wraps up her final recording sessions, including a contemporary rendition of the 1925 pop ballad "Always" and a cover of country song "Sweet Dreams."
January 31, 1963 Neil Young, 17, plays his first show, performing at a country club in Winnipeg.
November 3, 1962 Billboard magazine drops the "Western" from its "Country and Western" chart title.
June 23, 1962 Ray Charles' landmark album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music hits #1 in America.
February 7, 1962 Garth Brooks is born Troyal Garth Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma; he's raised in Yukon, Oklahoma.More
February 4, 1962 Country singer Clint Black is born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
January 20, 1962 Dick Dale's guitar instrumental "Let's Go Trippin'" hits #60, becoming the first Surf Rock song to chart. Many groups, including The Beach Boys, subsequently cover the song.More
January 13, 1962 Country singer Trace Adkins is born in Sarepta, Louisiana. His many hits include "You're Gonna Miss This" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."
June 22, 1961 Elvis Presley's Wild In The Country movie opens nationally.
June 14, 1961 Elvis Presley's 7th movie, Wild In The Country, premieres in his hometown of Memphis.
June 8, 1961 Elvis Presley's movie Wild In The Country premieres in Memphis.
March 11, 1961 Big Country guitarist Bruce Watson is born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, but soon moves to Scotland with his family, where the group is formed.
January 19, 1961 The night before John F. Kennedy's inauguration, Frank Sinatra throws a star-studded gala to eradicate the Democratic Party's $2 million campaign debt. With the help of Peter Lawford, fellow Rat Packer and husband of JFK's sister Patricia, Sinatra enlists elite entertainers for the evening, including Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Gene Kelly, Ethel Merman, and actors Laurence Olivier, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis, and Bette Davis.More
November 19, 1960 While in Los Angeles during the filming of his seventh movie, Wild In The Country, Elvis Presley suffers a bit of road rage, pulling a gun on a group of passengers in another car who had supposedly insulted him.
November 9, 1960 Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, Wild In The Country.
November 7, 1960 Elvis Presley records "Lonely Man," "In My Way," "Wild In The Country," "Forget Me Never," and "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell."
November 5, 1960 Country singer Johnny Horton, age 35, dies in an automobile accident near Milano, Texas.
May 10, 1960 Paul Hewson is born in Dublin. He shortens his nickname from Bono Vox (Latin for "good voice") to simply Bono and fronts the band U2.More
May 9, 1960 The birth control pill is introduced in the US, inspiring Loretta Lynn to sing a song about it.More
October 13, 1959 Marie Osmond is born Olive Marie Osmond in Ogden, Utah. Known for her 1973 country cover of "Paper Roses" and her collaboration with brother Donny for a TV variety show.
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