Calendar Search Results: country
August 8, 1932 Country singer Mel Tillis is born in Dover, Florida. Known for the hits "I Ain't Never," "Good Woman Blues," and "Coca-Cola Cowboy."
July 14, 1932 Country singer Del Reeves, known for the 1965 novelty hit "Girl On The Billboard" and the 1968 trucker's anthem "Looking At The World Through A Windshield," is born Franklin Delano Reeves in Sparta, North Carolina.
April 27, 1932 Country singer Maxine Brown (of The Browns) is born in Campti, Louisiana.
February 26, 1932 Johnny Cash is born J.R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas, the fourth of seven kids. He starts using the name John R. Cash when he joins the Air Force in 1950 (they wouldn't accept initials), and becomes Johnny Cash when he signs with Sun Records in 1954. One of the most popular and influential musicians of his time, Cash gets inducted into the Country, Rock And Roll, Gospel and Songwriters hall of fames.
January 26, 1932 Country singer Claude Gray, dubbed The Tall Texan, is born in Henderson, Texas. Known for the 1960 hit "Family Bible."
December 30, 1931 Country singer Skeeter Davis, known for the 1962 crossover hit "The End of the World," is born Mary Frances Penick in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. She performs as part of the duo The Davis Sisters in the '40s before going solo in the '50s.
November 30, 1931 Teddy Wilburn (of the country duo The Wilburn Brothers) is born in Hardy, Arkansas. In addition to recording hit records, Teddy and brother Doyle start a music publishing company and sign an up-and-coming singer named Loretta Lynn.
September 12, 1931 Country singer George Jones is born in Saratoga, Texas.
September 1, 1931 Country singer Boxcar Willie is born Lecil Travis Martin in Sterrett, Texas.
April 21, 1931 Country singer-songwriter Carl Belew, known for '50s hits like "Am I That Easy To Forget" and "Lonely Street" (made popular by Andy Williams), is born in Salina, Oklahoma.
September 28, 1930 Country singer Tommy Collins is born in Bethany, Oklahoma. A forerunner of the Bakersfield sound, he penned "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')," later a #1 hit for George Strait.
January 7, 1930 Country musician Jack Greene, known for the 1966 hit "There Goes My Everything," is born in Maryville, Tennessee.
October 4, 1929 Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is born in Mora, Missouri. Known for the hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk On By" (1961).
August 12, 1929 Country singer-songwriter Buck Owens is born Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. in Sherman, Texas.
May 1, 1929 Country singer-songwriter Sonny James, known for the 1957 hit "Young Love," is born James Hugh Loden in Hackleburg, Alabama.
January 14, 1929 Country singer Billy Walker is born in Ralls, Texas. Known for the 1962 hit "Charlie's Shoes."
December 15, 1928 Ernest Ashworth is born in Huntsville, Alabama. Known for the 1963 chart-topping country hit "Talk Back Trembling Lips."
August 10, 1928 Country singer/musician Jimmy Dean is born in Plainview, Texas.
May 3, 1928 Country singer Dave Dudley is born David Darwin Pedruska in Spencer, Wisconsin.
April 3, 1928 Country singer-songwriter Don Gibson ("Sweet Dreams," "I Can't Stop Loving You") is born in Shelby, North Carolina.
October 13, 1927 Country singer Anita Kerr, leader of The Anita Kerr Singers, is born Anita Jean Grilli in Memphis, Tennessee. Her group will perform backing vocals for Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Roy Orbison, and Willie Nelson, among others.
August 29, 1927 Country singer Jimmy C. Newman is born near Big Mamou, Louisiana. Known for the 1957 hit "A Fallen Star."
August 12, 1927 Porter Wagoner is born in West Plains, Missouri. He becomes famous as a country singer and host of The Porter Wagoner Show, where he introduces Dolly Parton.
January 13, 1927 Country singer-songwriter Liz Anderson is born in Roseau, Minnesota. Aside from her own hit "Mama Spank" (1964), she pens hits for other artists, including Merle Haggard ("(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers") and her own daughter, Lynn Anderson ("If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)").
December 21, 1926 Country singer-songwriter Freddie Hart is born Frederick Segrest in Loachapoka, Alabama. Known for the 1971 hit "Easy Loving."
November 15, 1926 The first network radio broadcast, four-and-a-half hours of varied performances from New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel and other remotes around the country, airs on the new National Broadcasting Company (soon to be known as NBC).
November 2, 1926 Country musician Charlie Walker, known for the 1958 hit "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," is born in Copeville, Texas.
January 12, 1926 Country singer Ray Price is born in Texas.
December 3, 1925 Country singer Ferlin Husky is born in Cantwell, Missouri.
September 26, 1925 Country singer Marty Robbins is born Martin David Robinson in Glendale, Arizona.
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