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04/09/2024

This day 1991, Dottie West, country music singer and songwriter died in hospital on the operating table aged 58. She had been involved in a car crash a few days earlier when she was on her way to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Along with Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, West is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Her career started in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again," which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965.🎶

03/09/2024

This day 1974, "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" a song written by Kris Kristofferson, and recorded by Ronnie Milsap was at #1 on the Country chart. 🎶

02/09/2024

This day 1982, Willie Nelson was at #1 on the country album chart with Always on My Mind, which became the Billboard #1 country album of the year. The album spent 22 weeks at the top of the charts and stayed for a total of 253 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts. The title track was originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972 and has since been recorded by dozens of performers including Elvis Presley in 1972 and John Wesley Ryles in 1979.🎶

01/09/2024

Born on this day 1933, in Friars Point, Mississippi, was Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins). Conway Twitty held the record for the most #1 singles of any act with 55 #1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006. Conway who scored his first #1 in 1958 with "It's Only Make Believe" died on June 5, 1993 in Springfield, Missouri, at Cox South Hospital two months before the release of what would be his final studio album, Final Touches.🎶

31/08/2024

Johnny & Kris.....

31/08/2024

This 1977, Crystal Gayle was at #1 on the US Country chart with "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". The song was written by Richard Leigh and first appeared on her 1977 album, We Must Believe in Magic. The song became Gayle's first, (and biggest), crossover pop hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, and won the singer a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In 1999, the song was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most-performed songs of the 20th century.🎶

30/08/2024

Lorrie Morgan "Don't Close Your Eyes"...

30/08/2024

George Strait "Amarillo By Morning" 🎶

30/08/2024

This day 1949, Hank Williams went into Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Hank wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard and was released as the B side to "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" which was a #2 hit in 1949.🎶

29/08/2024

George Strait 🎶

29/08/2024

This day 1994, Alan Jackson released "Livin' on Love" which became his ninth #1 single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The track was the second single from his album Who I Am.🎶

28/08/2024

This day 1968, Tammy Wynette recorded "Stand By Your Man" at Epic studios after an idea that came from producer, Billy Sherrill.
Tammy and Billy completed the song in 15 minutes. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette's career and is one of the most covered songs in the history of country music. 🎶

27/08/2024

Some Conway Twitty for you! 🎶😊

27/08/2024

This day 1955, George Jones recorded "Why Baby Why" at Gold Star Studios, Houston, Texas. The song became George's first chart single (peaking at #4), following several unsuccessful singles released during the prior year on Starday Records.🎶

26/08/2024

Waylon Jennings....enjoy! 🎶

26/08/2024

This day 1989, Dolly Parton released "Yellow Roses" the second single from the album White Limozeen which became Dolly's 19th #1 country single.🎶

25/08/2024

George Jones "Window Up Above" ....a song George wrote himself...🎶

25/08/2024

This day 1956, George Jones was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. For the last two decades of his life, George was frequently referred to as "the greatest living country singer", "The Rolls-Royce of Country Music", and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones."🎶

24/08/2024

Alan Jackson "The Blues Man" written by Hank Williams jnr..

24/08/2024

George Strait! 🎶

24/08/2024

This day 2019..."This One's for You" by Luke Combs spent its 44th week at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart setting the record for the longest reign at the top of that chart by a male artist.🎶

23/08/2024

George Strait...enjoy 🎶

23/08/2024

This day 1992, "Boot Scootin' Boogie" by Brooks & Dunn was at #1 on the Country chart. Its success is cited as having started a renewed interest in line dancing throughout the United States. Before its release, Asleep at the Wheel recorded it on their 1990 album Keepin' Me Up Nights.🎶

22/08/2024

This day 1962, Willie Nelson started recording his first album ...And Then I Wrote at Quonset Hut Studio in Nashville after signing with Liberty Records. Nelson started the recording sessions during the night, lasting until the morning of the following day.🎶

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