On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.03.26

40 Years Ago Today, Randy Travis Was at No. 1 With the Album That Set the Stage for Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and the 90s Country Boom

By Clayton Edwards
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09.03.26

Born 37 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the CMA Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter Behind No. 1 Hits by Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and Keith Urban

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.03.26

On This Day in 1964, Jim Reeves Was at No. 1 With the First of Several Posthumous Chart-Toppers

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.03.26

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Nebraska, the Outlaw Country Music Legend Hardly Anybody Talks About

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.02.26

Born 114 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the Younger Brother of the King of Western Swing Who Was an Original Texas Playboy Before Forming His Own Band

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

25 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Grammy-Winning Jazz Saxophonist Who Played With the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, and Frank Zappa

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

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Born 67 Years Ago Today in Miami, the “Songwriter’s Drummer” Who Co-Founded a Genre-Bending, Grammy-Winning 90s Country Band

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.02.26

On This Day in 1996, Clint Black Released a Stormy Love Song That Broke the Mold and Became His 10th No. 1

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

On This Day in 1972, Don Gibson Scored His Final No. 1 With a Song That Got a Honky-Tonk Makeover 22 Years Later

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

On This Day in 2003, Two Music Legends Hit No. 1 on the Country Chart With a Song That Still Makes Fans Want to Ditch Work and Crack a Cold One

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 80 Years Ago on the Isle of Man, the Disco King Who Wrote Hits for Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Diana Ross

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 95 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the Air Force Pilot Who Became Everyone’s Favorite “Singing Hobo” and Helped Make Branson a Country Music Destination

By Clayton Edwards

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