On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.01.26

3 Years Ago Today, We Lost the Music Icon Who Found His Path to Fame and a Permanent Vacation While Busking With an Outlaw Country Legend

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “High Priest of Country Music” Who Held a Record Even George Strait Had to Chase

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.31.26

18 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Country Guitar Legend Who Became a Movie Star Alongside Burt Reynolds

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1968, The Rolling Stones Released the Protest Song Deemed Too “Subversive” for American Radio

By Em Casalena
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1973, the “Miss Satin Sheets” of Country Music Was Riding a Historic Eight-Week No. 1 Streak That Took Her From Writing for Marty Robbins to Bona Fide Star

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1974, Dolly Parton Released the No. 1 Hit and TV Show Theme Song That Proved She Could Succeed Without Porter Wagoner

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

Born 81 Years Ago Today in California, the Overlooked Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Whose Songwriting Mick Fleetwood Said “Will Survive All of Us”

By Alex Hopper
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1950 at Nashville’s Castle Studio, Hank Williams Recorded One of Only Two Songs in His Legendary Catalog to Feature Drums

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

49 Years Ago Today, Crystal Gayle Set Herself Apart From Her Famous Sibling With One of the Decade’s Greatest Country Songs

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.30.26

Born 81 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Multi-Instrumentalist Who Played in Jimmy Page’s Favorite Band and Recorded With Dolly Parton and Vince Gill

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.30.26

10 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Multi-Talented Fiddler Who Played With Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, and Earl Scruggs

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.30.26

On the Charts 55 Years Ago Today, Lynn Anderson Landed Her Final No. 1 Album With a No. 1 Title Track Written by Her Then Husband

By Erinn Callahan

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