On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.23.26

Born 79 Years Ago in New York, the Folk Singer Who Moved to Nashville and Wrote Hits for Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Kathy Mattea

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.23.26

Born 78 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Emmy-Winning Actress Who Scored a Top 10 Country Hit

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.23.26

Born 96 Years Ago in Georgia, the Blind Soul Pioneer Who Broke Racial Boundaries and Brought Country Music to a Wider Audience

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.23.26

On This Day in 1952, Hank Williams Recorded Three Posthumous Chart-Toppers During His Final Session

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.23.26

On This Day in 1966, Dolly Parton Recorded Her First Hit Single—a Song That Summed up Her Public Persona

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.22.26

5 Years Ago Today, the World Lost the Shoeshine Boy Who Played on Patsy Cline’s Biggest Hits and Helped Shape the Nashville Sound

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.22.26

On This Day in 2000, Jo Dee Messina Was at No. 1 With a Song Written About the “Roller Coaster Ride” That Was Her Life

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.22.26

Born 70 Years Ago Today in Georgia, the Country Star Who Scored 15 Top 10 Hits Alongside Her Sisters

By Em Casalena
On This Day

09.22.26

On This Day in 1985, Van Halen Introduced Their New Frontman to 80,000 Fans at a Historic Willie Nelson Benefit Concert

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.21.26

Born 79 Years Ago in Florida, the Hall of Fame Guitarist Who Joined the Eagles Just in Time to Co-Write Their Most Popular Song

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.21.26

Born 74 Years Ago Today in Kansas, the Loretta Lynn Band Member Who Found His Own Chart Success With Help From the Coal Miner’s Daughter

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.21.26

On This Day in 1962, a British Band Beat the Beatles to Chart History With a Song Later Covered by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and the Grateful Dead

By Clayton Edwards

Latest

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Arco Arena on August 24, 2009 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

The List

3 minutes ago

3 Songs About War From the 2000s That Every Y2K Kid Remembers
Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The List

1 hour ago

3 Country Songs From the 1960s That Find Something Funny in the Most Depressing Situations
Photo by Watson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

The List

2 hours ago

4 Top 40 Hits From 1966 That Stay on Repeat in My Car
Tommy Heath and Jim Keller of the rock band 'Tommy Tutone' pose for a studio portrait session in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The List

2 hours ago

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Are So Catchy, You Can’t Help but Sing Along