On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.11.26

Born 127 Years Ago Today, the Two-Time Louisiana Governor Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1940s

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.10.26

Born 40 Years Ago Today in East Tennessee, the Southern Songbird and Member of Miranda Lambert’s Sharp Shootin’ Country Music Trio

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.10.26

56 Years Ago Today, Lynn Anderson Recorded the Signature Hit Her Husband Didn’t Want Her To Sing

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.10.26

On This Day in 1991, Brooks & Dunn Were at No. 1 With the First Song They Wrote as a Duo

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.10.26

59 Years Ago Today, Elvis Presley Interrupted Jerry Reed’s Fishing Trip To Record His Final Country No. 1

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.10.26

On This Day in 1991, Nirvana Released an Accidental Hit That Propelled Grunge to the Mainstream and Defined the Sound of a Generation

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

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On This Day in 1988, Guns N’ Roses Went to No. 1 With a Song Written for the Daughter of an Everly Brother

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.10.26

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.09.26

Born 75 Years Ago in Wisconsin, the TV Star Who Found Success on Broadway and the Country Charts

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.09.26

Born 37 Years Ago Today in Iowa, the Grammy-Nominated Country Singer-Songwriter Who Penned Hits for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.09.26

30 Years Ago Today, Bluegrass Music Lost Its Founding Father and the Mind Behind This Elvis Presley Classic

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.09.26

On This Day in 1950, a Future Country Star and Longtime Friend of Chet Atkins Paused His Budding Career to Serve in the Korean War

By Clayton Edwards

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