On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.09.26

On This Day in 1968, Dolly Parton Began Recording the Album That First Took Listeners Back to Her Smoky Mountain Childhood

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.09.26

Born 85 Years Ago Today in Georgia, the “King of Soul” Behind the First-Ever Posthumous No. 1 Hit

By Alex Hopper
On This Day

09.09.26

Born 35 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Country Prodigy Who Made Music History Weeks After His 21st Birthday

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.08.26

On This Day in 1990, Jon Bon Jovi Hit No. 1 With His Debut Solo Single—Written for the Emilio Estevez-Led Western That Gave Him His First Acting Gig

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.08.26

9 Years Ago Today, Half of One of Country Music’s Biggest Duos Died in a Helicopter Crash Days After Recording a Hit Album

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.08.26

9 Years Ago Today, Country Music Bid Farewell to Its “Gentle Giant” Who Turned His Easygoing Sound Into 17 No. 1 Hits

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.08.26

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Virginia, the Torch Singer Who Set the Standard for Women in Country Music and Helped Turn Willie Nelson Into a Household Name

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.08.26

Born 129 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “Father of Country Music” Whose Legacy Influenced Everyone From Lynyrd Skynyrd to Bob Dylan

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.07.26

58 Years Ago, Jimi Hendrix Released the Definitive Version of a Bob Dylan Classic That Became His Only US Hit

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.07.26

65 Years Ago Today, George Jones Was in the Middle of a No. 1 Run With a Country Classic That Spawned Two Foreign-Language Versions

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.07.26

On This Day in 1994, This Misunderstood Buddy Holly Tribute Was Reluctantly Released—and Became a 90s Alt-Rock Classic

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.07.26

On This Day in 1978, One of Rock’s Most Important Drummers Died in the Same Room as Mama Cass After a Night Out With Paul McCartney

By Clayton Edwards

On This Day

On This Day in 1968, Dolly Parton Began Recording the Album That First Took Listeners Back to Her Smoky Mountain Childhood

Born 85 Years Ago Today in Georgia, the “King of Soul” Behind the First-Ever Posthumous No. 1 Hit

Born 35 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Country Prodigy Who Made Music History Weeks After His 21st Birthday

On This Day in 1990, Jon Bon Jovi Hit No. 1 With His Debut Solo Single—Written for the Emilio Estevez-Led Western That Gave Him His First Acting Gig

9 Years Ago Today, Half of One of Country Music’s Biggest Duos Died in a Helicopter Crash Days After Recording a Hit Album

9 Years Ago Today, Country Music Bid Farewell to Its “Gentle Giant” Who Turned His Easygoing Sound Into 17 No. 1 Hits

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Virginia, the Torch Singer Who Set the Standard for Women in Country Music and Helped Turn Willie Nelson Into a Household Name

Born 129 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “Father of Country Music” Whose Legacy Influenced Everyone From Lynyrd Skynyrd to Bob Dylan

58 Years Ago, Jimi Hendrix Released the Definitive Version of a Bob Dylan Classic That Became His Only US Hit

65 Years Ago Today, George Jones Was in the Middle of a No. 1 Run With a Country Classic That Spawned Two Foreign-Language Versions

On This Day in 1994, This Misunderstood Buddy Holly Tribute Was Reluctantly Released—and Became a 90s Alt-Rock Classic

On This Day in 1978, One of Rock’s Most Important Drummers Died in the Same Room as Mama Cass After a Night Out With Paul McCartney

11 Years Ago Today, Beatlemaniacs Bid a Final Farewell to the “Fifth Beatle” Who Replaced Ringo Starr on the Fab Four’s First Single

3 Top 10 Hits From 1969 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today

3 Wacky Lyrics From the 80s That We Still Scratch Our Heads Over Today

On This Day in 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive Hit No. 1 With a Song That Started as a Joke Between Brothers and Became a Worldwide Smash