On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

04.22.26

31 Years Ago, John Michael Montgomery Was at No. 1 With a Sweet Country Ballad That Became an R&B Hit Later That Year

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.22.26

On This Day in 2013, We Said Goodbye to the Folk Singer Forever Immortalized in Woodstock History (Thanks to a Traffic Jam)

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.22.26

The Dave Matthews Band Made Their Live Debut 35 Years Ago Today—Or Did They?

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.22.26

54 Years Ago, Deep Purple Was at No. 1 With the Album That Shaped Early Heavy Metal and Contains the Song Every Guitarist Knows How To Play

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.22.26

23 Years Ago Today, We Lost One-Half of the Husband-and-Wife Duo Behind Classics by Charley Pride and The Everly Brothers

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

20 Years Ago, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Embarked on a Record-Breaking Tour That Featured Taylor Swift as a Supporting Act

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

Born on This Day in 1941, “Country Music’s Least Known Superstar” Who Wrote Hits for Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and Porter Wagoner

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

On This Day in 2008, Alan Jackson Released the Summer Single That Brought 90s Country Fun to the New Millennium

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

On This Day in 1986, Randy Travis Re-Released the Unsuccessful Single That Became His First No. 1

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

79 Years Ago, Hank Williams Recorded One of the Earliest Examples of Rock and Roll With the Song That Put Him on the Road to Stardom

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.21.26

On the Charts 37 Years Ago, This Irish Crooner Started a Four-Week Run at No. 1 With a Legendary Prince Cover

By Em Casalena
On This Day

04.20.26

On This Day in 2012, We Said Goodbye to the Guitarist Who Taught Eric Clapton, Brian May, the Beatles, and Millions More To Play

By Clayton Edwards

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