On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

04.01.26

60 Years Ago Today, David Bowie Made His Solo Debut With a Song That Sounded Nothing Like His Future Hits

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.01.26

On This Day in 1966, John Lennon Stepped Into a London Bookstore and Walked Out With the Inspiration for This Kaleidoscopic Beatles Hit

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.01.26

On This Day in 1970, We Lost the Man Responsible for Making Nashville the Hub of Country Music and Who Worked With Ernest Tubb and Kitty Wells

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.01.26

41 Years Ago on April Fools’, David Lee Roth Quit Van Halen To Become a Movie Star: “He Even Had the Balls To Ask if I’d Write the Score for Him”

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.01.26

18 Years Ago Today, Alan Jackson Was at No. 1 With a Song Inspired by the Men in His Family

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.01.26

Born on This Day in 1945, One of the “Most Influential” Musicians in Nashville History Who Toured the World With Chet Atkins as a 14-Year-Old

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.01.26

Born on This Day in 1921, the Influential Country and Rock Musician Who Sued Warner Bros Over the Soundtrack to This Burt Reynolds Thriller

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

03.31.26

49 Years Ago Today, Glen Campbell Was at No. 1 With a Song He Knew He Had To Record the First Time He Heard It

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

03.31.26

31 Years Ago Today, a Crazed Fan Attempted To Take the Life of a Rock Icon on Stage for Making “Satanic” Music

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

03.31.26

Born on This Day in 1933, the Artist Who Recorded Johnny Cash’s Biggest Hit First and Was Among the First Women To Represent Country Music on Television

By Clayton Edwards
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03.31.26

Born 98 Years Ago Today, the Country Superstar Who Influenced Merle Haggard, George Jones, George Strait, and Countless Others

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

03.31.26

Born 100 Years Ago, the Original Nashville A-Team Fiddler Who Shaped the Country Fiddle Sound and Played With Hank Williams, Faron Young, and Ray Price

By Clayton Edwards

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