Born 98 Years Ago Today in Brooklyn, the Juilliard-Trained Musician Whose Daughter Founded This Nashville Staple
Born in Texas 97 Years Ago Today, the Grammy-Winning “Midnight Cowboy” Responsible for This 90s Country Sensation’s Breakout Hit
Born in Canada 104 Years Ago Today, the “World’s Funniest Storyteller” and Star of This Countrified CBS Variety Show
Born in Kentucky 99 Years Ago Today, the Nashville Sax Legend Who Recorded With Elvis and Chet Atkins and Scored a Beloved TV Comedy
Born in Tennessee on This Day in 1927, One Half of the Husband and Wife Duo That Helped Dolly Parton Get Her Start
Born a Century Ago Today in North Carolina, This Grammy-Winning Gospel Singer and Everyone’s Favorite Sheriff
Born 100 Years Ago Today in Texas, the Country Music Hall of Fame Fiddler Who Played With Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard
Born in Alabama 105 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind the Timeless Trucker Country Anthem Recorded by Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, and Buck Owens
Born on This Day in 1929, One Half of “Mr. And Mrs. Country Music”—the Award-Winning Husband-Wife Duo Who Dominated the 60s
Born on This Day in 1923, the Barrier-Breaking Female Who Became One of Country Music’s First-Ever Crossover Stars
Born on This Day in 1925, the First Guitarist To Own a Telecaster, Who Played With Hank Williams and Wrote an Early Hit for Waylon Jennings
1 Comment Born on This Day in 1927, the Legendary Steel Guitarist Whose Work Became Synonymous With Hank Williams
Born on This Day in 1923, the Nashville Businesswoman Who Wrote Songs for Johnny Cash and Married Hank Williams at a Texaco Gas Station
