Born in Ohio on This Day 88 Years Ago, the Outlaw Country Legend Who Inspired a Mass Workforce Exodus
Born in Georgia on This Day in 1936, the First Country Artist to Ever Write, Sing and Publish a No. 1 Hit
Born on This Day in 1931, the Songwriter Who Refused To Give up and Penned Hits for George Jones, Elvis Presley, and Dolly Parton
1 Comment Born in Arkansas on This Day in 1936, the Son of a Poor Sharecropper Who Achieved Country Music Stardom in the 1960s and 1970s
Born on This Day in 1939, the Most Awarded Country Songwriter Ever, Who Penned Hits for Johnny Paycheck, Reba McEntire and Jerry Lee Lewis
3 Comments Born in Texas 87 Years Ago, the Elvis Presley Piano Player Who Sounded a Beloved ABC TV Show Alongside a Young Glen Campbell
Born on This Day in 1938, the “Einstein” Steel Guitarist Whose Work You’ve Heard on Hits by George Strait and Alan Jackson
Born on This Day in 1939, the “Tennessee Yodeler” and Kindergarten Teacher Turned Country Music Hitmaker
Born on This Day in 1932, the “King of Rockabilly” Whose Songs Were Recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Johnny Cash
Born on This Day in 1931, the Cowboy Who Discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, Launched Charley Pride’s Career, and Penned a Crossover Hit for Johnny Cash
Born on This Day in 1938, the Award-Winning Country Singer-Songwriter Who Produced Reba McEntire and Wrote Songs for George Jones
3 Comments Born on This Day in 1938, the Country-Folk Hitmaker and ‘Gremlins’ Star Whose Mom Penned an Elvis Presley Hit
Born on This Day in 1937, the “Country Gentleman” Who Hosted Garth Brooks and Shania Twain on His Long-Running TV Show
1 Comment Born on This Day in 1937, the “Guitar Man” and Country Music Hitmaker Who Starred Alongside Burt Reynolds in This Beloved 1977 Action-Comedy
