On This Day in 2005, the World Lost the Country Songwriter Who Co-Wrote One of Johnny Cash’s Biggest Hits
On This Day in 1998, the World Lost the Legendary Guitarist Who Sang Lead on Some of the Beach Boys’ Biggest Hits
Born on This Day in 1923, the 1960s Country Hitmaker Who Got His Start Alongside Hank Williams, George Jones, Johnny Cash, and Lefty Frizzell
Born on This Day in 1929, the Wrecking Crew Drummer Who Played on Chart-Topping Hits From Frank Sinatra, John Denver, and the Beach Boys
On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Recorded the Crossover Hit She Called “The First and Last”—One Month Before Her Untimely Death
On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Unknowingly Began Her Final Recording Sessions, Cutting Covers of Multiple Timeless Pop and Country Standards
On This Day in 1967, the World Lost the Pioneering Engineer Whose Later Years Devolved Into Paranoia, Aliens, and Tragedy
This Week in 1960, One of Country Music’s Most Legendary Women Signed to a Record Label Created Just for Her
The 1960s Folk Singer Who Thought the Psychedelic Movement Was a Product of “Mass Generational Angst”
On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Wrapped up a Record-Breaking Run on the Country Charts With a Song Later Covered by Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker
On This Day in 1961, Patsy Cline Released a Single That Topped the Chart While She Was Recovering From a Near-Fatal Car Accident
