Author: Jennifer Hayes

MAY 24 1914: Tootsie Bess was born. She gained fame as the owner of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a bar near the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville... Read More.

MAY 23 1925: Mac Wiseman was born in Crimora, VA. He worked as a sideman for Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs. He eventually released... Read More.

MAY 22 1892: Ralph Sylvester Peer was born in Kansas City, MO. A 1984 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, he discovers, produces... Read More.

MAY 21 1955: Webb Pierce quit the Grand Ole Opry on the WSM airwaves after a three-year membership. Pierce laments that he never had his... Read More.

MAY 20 1933: Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Old Pal Of My Heart" and "The Yodeling Ranger" at the Victor Studios in New York during what amounts... Read More.

MAY 19 1934: Bass player Bobby Dyson is born in Dalehart, TX. He plays on hits by Jim Reeves, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings, among... Read More.

MAY 18 1942: Rodney Dillard WAs born in East St. Louis, IL. He plays guitar for The Dillards, a bluegrass group that influenced The Eagles... Read More.

MAY 17 1967: Glen Campbell recorded "Gentle On My Mind," written by John Hartford and arranged by Leon Russell, at the Capitol Recording Studio in... Read More.

MAY 16 1953: Jimmy Dean made his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced to the audience at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium by Carl Smith. 1969: Merle Haggard recorded... Read More.

MAY 15 1918: Eddy Arnold was born in Henderson, TN. Originally touted as the Tennessee Plowboy in his solid country recordings, he shifted into string-laden... Read More.

MAY 14 1933: Jimmie Rodgers arrived in New York, checking in at the Taft Hotel, to prepare for a series of recording sessions. They proved... Read More.

MAY 13 1914: Johnny Wright was born in Mt. Juliet, TN. The husband of Kitty Wells, registered a #1 single in 1965 with the Tom... Read More.