January 17
Louise Mandrell held her first recording session as an artist in 1978, cutting three songs for Epic Records at Nashville's Soundshop Studio.
Country Music Calendar
Learn how this date in history has impacted some of your favorite artists. Throughout the Morning show, Jen & Cody will walk you through birthdays, famous recordings, lawsuits, album releases, arrests, weddings, and more!
January 16
Floods hit the state of Arkansas in 1937, where more than 2,700 people were forced to evacuate their homes, including the family... Read More.
January 15
Record producer and entrepreneur Ralph Peer coined the phrase "hillbilly music" to describe southern folk on this date in 1925.
Ronnie... Read More.
January 14
Hank Williams and Ray Price began moving into a house at 2718 Wedgewood in Nashville in 1952. They shared the home for... Read More.
January 13
Charley Pride sang the national anthem prior to Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium in Houston, TX in 1974. The Miami Dolphins beat the... Read More.
January 12
RCA released Wanted: The Outlaws in 1976. The album features Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser and... Read More.
January 11
In his first session for Columbia in 1956, Johnny Horton records Honky-Tonk Man and I'm A One-Woman Man... Read More.
January 10
Loretta Webb married Oliver "Mooney" Lynn in Butcher Holler, KY, officially becoming Loretta Lynn in 1948. He gave her her first guitar,... Read More.
December 9
Hank Williams recorded Long Gone Lonesome Blues, My Son Calls Another Man Daddy, Why Should We Try Anymore
January 8
George Jones & Melba Montgomery record We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds at the Columbia Recording Studios in... Read More.
January 7
A pair of legends made their Grand Ole Opry debut on January 7th, 1950. It was not only Hank Snow’s first time... Read More.
January 6
Jerry Lee Lewis took the #1 spot on the Billboard country singles chart with Great Balls Of Fire in 1958.
