JULY 28

1938: Fiddler Buddy Spicher was born in Dubois, PA. He played on George Strait’s “Amarillo By Morning,” Dolly Parton’s “Coat Of Many Colors” and Waylon Jennings’ “Dreaming My Dreams With You,” among others.

1957: Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on “The Steve Allen Show,” kicking his piano stool across the stage during “Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On.”

1970: While campaigning for Senate candidate Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff’s car was hit by a milk truck near Kingsport, TN. Acuff received a bruised kneecap and chin, and was gouged below his lower lip.

1971: Charley Pride recorded “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” at Nashville’s RCA Studios.

1981: Alabama recorded “Take Me Down” and “Close Enough To Perfect.”

1989: RCA releases Alabama’s “High Cotton.”

1992: Joe Diffie recorded “John Deere Green.”

1993: Bonny Lee Bakley gave birth to a daughter in DeSoto County, MS, claiming Jerry Lee Lewis was the father. He denied it. She made news as the wife of “Baretta” star Robert Blake when she was shot while sitting in her car in Los Angeles in 2001.

1995: Johnny Cash shut down the House of Cash, his museum and gift shop in Hendersonville, TN.

1998: Lyric Street Records, Disney’s new country label, released its first album, Lari White’s “Stepping Stone.” The division was headed by former RCA executive Randy Goodman.

2008: Vanguard/Sugar Hill announced the signing of Joey+Rory, finalists on the CMT competition “Can You Duet.”

2014: Linda Ronstadt received a National Medal of Arts from president Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House. Other honorees included choreographer Bill T. Jones and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg.