June 21

1948: Leon Everette was born in Aiken, SC. He put together 10 hit records from 1980-1984, including “Hurricane,” “Midnight Rodeo,” “If I Keep On Going Crazy” and “Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair.”

1948: Columbia Records began production of 33-1/3 rpm records.

1955: Sun Records released Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two’s first single, “Cry! Cry! Cry!” backed with “Hey Porter.”

1959: Kathy Mattea was born in Cross Lanes, WV. Deftly balancing art and commercialism, she nabbed a pair of Grammy awards and was twice named the Country Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year.

1965: Johnnie Wright records the Tom T. Hall song “Hello Vietnam.”

1975: Emmylou Harris recorded “Sweet Dreams” in Los Angeles.

1979: Eight-year-old Sara Evans was hit by a car in front of her family’s home in Missouri. The incident broke both of her legs.

1983: Mercury Records signed Kathy Mattea to her first recording contract on her 24th birthday.

1988: Warner/Curb released Hank Williams Jr.’s “Wild Streak” album.

1989: Capitol released Buck Owens’ duet with Ringo Starr, “Act Naturally.”

1991: Tyler Childers was born in Lawrence County, KY. A 2018 winner of the Americana Music Award for Emerging Artist of the Year, he notched a #1 country album in 2019 with “Country Squire.”

1994: “XXX’s And OOO’s” aired on CBS with a cast that includes Pam Tillis, Lari White, Ed Bruce, Mark Collie, Suzy Bogguss, Lynn Anderson and T. Graham Brown. Trisha Yearwood sang the theme song, “XXX’s And OOO’s (An American Girl).”

2003: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett began a two-day shoot for the video of “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” in Jupiter, FL.

2003: Johnny Cash made his first public appearance since the funeral for his wife, June Carter. It was also his last public performance. Along with son John Carter Cash, the Man In Black sang “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Ring Of Fire” in Hiltons, VA.

2006: MCA released George Strait’s “Give It Away” to radio.