Mar 9, 1919
Guitarist Cleo Davis is born. He’s the first musician Bill Monroe hires, in August 1938, when he assembles his Blue Grass Boys
Mar 9, 1925
Ralph Sloan is born in Wilson County, Tennessee. He forms a clog-dancing group, The Tennessee Travelers, who join the Grand Ole Opry in 1952. Following his death in 1980, Sloan’s brother takes over the act, re-naming it The Melvin Sloan Dancers
Mar 9, 1936
Mickey Gilley is born in Natchez, Mississippi. A piano-playing cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and reverend Jimmy Swaggart, he becomes a ballad singer during the Urban Cowboy era, in which his club, Gilley’s, plays a central role
Mar 9, 1957
“The Badge Of Marshall Brennan” premieres in American movie theaters. The picture features Carl Smith and Marty Robbins
Mar 9, 1966
Jan Howard records “Evil On Your Mind” in Nashville
Mar 9, 1968
The Byrds record “Hickory Wind” and “You Ain’t Going Nowhere,” key songs on their landmark country-rock album “Sweetheart Of The Rodeo,” at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
Mar 9, 1969
Buck Owens records “Johnny B. Goode” live at London’s Palladium
Mar 9, 1970
Johnny Cash records “What Is Truth” at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
Mar 9, 1972
Waylon Jennings records “You Can Have Her” at Nashville’s RCA Studio B
Mar 9, 1976
Johnny Cash has a star entered in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, right next to Humphrey Bogart’s
Mar 9, 1989
Kevin Hughes, chart director for the music trade publication Cash Box, is shot on Music Row in Nashville. The killer is unidentified for more than 13 years
Mar 9, 1991
Alan Jackson tops the Billboard country singles chart for the first time in his career with “I’d Love You All Over Again”
Mar 9, 1993
The Music City News awards Song of the Year honors to “I Still Believe In You,” written by Vince Gill and John Jarvis, at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House
Mar 9, 1993
Atlantic releases Tracy Lawrence’s “Alibis” album
Mar 9, 1993
Mercury releases Sammy Kershaw’s “Haunted Heart” album
Mar 9, 2005
Chris LeDoux dies of bile duct cancer at Wyoming’s Casper Medical Center, after battling several liver diseases. A professional rodeo star, he recorded more than 30 albums and had a hit with Garth Brooks on “Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy”
