SEPTEMBER 21
1912: Ted Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, LA. The singer/songwriter rose to fame in the 1940s with such songs as “Born To Lose” and “Worried Mind,” making him one of the original inductees in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
1941: Dickey Lee was born in Memphis. After a 1962 pop hit with “Patches,” he notched such ’70s country hits as “Rocky” and “9,999,999 Tears.” He also wote George Jones’ “She Thinks I Still Care,” George Strait’s “Let’s Fall To Pieces Together” and John Schneider’s “I’ve Been Around Enough To Know.”
1952: Kenneth Trebbe was born in Topeka, KS. Under the name Kenny Starr, he had a 1975 country hit with “The Blind Man In The Bleachers.” The song was simultaneously a pop hit for David Geddes.
1961: Porter Wagoner recorded “Misery Loves Company” at RCA Studio B in Nashville during an afternoon session.
1967: Faith Hill was born in Jackson, MS. Following her 1993 debut “Wild One,” she became one of country’s most successful female singers, gaining major crossover hits with “This Kiss” and “Breathe.” She married Tim McGraw in 1996.
1974: Walter Brennan died from emphysema at St. John’s Hospital in Oxnard, CA. The well-known character actor appeared in more than 150 films and earned a country hit with his 1962 recitation “Old Rivers.”
1979: Columbia released Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band’s first album for the label, “Straight Ahead.”
1981: Waylon Jennings recorded “Just To Satisfy You” and “Women Do Know How To Carry On” at Nashville’s Moman Studios. Willie Nelson later adds his voice to the former.
1984: Barbara Mandrell’s first TV movie, “Burning Rage,” airs on CBS, even as she recovers from a near-fatal auto accident. Originally titled “Coal Fire,” the project’s cast also featured Tom Wopat.
1990: The Internal Revenue Service placed liens totaling $16.7-million on Willie Nelson’s property to guarantee that he paid $6.5-million in back taxes.
1994: Garth Brooks’ “No Fences” became the first country album to reach the 11 million mark in certifications.
1996: The audience at the Grand Ole Opry witnessed a historic moment when 23-year-old Hank Williams III, son of Hank Williams Jr. and grandson of country music legend Hank Williams made his Opry debut. Hank III wore a black western shirt trimmed with green fringe that belonged to his grandfather. He sang the Hank classics “Moanin’ The Blues” and “Lovesick Blues”
2001: Newlyweds Vince Gill and wife Amy Grant announced that they were expecting their first child together. The couple welcomed their daughter Corrina Grant Gill, into the world at 12:36 am CT on March 11th. Here are two fun facts for you: First, Vince and Amy didn’t find out if they were having a boy or a girl until she made her debut. Second, the baby’s name isn’t a combination of the couple’s last names – “Grant” is actually Vince’s middle name.
2021: Cody Johnson’s single, “‘Til You Can’t,” was released.
