SEPTEMBER 7

1926: Songwriter Aaron Schroeder was born in Brooklyn, NY. He penned Elvis Presley’s “Good Luck Charm” and “It’s Now Or Never,” Webb Pierce’s “Those Wonderful Years” and Johnny Duncan’s “She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime).”

1936: Rock & roll pioneer Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock, TX. Cohorts Waylon Jennings, Sonny Curtis and Bob Montgomery went on to find success in country music, while Holly’s “True Love Ways” became a country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1980.

1948: Roy Acuff was hit by a grapefruit when unidentified assailants threw eggs and fruit as he campaigned for Tennessee governor in Kingsport.

1970: Bobby Bare and Tom T. Hall heard Johnny Rodriguez sing at San Antonio’s Alamo Village theme park. They laid the groundwork for Rodriguez to move to Nashville, where he became a member of Hall’s band.

1976: MCA released Tanya Tucker’s album “Here’s Some Love.”

1978: Lorrie Morgan held her first recording session in Nashville.

1979: Columbia releases Crystal Gayle’s “Miss The Mississippi” album.

1985: Rosanne Cash appeared at #1 on the Billboard country chart with “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me.”

1987: MCA released two Reba McEntire albums, “The Last One To Know” and “Merry Christmas To You.”

1988: Columbia released Willie Nelson’s album “What A Wonderful World.”

1990: Epic released Joe Diffie’s debut album, “A Thousand Winding Roads.”

1991: Brooks & Dunn reached #1 in Billboard for the first time with “Brand New Man.”

2001: The Dixie Chicks, Buck Owens and Keith Urban taped an episode of “Family Feud” where they were pitted against the Muppets.

2004: Songwriter L.E. White died at his home in Hendersonville, TN. He wrote numerous solo and duet hits for Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, including “After The Fire Is Gone,” “To See My Angel Cry” and “We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby.”