Country Music History – December 21
DECEMBER 21
1925: Floyd Taylor "Lightnin'" Chance was born in Como, MS. He played bass on such classics as Faron Young's "Hello Walls
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Country Music History – November 21
NOVEMBER 21
1923: Hal Smith was born in Fairview, AL. A fiddler for Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and others, he married singer Velma...
Country Music History – October 21
OCTOBER 21
1915: Record producer Owen Bradley WAs born in Westmoreland, Tn. He established the first recording studio on what became Music Row,...
Country Music History – September 21
SEPTEMBER 21
1912: Ted Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, LA. The singer/songwriter rose to fame in the 1940s with such songs as...
Country Music History – August 21
AUGUST 21
1925: Songwriter/producer Ed Penney WAs born in Cambridge, MA. He wrote and produced Terri Gibbs' crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'"...
Country Music History – July 21
JULY 21
1895: Actor Ken Maynard was born in Vevay, IN. Appearing in nearly 90 pictures, he became the first of America's singing...
Country Music History – June 21
June 21
1948: Leon Everette was born in Aiken, SC. He put together 10 hit records from 1980-1984, including "Hurricane," "Midnight...
Country Music History – May 21
MAY 21
1955: Webb Pierce quit the Grand Ole Opry on the WSM airwaves after a three-year membership. Pierce laments that he never...
