Country Music History – April 4
APRIL 4
1919: Songwriter Cy Coben was born in Jersey City, NJ. He racked up more than a dozen country hits when his songs were... Read More.
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Country Music History – March 4
MARCH 4
1932: Betty Jack Davis was born in Corbin, KY. Along with Skeeter Davis, to whom she is not related, she formed The Davis... Read More.
Country Music History – February 4
FEBRUARY 4
1931: Fiddler Clarence "Tater" Tate was born in Gate City, VA. He performed with Bill Monroe, Patty Loveless and Wilma Lee Cooper, among... Read More.
Country Music History – January 4
JANUARY 4
1929: Victor releases The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower."1945: Jay Dee Maness is born in Loma Linda, CA. He becomes a session steel player... Read More.
Country Music History – December 4
DECEMBER 4
1944: Eddy Arnold held his first recording session at the WSM radio studios in Nashville. He recorded his first hit, "Each Minute Seems... Read More.
Country Music History – November 4
NOVEMBER 4
1940: Blues-rock singer Delbert McClinton was born in Lubbock, TX. McClinton teamed with Tanya Tucker on the 1993 duet "Tell Me About It"... Read More.
Country Music History – October 4
OCTOBER 4
1848: Lawyer and songwriter Frederic Weatherly was born in Portishead, England. He wrote the Irish folk song "Danny Boy," a 1967 country hit... Read More.
Country Music History – September 4
SEPTEMBER 4
1920: Steel guitarist Shot Jackson was born in Wilmington, NC. He worked with acts like Roy Acuff, Melba Montgomery and Kitty Wells, for... Read More.
Country Music History – August 4
AUGUST 4
1927: Jimmie Rodgers records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, singing "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and "The Soldier's Sweetheart" during an afternoon session... Read More.
Country Music History – July 4
JULY 4
1826: Songwriter Stephen Foster is born in Lawrenceville, PA. He became one of America's greatest songwriters, celebrated in a Grammy-winning 2004 tribute album,... Read More.
Country Music History – June 4
JUNE 4
1937: Baldemar Huerta was born in San Benito, TX. Renamed Freddy Fender, he gained two million-selling hits, "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" and... Read More.
