Country Music History – February 6 Thursday, February 6FEBRUARY 6 1888: Songwriter Haven Gillespie was born in Covington, KY. In addition to the holiday standard "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Country Music History – January 6 Monday, January 6JANUARY 6 1924: Earl Scruggs is born in Shelby, NC. The innovative banjo man joins Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the 1940s, then...
Country Music History – December 6 Friday, December 6DECEMBER 6 1936: Guitarist and bass player Jack Cooke was born. As one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appears on the...
Country Music History – November 6 Wednesday, November 6NOVEMBER 6 1925: Uncle Dave Macon, Sid Harkreader and Dr. Humphrey Bate performed at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in a benefit concert that airs...
Country Music History – October 6 Sunday, October 6OCTOBER 6 1942: Leonard Slye legally adopted the name by which he became a star: Roy Rogers.1966: Tim Rushlow was born...
Country Music History – September 6 Friday, September 6SEPTEMBER 6 1911: Zeke Clements was born on a farm near Warrior, AL. A Grand Ole Opry member who wrote Red Foley's "Smoke...
Country Music History – August 6 Tuesday, August 6AUGUST 6 1922: Comedian Manuel "Old Joe" Clark was born. He spent 50 years with the "Renfro Valley Barn Dance" in Kentucky, and...
Country Music History – July 6 Saturday, July 6JULY 6 1940: Jeannie Seely was born in Titusville, PA. A year after moving to Nashville, she gained a Top 10 recording with...
Country Music History – June 6 Thursday, June 6JUNE 6 1939: Gary "U.S." Bonds was born in Jacksonville, FL. The rock singer earned five hits in the 1960s, and another with...