Sep 1, 1972

Dolly Parton records "My Tennessee Mountain Home" in a 10 a.m. session at Nashville's RCA Studio B

Sep 2, 1972

Don Gibson moves into the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Woman (Sensuous Woman)"

Sep 3, 1972

Songwriter Blair Daly is born in Opelousas, Louisiana. He pens the Rascal Flatts single "Stand," Kip Moore's "Beer Money" and Big & Rich's "That's Why I Pray"

Sep 3, 1972

Lester Flatt invites 13-year-old Marty Stuart to become a member of his band, the Nashville Grass, in Glasgow, Delaware. Stuart accepts

Sep 4, 1972

Johnny Cash appears on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Sep 4, 1972

Marty Robbins finishes ninth in a 1971 Dodge in the Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway in South Carolina

Sep 5, 1972

Allen Reynolds records "If She Just Helps Me Get Over You," co-written by Don Williams, at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville. Sonny James' version of the song will become a country hit in 1973

Sep 5, 1972

Capitol releases Buck Owens & The Buckaroos' "'Live' At The White House"

Sep 5, 1972

Merle Haggard records "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville

Sep 6, 1972

The syndicated "Porter Wagoner Show," featuring Dolly Parton, becomes the first TV show taped at Opryland USA