- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- April 28, 2024 CDT
Places-
Jun 24, 1925
Fiddlin' John Carson records "Little Mary Phagan," the story of a woman whose murder led to a lynching of her boss, in New York. The song is central in building Carson's reputation, helping him become one of the first recorded hillbilly artists
Jun 27, 1925
Songwriter Doc Pomus is born in New York. Pomus specializes in pop/rock/R&B songs, but several of them become country records, including "Little Sister," by Dwight Yoakam; and "Save The Last Dance For Me," by Emmylou Harris
Jul 27, 1925
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers hold their first recording session in New York. The effort yields "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues" and "Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister"
Aug 11, 1925
Drummer Philip Paul is born in Harlem, New York. Primarily an R&B musician, he takes part in sessions with Hank Ballard, Tiny Bradshaw and Freddie King. He also sits in on Cowboy Copas' recording of "Alabam"
Sep 11, 1925
Pop songwriter Alan Bergman is born in Brooklyn, New York. Along with wife Marilyn Bergman, he writes "The Theme From the Summer Of '42" and "The Way We Were," plus country hits "All His Children" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
Oct 20, 1925
Producer/engineer Tom Dowd is born in New York City. Noted for his work with Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and Lynyrd Skynyrd, he also produces Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A-Preacher Man," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book as one of country's 500 greatest singles
Jan 4, 1926
Songwriter Irving Berlin marries Ellin Mackay at New York's City Hall. In the first year of their union, he writes "Blue Skies," which is destined to become a country hit in 1978 for Willie Nelson
Jan 16, 1926
The Broadway production of "Rose-Marie" comes to a close. The title song--written by Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein and Otto Harbach--finds new life in country music when Slim Whitman revives it in 1954
Mar 4, 1926
Frances Wolfe is born in The Bronx, New York. Known publicly as Fran Warren, she provides the lead vocals when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra record the first hit version of "A Sunday Kind Of Love" in 1946. Reba McEntire has a country hit with the song in 1988
Mar 9, 1926
Broadway songwriter Jerry Ross is born in The Bronx. With frequent collaborator Richard Adler, he writes "Hernando's Hideaway," which becomes a country hit when Homer & Jethro record a comedic version in 1954
Displaying : 120 - 130 of 2036 / Page << | 1... | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ...204 | >>
- The Ultimate Country Music Database
RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.
Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.
From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.
RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!