- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- May 19, 2024 CDT
Places-
Jul 17, 1996
Bass player Chas Chandler dies in England. A former member of the rock band The Animals, he took part in the 1964 pop hit "The House Of The Rising Sun." Dolly Parton earns a country hit with a cover of the song in 1981
Dec 23, 1996
Songwriter, sax player and club owner Ronnie Scott dies in London from an apparently accidental overdose of pain pills for tooth implants. He wrote Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" and Shelly West's "Flight 309 To Tennessee"
Mar 11, 1997
Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Beatles songs he wrote that ended up on the country charts include "I Feel Fine," remade by Sweethearts Of The Rodeo; and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party," by Rosanne Cash
Dec 12, 1997
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and his wife, Jerry Hall, have a son, Gabriel Jagger, in London. The band's "Honky Tonk Women" is one of country's all-time greatest singles, according to the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 30, 1998
Johnny Moore, of The Drifters, dies of a respiratory ailment in London, England. He sang lead on "Ruby, Baby," a 1956 R&B classic that was covered as a country hit for Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1975
Jan 7, 1999
Reba McEntire kicks off her first European tour in Glasgow, Scotland, visiting 16 cities by the end of the month
Mar 2, 1999
Pop singer Dusty Springfield dies of breast cancer at her home in England. Her 1968 recording of "Son-Of-A Preacher Man" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
May 30, 1999
A bomb threat forces 3,000 people to evacuate the Royal Albert Hall in London prior to a Kenny Rogers concert. No explosives are found
Jun 4, 1999
Reba McEntire performs at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall
Jun 12, 1999
"True Grit" songwriter Don Black is named an officer of the Order of the British Empire by the queen in London
Displaying : 340 - 350 of 526 / Page << | 1... | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | ...53 | >>
- 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!