- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- April 26, 2024 CDT
Places-
Dec 31, 1917
Evelyn Knight is born in Reedville, Virginia. With a handful of pop hits in her pocket, she scores a country Top 10 by teaming with Red Foley on the 1951 release "My Heart Cries For You"
Apr 25, 1918
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport News, Virginia. She appears in the Top 10 in an early version of the Billboard country chart in 1944 with her recording of "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street"
Nov 10, 1918
Ernest Stoneman marries Hattie Frost at the Methodist Church in Galax, Virginia. Many of their children unite under "Pop"'s lead to form The Stoneman Family
Jun 30, 1920
Eddie Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The oldest of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's 15 children, he plays occasionally with the Stoneman Family, but opts for more steady forms of employment
Feb 7, 1921
Wilma Lee Leary is born in Valley Head, West Virginia. Along with husband Stoney Cooper, she becomes a Grand Ole Opry member, and they score four Top 10 hits from 1958-1961
May 12, 1921
Joe Maphis is born in Suffolk, Virginia. He performs as a sideman on recordings by Rick Nelson, Wanda Jackson and Tommy Sands, among others, but is best known for recording the theme to "Bonanza"
Aug 29, 1921
Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their second child, Grace, in Galax, Virginia. Of the couple's 15 children, she remains among the minority by not becoming a member of The Stoneman Family
Feb 17, 1922
R&B singer Tommy Edwards is born in Richmond, Virginia. In 1958, he snares his biggest hit with "It's All In The Game," subsequently revised in 1977 as a country hit by Tom T. Hall
Jul 3, 1922
Fiddler Harold Hensley is born in Whitetop, Virginia. He performs in the 1950s and '60s on hits by HankThompson, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Skeets McDonald and Loretta Lynn, among others
Jun 18, 1923
Guitarist Zeke Turner is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Capitalizing on his membership in Red Foley's band, he becomes one of Nashville's first session musicians, noted for his work on recordings by Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams
Displaying : 40 - 50 of 468 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ...47 | >>
- 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!