About Us
  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • May 9, 2024 CDT
  • People
  • Timeline Help
  • An instant history for your favorite artists, plus producers, musicians, songwriters and others
    • Nov 1, 1987
    Tom Petty guests on ABC's "Dolly!" Host Dolly Parton performs "The Seeker"
    May 7, 1988
    Recording begins for The Traveling Wilburys' album "Vol. 1" at a studio in Encino, California, owned by rocker Dave Stewart. The band includes Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne
    Oct 25, 1988
    Warner Bros. releases The Traveling Wilburys' album "Vol. 1," featuring five pop and rock musicians who've written country hits: Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison
    Dec 13, 1988
    A memorial for Roy Orbison at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles draws Kris Kristofferson, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Graham Nash and Tom Petty. The evening's performances naturally include "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Blue Bayou"
    Jan 4, 1989
    Less than a month after Roy Orbison's death, The Traveling Wilburys' album "Vol. 1" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA. The project teams him with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne
    Jan 23, 1989
    Virgin releases Roy Orbison's album "Mystery Girl," with guest appearances by Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bono and Jeff Lynne
    Mar 1, 1989
    The Traveling Wilburys' "Vol. 1" garners a double-platinum album from the RIAA. The project features five pop and rock acts who've written country hits: Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison and the late Roy Orbison
    Oct 27, 1989
    MCA releases Tom Petty's rock hit "Free Fallin'." It gets mentioned in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country single "Song For Another Time"
    Jan 27, 1990
    Gainesville, Florida, observes Tom Petty Day. During the 1980s, he had country hits as a songwriter with Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You," Southern Pacific's "Thing About You" and Roy Orbison's "You Got It"
    Jan 14, 1994
    The album "Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" is certified gold by the RIAA. Among the artists: Johnny Cash & June Carter, Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty and others
    Displaying : 20 - 30 of 83 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

  • 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!