About Us
  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • May 5, 2024 CDT

  • Miscellaneous
  • Timelines Help
  • Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events
  •    
    • Jan 4, 1955
    Tennessee Ernie Ford's daytime TV show begins airing on NBC
    Jan 17, 1955
    "Town And Country Time," produced by country music promoter Connie B. Gay, debuts on WMAL-TV in Washington, D.C. The daily half-hour show is hosted by Jimmy Dean. The cast includes George Hamilton IV and--in short order--Roy Clark
    May 23, 1955
    "The Pee Wee King Show" debuts on ABC-TV, where it remains for four months. The program originates at WEWS in Cleveland
    Jul 2, 1955
    "The Lawrence Welk Show" debuts on ABC-TV, providing a launching pad for the career of Lynn Anderson, who joins the cast for one season in September 1967
    Jul 4, 1955
    CBS introduces the summer replacement sitcom "Those Whiting Girls," featuring Margaret Whiting, who landed nine duets with Jimmy Wakely in the Top 10 of the Billboard country singles chart
    Sep 5, 1955
    "The Pee Wee King Show," broadcast by ABC from WEWS-TV in Cleveland, concludes a four-month run in the network's prime-time lineup
    Sep 26, 1955
    "Those Whiting Girls," a summer replacement series for "I Love Lucy" that features pop-and-country singer Margaret Whiting, ends its three-month run on CBS-TV
    Oct 1, 1955
    "The Honeymooners" debuts as a weekly show on CBS-TV. The lead role of Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden belongs to Jackie Gleason, who goes on to write Jimmy Dean's 1962 country recitation, "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Oct 3, 1955
    The children's show "Captain Kangaroo," starring Bob Keeshan, makes its debut on CBS-TV. It's referenced a decade later in The Statler Brothers' first hit single, "Flowers On The Wall"
    May 11, 1956
    "The Pinky Lee Show" ends a two-year run as a daily kids program on NBC-TV. The cancellation provides a little scheduling freedom for cast member Molly Bee



    Displaying : 40 - 50 of 435 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ...44 | >>

  • 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!