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Influential country fiddler/songwriter and publisher Roy Acuff is born in Maynardsville, Tennessee, USA, Known as 'The King of Country Music', he will found the massive Nashville-based Acuff-Rose Publishing house. In 1962, he will become the first living inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Pioneering country singer, songwriter and guitarist Ernest Tubb is born in Crisp, Texas, USA.
WDAD becomes the first radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and will broadcast some country music before WSM, the future home of the Grand Ole Opry radio show, signs on almost a month later.
Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford release a new single, I'll Never Be Free, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Singing cowboy Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim) records Good-Bye Maria I'm Off To Korea for RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Johnny Bond records Born To Be Bad, The Hills Of Kentucky, and Back Street Affair in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He also records I Went To Your Wedding with additional vocalist Helen Carter.
Country singer John Berry is born in Aiken, South Carolina, USA. He will first find success in 1994 with his Grammy-nominated Your Love Amazes Me, which he will follow with further hits including You And Only You, She's Taken A Shine and What's In It For Me.
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The Porter Wagoner Show, a syndicated country music programme, makes its debut on eighteen TV stations in the USA. It will run until 1981, airing on Nearly 100 stations at its peak.
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Johnny And Jack, Kitty Wells and Jimmy Newman play a concert in O'Neill, Nebraska, USA.
Johnny And Jack, Kitty Wells and Jimmy Newman play a concert in Charles City, Iowa, USA.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys, with producer Owen Bradley, record Little Maggie, I'm Going back To Old Kentucky and Toy Heart for Decca Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on this session features Jimmy Maynard [gt], Curtis McPeake [banjo], Bassie Mauldin [bass], Buddy Spicher [fiddle] and Vassar Clements [fiddle].
Billy Walker, with producer Don Law, records Charlie's Shoes, Wild Colonial Boy, I'm Lying and The Next Voice You Hear in Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session features guitarists Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Billy Byrd and Harold Bradley, bassist Joseph Zinkan, drummer Buddy Harman and pianist William Pursell.
Kitty Wells, Johnny And Jack, Marvin Rainwater, Jimmy Newman, Bill Phillips and The Tennessee Mountain Boys play a show in Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.
Country-gospel singing star Ira Louvin of The Louvin Brothers is shot six times by his wife Faye, at his home near Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She tells police that he was beating her, reportedly declaring, "if the bastard don't die I'll shoot him again!" A 'lunacy warrant' is issued and she is arrested.
Country vocalist Wynn Stewart records I'm Not The Man I Used To Be and Slightly Used for Challenge Records of Los Angeles, California, USA. Bass player on the session is Merle Haggard.
The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Odeon, Southend, England, UK, Europe.
Country music guitarist Doc Watson and The Danny Kalb Quartet [later known as The Blues Project] play the seventh of fifteen nights at The Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Petula Clark, P.J. Proby, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Everly Brothers, Dave Berry, The Bitter End Singers, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, Gary Brento Weiss, Gary Lewis And The Playboys and Dick And Dee Dee appear on tv show Shindig! in the USA.
Marty Robbins, Flatt And Scruggs and an All-Star Country Show play at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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George Hamilton IV records Write Me A Picture, Something Special To Me and I've Got A Secret, with producer Chet Atkins, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The studio band includes guitarists Ray Edenton, Jerry Kennedy and Wayde Phillips, with Floyd Cramer on piano, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, Henry Strzelecki on bass and James Isbell playing drums.
Bluegrass vocalist Grandpa Jones records Turn Your Radio On, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Monument Records.
Merle Haggard begins recording sessions for his album Same Train, A Different Time - The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers, at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Anderson records You Can Change My World and My Elusive Dreams in Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Decca Records. Both songs will appear on his album Love Is A Sometimes Thing.
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plays at Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.Ain't Nothing 'Bout You by Brooks And Dunn begins a six-week stay at No1 on the Billboard country singles chart in the USA.
The 2010 Teen Choice Awards, hosted by Katy Perry, takes place in the Gibson Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, USA. Winners include Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. The show features live performances by Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo and others.
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The Gaslight Anthem [and their dog] arrive in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and set up in the studio to begin recording on their album Handwritten.
Miranda Lambert plays at The Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, with special guests Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett and JukeBox Mafia.
During their Mechanical Bull Tour, Kings Of Leon play at Concord Pavilion, Concord, California, USA.Sara Evans and REO Speedwagon are the unlikely musical bedfellows partnered in today's edition of CMT Crossroads in the USA.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are spotted kissing and cuddling at the Falls Festival in Byron Bay, Australia, Oceania. This sparks speculation that the couple, who split in 2013, have now reconciled.1903 |
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