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American Songwriter Yesterday

Born 118 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Singing Cowgirl Who Became Country Music’s First Million-Selling Female Star

Patsy Montana 1930s Patsy Cline Dottie West The Prairie Ramblers

American Songwriter Oct 29

Born 89 Years Ago Today in the Bluegrass State, the Country Music Pioneer Who Helped Turn a Song Into a Tennessee State Anthem

1930s Sonny Osborne Jimmy Martin

American Songwriter Oct 29

Born 90 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Nashville Sideman Turned Southern Rock Pioneer Who Recorded With Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan 1930s Charlie Daniels Ringo Starr Leonard Cohen Elvis Presley Marty Robbins

American Songwriter Oct 28

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Country Guitarist Who Grew Up Down the Road From Johnny Cash and Later Played With Hank Williams

Hank Williams Johnny Cash 1930s Tommy Tomlinson Johnny Horton Dolly Parton Norma Jean

American Songwriter Oct 27

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Self-Taught Pianist Who Helped Create the Nashville Sound and Played on Elvis Presley’s Breakthrough Hit

Elvis Presley 1930s Floyd Cramer Patsy Cline Jim Reeves Eddy Arnold Roy Orbison

American Songwriter Oct 27

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Country Songwriter So Talented George Jones Recorded an Entire Album of His Songs

George Jones The Oak Ridge Boys 1930s Dallas Frazier Emmylou Harris Connie Smith Charley Pride

2 articles Oct 25

Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones The Feelies Sparta Grateful Dead 1930s Casey Jones Eric Clapton

American Songwriter, Magnet Magazine

American Songwriter Oct 24

Born 92 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the Legendary Nashville Songwriter Behind Hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, and Keith Whitley

George Strait Lefty Frizzell Keith Whitley 1930s Whitey Shafer Bob Wills Ernest Tubb George Jones

American Songwriter Oct 24

Born 96 Years Ago Today on the Texas Gulf Coast, the 50s Rock Legend Behind Novelty Hits and George Jones’ First No. 1

George Jones 1930s The Big Bopper Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens Johnny Preston Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Oct 19

Born 137 Years Ago Today in England, the Unsung Architect of Country Music Who Helped Make the King of Singing Cowboys a Star

1930s Gene Autry Bob Wills Roy Acuff Bill Monroe Red Foley

American Songwriter Oct 5

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Texas, the DJ Turned Country Star Who Scored a String of Hits in the 1970s

1930s Johnny Duncan Janie Fricke Eddy Arnold Frank Sinatra Perry Como

American Songwriter Oct 4

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Pedal Steel Pioneer Who Played on Hundreds of Recordings by Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich, and the Oak Ridge Boys

Tammy Wynette Charlie Rich The Oak Ridge Boys 1930s Lloyd Green Alan Jackson Faron Young George Jones The Byrds

American Songwriter Oct 2

28 Years Ago Today, the World Said Goodbye to the “King of the Singing Cowboys” Who Inspired Countless Imitators

1930s Gene Autry Jimmie Rodgers Roy Rogers

American Songwriter Sep 28

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the “Countrypolitan” Architect Who Penned Hits for Tammy Wynette, Lynn Anderson, and Jerry Lee Lewis

Tammy Wynette Lynn Anderson Jerry Lee Lewis Billy Sherrill 1930s Glenn Sutton David Houston Patti Page Sheb Wooley

American Songwriter Sep 28

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Who Wrote Songs for Buck Owens and Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard Buck Owens 1930s Tommy Collins Jean Shepard Wanda Jackson Faron Young George Strait

American Songwriter Sep 28

2 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Rhodes Scholar, Movie Star, and Incomparable Wordsmith Behind a Janis Joplin Masterpiece

Janis Joplin 1930s Kris Kristofferson Bob Dylan Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Sep 25

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Chicago, the Offbeat Poet, Cartoonist, and Children’s Book Author Behind Johnny Cash’s Career-Defining Crossover Hit

Johnny Cash 1930s Shel Silverstein Tompall Glaser Loretta Lynn Bobby Bare Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Sep 21

Born 90 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Teen Pop Idol Turned Country Star Who Co-Wrote George Jones’ Favorite Song

George Jones 1930s Dickey Lee George Strait Reba McEntire Charley Pride Tracy Byrd

American Songwriter Sep 11

Born 127 Years Ago Today, the Two-Time Louisiana Governor Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1940s

1930s

American Songwriter Sep 10

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s

1930s Tommy Overstreet Pat Boone The Shadows Norman Petty Neil Diamond

American Songwriter Yesterday

Born 118 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Singing Cowgirl Who Became Country Music’s First Million-Selling Female Star

Patsy Montana 1930s Patsy Cline Dottie West The Prairie Ramblers

American Songwriter Oct 29

Born 90 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Nashville Sideman Turned Southern Rock Pioneer Who Recorded With Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan 1930s Charlie Daniels Ringo Starr Leonard Cohen Elvis Presley Marty Robbins

American Songwriter Oct 27

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Self-Taught Pianist Who Helped Create the Nashville Sound and Played on Elvis Presley’s Breakthrough Hit

Elvis Presley 1930s Floyd Cramer Patsy Cline Jim Reeves Eddy Arnold Roy Orbison

2 articles Oct 25

Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones The Feelies Sparta Grateful Dead 1930s Casey Jones Eric Clapton

American Songwriter, Magnet Magazine

American Songwriter Oct 24

Born 96 Years Ago Today on the Texas Gulf Coast, the 50s Rock Legend Behind Novelty Hits and George Jones’ First No. 1

George Jones 1930s The Big Bopper Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens Johnny Preston Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Oct 5

Born 88 Years Ago Today in Texas, the DJ Turned Country Star Who Scored a String of Hits in the 1970s

1930s Johnny Duncan Janie Fricke Eddy Arnold Frank Sinatra Perry Como

American Songwriter Oct 2

28 Years Ago Today, the World Said Goodbye to the “King of the Singing Cowboys” Who Inspired Countless Imitators

1930s Gene Autry Jimmie Rodgers Roy Rogers

American Songwriter Sep 28

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Who Wrote Songs for Buck Owens and Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard Buck Owens 1930s Tommy Collins Jean Shepard Wanda Jackson Faron Young George Strait

American Songwriter Sep 25

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Chicago, the Offbeat Poet, Cartoonist, and Children’s Book Author Behind Johnny Cash’s Career-Defining Crossover Hit

Johnny Cash 1930s Shel Silverstein Tompall Glaser Loretta Lynn Bobby Bare Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Sep 11

Born 127 Years Ago Today, the Two-Time Louisiana Governor Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1940s

1930s

American Songwriter Oct 29

Born 89 Years Ago Today in the Bluegrass State, the Country Music Pioneer Who Helped Turn a Song Into a Tennessee State Anthem

1930s Sonny Osborne Jimmy Martin

American Songwriter Oct 28

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Country Guitarist Who Grew Up Down the Road From Johnny Cash and Later Played With Hank Williams

Hank Williams Johnny Cash 1930s Tommy Tomlinson Johnny Horton Dolly Parton Norma Jean

American Songwriter Oct 27

Born 87 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Country Songwriter So Talented George Jones Recorded an Entire Album of His Songs

George Jones The Oak Ridge Boys 1930s Dallas Frazier Emmylou Harris Connie Smith Charley Pride

American Songwriter Oct 24

Born 92 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the Legendary Nashville Songwriter Behind Hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, and Keith Whitley

George Strait Lefty Frizzell Keith Whitley 1930s Whitey Shafer Bob Wills Ernest Tubb George Jones

American Songwriter Oct 19

Born 137 Years Ago Today in England, the Unsung Architect of Country Music Who Helped Make the King of Singing Cowboys a Star

1930s Gene Autry Bob Wills Roy Acuff Bill Monroe Red Foley

American Songwriter Oct 4

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the Pedal Steel Pioneer Who Played on Hundreds of Recordings by Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich, and the Oak Ridge Boys

Tammy Wynette Charlie Rich The Oak Ridge Boys 1930s Lloyd Green Alan Jackson Faron Young George Jones The Byrds

American Songwriter Sep 28

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the “Countrypolitan” Architect Who Penned Hits for Tammy Wynette, Lynn Anderson, and Jerry Lee Lewis

Tammy Wynette Lynn Anderson Jerry Lee Lewis Billy Sherrill 1930s Glenn Sutton David Houston Patti Page Sheb Wooley

American Songwriter Sep 28

2 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Rhodes Scholar, Movie Star, and Incomparable Wordsmith Behind a Janis Joplin Masterpiece

Janis Joplin 1930s Kris Kristofferson Bob Dylan Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Sep 21

Born 90 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Teen Pop Idol Turned Country Star Who Co-Wrote George Jones’ Favorite Song

George Jones 1930s Dickey Lee George Strait Reba McEntire Charley Pride Tracy Byrd

American Songwriter Sep 10

Born 89 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Countrypolitan Singer And ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Scored a String of Top 5 Hits in the 1970s

1930s Tommy Overstreet Pat Boone The Shadows Norman Petty Neil Diamond

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