On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.02.26

On This Day in 1972, Don Gibson Scored His Final No. 1 With a Song That Got a Honky-Tonk Makeover 22 Years Later

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.02.26

On This Day in 2003, Two Music Legends Hit No. 1 on the Country Chart With a Song That Still Makes Fans Want to Ditch Work and Crack a Cold One

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 80 Years Ago on the Isle of Man, the Disco King Who Wrote Hits for Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Diana Ross

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 95 Years Ago in the Lone Star State, the Air Force Pilot Who Became Everyone’s Favorite “Singing Hobo” and Helped Make Branson a Country Music Destination

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

3 Years Ago Today, We Lost the Music Icon Who Found His Path to Fame and a Permanent Vacation While Busking With an Outlaw Country Legend

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.01.26

Born 93 Years Ago Today in Mississippi, the “High Priest of Country Music” Who Held a Record Even George Strait Had to Chase

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

08.31.26

18 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Country Guitar Legend Who Became a Movie Star Alongside Burt Reynolds

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1968, The Rolling Stones Released the Protest Song Deemed Too “Subversive” for American Radio

By Em Casalena
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1973, the “Miss Satin Sheets” of Country Music Was Riding a Historic Eight-Week No. 1 Streak That Took Her From Writing for Marty Robbins to Bona Fide Star

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1974, Dolly Parton Released the No. 1 Hit and TV Show Theme Song That Proved She Could Succeed Without Porter Wagoner

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.31.26

Born 81 Years Ago Today in California, the Overlooked Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Whose Songwriting Mick Fleetwood Said “Will Survive All of Us”

By Alex Hopper
On This Day

08.31.26

On This Day in 1950 at Nashville’s Castle Studio, Hank Williams Recorded One of Only Two Songs in His Legendary Catalog to Feature Drums

By Clayton Edwards

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