On This Day

A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before

On This Day

09.12.26

Born 33 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Country-Pop Queen and Reality TV Star Helping Define a New Musical Generation

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.12.26

Born 95 Years Ago in Texas, the Complicated Man Who Became the Greatest Country Singer of All Time

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.11.26

49 Years Ago Today, David Bowie Recorded This Iconic Christmas Duet With a Legendary Crooner Solely To Appease His Mother

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.11.26

Born 45 Years Ago Today in Georgia, One-Third of This Grammy-Winning Country-Pop Trio Who Has Written Hits for Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.11.26

Born 64 Years Ago Today in Nashville, the Grammy-Winner Who Discovered the Dixie Chicks and Whose Father Signed George Strait and Jimmy Buffett

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.11.26

On This Day in 1974, a Radio Station Put a Doobie Brothers B-Side in Heavy Rotation and Helped Them Score Their First No. 1

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.11.26

On This Day in 1962, The Beatles Recorded the US Version of Their Debut Single—Written by Lennon and McCartney Before the Band Formed

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.11.26

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

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.10.26

Born 40 Years Ago Today in East Tennessee, the Southern Songbird and Member of Miranda Lambert’s Sharp Shootin’ Country Music Trio

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.10.26

56 Years Ago Today, Lynn Anderson Recorded the Signature Hit Her Husband Didn’t Want Her To Sing

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

09.10.26

On This Day in 1991, Brooks & Dunn Were at No. 1 With the First Song They Wrote as a Duo

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.10.26

59 Years Ago Today, Elvis Presley Interrupted Jerry Reed’s Fishing Trip To Record His Final Country No. 1

By Erinn Callahan

On This Day

Born 33 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Country-Pop Queen and Reality TV Star Helping Define a New Musical Generation

Born 95 Years Ago in Texas, the Complicated Man Who Became the Greatest Country Singer of All Time

49 Years Ago Today, David Bowie Recorded This Iconic Christmas Duet With a Legendary Crooner Solely To Appease His Mother

Born 45 Years Ago Today in Georgia, One-Third of This Grammy-Winning Country-Pop Trio Who Has Written Hits for Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker

Born 64 Years Ago Today in Nashville, the Grammy-Winner Who Discovered the Dixie Chicks and Whose Father Signed George Strait and Jimmy Buffett

On This Day in 1974, a Radio Station Put a Doobie Brothers B-Side in Heavy Rotation and Helped Them Score Their First No. 1

On This Day in 1962, The Beatles Recorded the US Version of Their Debut Single—Written by Lennon and McCartney Before the Band Formed

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

Born 40 Years Ago Today in East Tennessee, the Southern Songbird and Member of Miranda Lambert’s Sharp Shootin’ Country Music Trio

56 Years Ago Today, Lynn Anderson Recorded the Signature Hit Her Husband Didn’t Want Her To Sing

On This Day in 1991, Brooks & Dunn Were at No. 1 With the First Song They Wrote as a Duo

59 Years Ago Today, Elvis Presley Interrupted Jerry Reed’s Fishing Trip To Record His Final Country No. 1

19-Year-Old ‘Voice’ Contestant Impresses Riley Green with Her First-Ever Performance of a Country Song—And the Crowd’s Reaction Will Shock You

Queen Latifah Tries to Woo a ‘Voice’ Contestant to Her Team With an Impromptu Serenade

Riley Green Fights “Grandpa” Adam Levine on ‘The Voice’ After 15-Year-Old Delivers “The Most Perfect Performance” of the Season

5 Years Ago Today, the World Lost the Shoeshine Boy Who Played on Patsy Cline’s Biggest Hits and Helped Shape the Nashville Sound