1940s

On This Day

04.24.26

Born in New Jersey 83 Years Ago, the Country and Southern Gospel Legend Who Toured With Elvis Before Joining “The Best Vocal Group in the World”

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.21.26

79 Years Ago, Hank Williams Recorded One of the Earliest Examples of Rock and Roll With the Song That Put Him on the Road to Stardom

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

04.16.26

On This Day in 1944, Woody Guthrie Recorded One of the Most Potent Protest Songs of All Time

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.04.26

Born on This Day in 1940, the Youngest Woman Ever To Write a No. 1 Hit (Inspired by Her Breakup With an Everly Brother)

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.02.26

Born on This Day in 1947, This Crystalline-Voiced Country-Folk Pioneer and Animal Activist Who Vowed To Carry Gram Parsons’ Torch

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

04.01.26

Born on This Day in 1945, One of the “Most Influential” Musicians in Nashville History Who Toured the World With Chet Atkins as a 14-Year-Old

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

03.27.26

On This Day in 1947, Tex Williams Recorded the Sardonic Anti-Smoking Tune That Later Became the Title Song to a Sardonic Anti-Smoking Film

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

03.20.26

On This Day 76 Years Ago, Hank Williams Recorded the Tearjerker That Captured the Despair of Attending a Former Lover’s Wedding

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

03.16.26

Born on This Day in 1942, the Underrated Outlaw Country Maverick Who Gave Us This Hit About a New Orleans Street Performer

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

03.14.26

Born on This Day in 1945, the Man Who Wrote One of the Most Played Songs in Country Radio History

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

03.07.26

Born on This Day in 1944, the Late, Great, and Arguably Best Texas Songwriter of All Time—“I Thought He Was the Ghost of Hank Williams”

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

03.06.26

Born on This Day in 1905, the King of Western Swing—a Major Influence on George Strait, Merle Haggard, and Buck Owens

By Clayton Edwards