Buck Owens

On This Day

02.27.26

Born on This Day in 1944, the Songwriter Who Worked Closely With Buck Owens and Played Bass on One of Merle Haggard’s Biggest Albums

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

02.19.26

On This Day in 1966, Buck Owens Started His First Multi-Week Run of the Year With a Song That Blended Humor and Desperation

By Clayton Edwards
Behind The Song

02.16.26

How a Canceled Date Led to This 1963 Country Classic (That the Beatles Would Cover Two Years Later)

By Melanie Davis
On This Day

02.01.26

On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Wrapped up a Record-Breaking Run on the Country Charts With a Song Later Covered by Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

12.24.25

On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With One of the Biggest Hits in Country Music History—a Song That Held a 49-Year Record

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

12.02.25

On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Was a No. 1 with a Now-Classic Album That Produced One of His Biggest Hits

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

12.01.25

On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Stepped Into a Hollywood Studio and Recorded His Biggest Crossover Hit—Against His Co-Writer’s Advice

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

10.31.25

On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With a Song That Outperformed Every Country Single for the Next Five Decades

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

10.15.25

On This Day in 1988, Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Were at No. 1 With a Milestone Song Birthed From a Merle Haggard Scheduling Conflict

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

10.08.25

Born on This Day in 1944, the Trailblazing Buck Owens Protege Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1970s

By Clayton Edwards
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09.25.25

Country Archives, 1988: Dwight Yoakam Teams Up with Buck Owens to Perform the Bakersfield Legend’s Final No. 1 Song

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.16.25

Born on This Day in 1928, the Legendary Pedal Steel Player Who Played for Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, & Merle Haggard—and Helped Redefine Honky Tonk

By Clayton Edwards

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