1933
Born on this day in Elaine, Arkansas was session pedal steel guitar player John Hughey. He has worked with various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. A member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, Hughey was known for a distinctive playing style called "crying steel", which focused primarily on the higher range of the guitar. He died on November 18, 2007 age 73.

1948
Born on this day in Oneida, Kentucky, was Les Taylor, country music artist who was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of country-pop band Exile. He performed with the group until 1989, when he left to pursue a solo career. As a songwriter, Taylor has had his songs recorded by Travis Tritt and Shelby Lynne. He also co-wrote Janie Fricke's #1 single, "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy."

1962
Born on this day, in Pecos, Texas, was Jeff Bryant, drummer. He has contributed to several hits with Ricochet who won the Academy of Country Music's top vocal group honor in 1996 and 1998. He was forced to leave the group in 1999, suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.

1967
Born on this day in Midland, Texas, songwriter Jim Beavers who wrote Tim McGraw's "Felt Good On My Lips," Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup," Luke Bryan's "Drink A Beer" and Josh Turner's "Why Don't We Just Dance."

1968
Glen Campbell was at #1 on the US Country charts with "Wichita Lineman". It has been referred to as "the first existential country song".

1979
Born on this day in Mobile, Alabama was country pop singer and songwriter Walker Hayes. His 2019 single "Fancy Like" peaked at #1 on the US Country chart spending 18 weeks at the top of the chart and the track also peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

1986
Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of "Mind Your Own Business" was at the top of the Billboard country chart. The song which was first recorded by Hank Williams in 1949, also featured Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and Reba McEntire.

1989
Ronnie Milsap was at #1 on the Country music singles chart with "A Woman in Love", a song written by Curtis Wright and Doug Millett. It was released as the third single from the album Stranger Things Have Happened and was his last song to reach #1 on the US country singles chart.

2003
Kenny Chesney was at #1 on the Country charts with "There Goes My Life", written by Wendell Mobley and Neil Thrasher, the song spent 20 weeks on the chart.

2004
American guitarist and songwriter Hank Garland died of complications from a staph infection, he was 74 years old. At age 18, he recorded his million-selling hit "Sugarfoot Rag". He appeared on the Jubilee program with Grady Martin's band and on The Eddy Arnold Show. Garland is perhaps best known for his Nashville studio work with Elvis Presley from 1958 to 1961.

2015
American country singer and the lead vocalist for the Arkansas-based band, Backroad Anthem, Craig Strickland died. Strickland and a friend, Chase Morland, had gone to an area known as Bear Creek Cove, at Kaw Lake to hunt for ducks. Morland drowned after the Boat they were in capsized, while Strickland swam to shore, but later succumbed to hypothermia. The area had been experiencing severe inclement weather due to Winter storm Goliath with freezing temperatures. His body was discovered on January 4, 2016 after last being seen on December 27, 2015. It was determined by Oklahoma Highway Patrol that Strickland's body had been difficult to locate due to the camouflage hunting gear he had been wearing at the time of his death.

2017
Bluegrass musician Curly Seckler died in his sleep just two days after his 98th birthday. He played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in their band the Foggy Mountain Boys from 1949 to 1962.

2019
What You See Is What You Get the second studio album by American country music singer Luke Combs was at #1 on the Country album charts becoming Combs' first US #1 album.