Gold Country 

1946
Born on this day in Darby, Florida, was Howard Bellamy, singer, songwriter of The Bellamy Brothers. The duo had success in the 1970s and 1980s, starting with the release of their crossover hit "Let Your Love Flow" in 1976, a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting twenty #1 singles.

1960
Loretta Lynn signed her first contract on with Zero Records which saw her recoding tracks tat United Western Recorders in Hollywood, California.

1965
Eddy Arnold was at #1 on the County chart with My World. The album held the #1 spot for 17 weeks, and remained on the chart for a total of 44 weeks and became the best selling album of Arnold's career.

1970
Dolly Parton released her fifth solo studio album The Fairest of Them All which peaked at #13 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart. The album's only single, "Daddy Come and Get Me", was released in December 1969.

1974
Dolly Parton scored her second #1 Country hit single with "Jolene." Parton has said that the inspiration for the story was a tall, red-headed bank teller whom Parton believed was flirting with her husband, and her husband's apparent vulnerability to the teller's charm as indicated by his sudden interest in making frequent trips to the bank.

1986
Born on this day in Tacoma, Washington, was Blaine Larsen country music artist. At the age of fifteen, he recorded his debut album In My High School on Giantslayer Records, an independent record label.

1992
Doug Stone was at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "A Jukebox With A Country Song", the singers second chart topper.

1993
Willie Nelson agreed to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owed the Internal Revenue Service. His accountants, Price Waterhouse, had not been paying Nelson's taxes for years and in addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson's situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.

2007
Keith Urban filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey painter by the same name, who had a web site KeithUrban.com. The singer wanted to acquire the rights to the URL - the painter counter sued and the lawsuit was settled in the painter's favor.

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