1923
Born on this day in Keithville, Louisiana, was Claude King, singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain". Written with Nashville veteran Merle Kilgore, the song is based on a real character, Clifton Clowers, an uncle of Kilgore's who lived on Wolverton Mountain north of Morrilton, Arkansas. King died at his home in Shreveport on March 7, 2013, at the age of ninety.

1929
Born on this day, was Hal Blaine, session drummer known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine has played on 50 #1 hits and worked with numerous artists including Glen Campbell, Elvis Presley, John Denver, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters, and The Beach Boys.

1941
Born on this day in Oklahoma, was Henson Cargill country music singer best known for the 1968 #1 hit, "Skip a Rope". He died on March 24, 2007.

1962
The first days recording sessions for Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music took place at Capitol Studios in New York City. Regarded by many critics as Charles's best studio album, the albums lead single, "I Can't Stop Loving You", became a huge hit on country music radio stations and the record has now shipped over 500,000 copies in the United States alone.

1971
Born on this day in Boonville, Missouri, was Sara Evans country singer and songwriter who scored the 1999 US #1 Country hit "No Place That Far." Her fifth #1 hit, "A Little Bit Stronger", was co-written by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum.

1981
Feels So Right the fifth studio album by Alabama was at #1 on the Country charts. It was their first #1 and stayed on the chart for more than three years, longer than any other Alabama album. The album produced three #1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart: "Old Flame", the title track and "Love in the First Degree".

1994
The tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was at #1 on the Country charts. The album features covers of various Eagles songs, as performed by country music acts includidng Travis Tritt, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood and Vince Gill.

2016
A new species of black tarantula that lives near Folsom Prison, California, was named after Johnny Cash. Aphonopelma johnnycashi was among 14 new tarantula species from the southern US which were described by biologists in the journal ZooKeys.

2020
Little Big Town were at #1 on the Country album chart with their ninth studio album Nightfall. It includes the singles "Over Drinking", Grammy -nominated "The Daughters", and "Wine, Beer, Whiskey" and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.

2023
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Song of the Year went to "Just Like That" by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson won Best Country Solo Performance for "Live Forever", Best Country Duo/Group Performance went to Pearce and Ashley McBryde for "Never Wanted to Be That Girl", Best Country Song was "'Til You Can't" by songwritters Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis and Best Country Album went to Willie Nelson for A Beautiful Time.

2024
American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Toby Keith died in his sleep in Oklahoma, on 5 February 2024, at the age of 62. In June 2022, Keith announced that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. His chart-topping debut 'Should've Been a Cowboy', topped the US country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated. Keith released 19 studio albums and charted 61 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including 20 No.1 hits.