1927
Born on this day in Guilford, Missouri, was Jerry Wallace country and pop singer. Between 1958 and 1964, Wallace charted nine hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the #8 "Primrose Lane." He died on May 5, 2008.

1928
Born on this day in Huntsville, Alabama was Ernest Ashworth who charted several singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the #1 "Talk Back Trembling Lips" and six other top ten hits. He died on March 2, 2009.

1928
Born on this day, was Jerry Wallace country and pop singer who between 1958 and 1964, scored nine hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the #1 "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry".

1944
Hank Williams married Audrey Sheppard, their son, Randall Hank Williams, who would achieve fame in his own right as Hank Williams, Jr., was born on May 26, 1949. The marriage ended in divorce on May 29, 1952.

1953
Born on this day was American country singer-songwriter Randy Parton, the younger brother of Dolly Parton. He had the 1981 hits "Hold Me Like You Never Had Me" and "Shot Full of Love". He died from cancer on January 21, 2021 age 67.

1960
Born on this day was American bassist and singer Doug Phelps from country rock and Southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. Their 1989 album Pickin' on Nashville won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance in 1991.

1975
Tammy Wynette recored "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" at Columbia Recording, Nashville, Tennessee. The song became Wynette's fifteenth #1 on the country charts. Wynette noted on multiple occasions that the song was her personal favorite of all that she had written or recorded.

1979
Singer-songwriter Alan Jackson married his high school sweetheart, Denise Jackson. They had three daughters.

1982
The Clint Eastwood, produced and directed, film Honkytonk Man was released. Set in the Great Depression, the film which stars Eastwood with his son, Kyle Eastwood was loosely based on the life of Country music legend Jimmie Rodgers.

1990
George Strait was at #1 on the US Country charts with, "I've Come to Expect It from You", a song written by Buddy Cannon and Dean Dillon.

2013
Country singer Chris Cagle was arrested in Greenville, Texas on "suspicion of driving while intoxicated" The Texas Department of Public Safety said the 45-year-old entertainer was pulled over after running a red light.

2013
Canadian country singer George Canyon said he was devastated on hearing that his friend and fellow pilot had crashed into a house and died, shortly after flying him to a show in northeastern Alberta. Canyon's publicist, said the singer was dropped off with his tour manager in Lloydminster for a performance of The Huron Carole in the city that evening.

2014
Little Big Town released "Girl Crush" taken from their sixth studio album, Pain Killer, which topped the country singles chart for 13 weeks. Some radio stations were reported to have pulled "Girl Crush" from their playlists, in response to concerns from listeners who interpreted the song to be about lesbianism.

2018
Country music songwriter Jerry Chestnut died in Nashville at the age of 87. His hits include "Good Year for the Roses" (recorded by Alan Jackson, George Jones and Elvis Costello) and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (recorded by Elvis Presley in 1975, and Travis Tritt in 1992.)

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