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1942
American violinist Carol Gorodetzky. She fromed The Nashville String Machine a musical collective comprising of session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Members of the group have been credited on over 1,000 recordings dating from 1972 to the present time. Gorodetzky died in 2023.

1970
Merle Haggard was at #1 on the US Country chart with "The Fightin' Side of Me", one of the most famous of his career. In reference to his own 2002 patriot song, "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)", Toby Keith once called this song "the original Angry American song."

1981
Dolly Parton was at #1 on the country chart with 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, her 23rd solo studio release. A concept album about working, the album was centered around Parton's hit "9 to 5", which served as the theme song to the film of the same name.

1981
Born on this day in Anaheim, Orange County was country music singer Brett Young. His second album Ticket to L.A. released in 2018 topped the Country album chart.

1986
Born on this day, was Brett Eldredge, American country music singer signed to Atlantic Records Nashville, who scored the 2013 #1 single "Don't Ya" on the Country Airplay chart. Eldredge is the cousin of Terry Eldredge of The Grascals.

1990
Ricky Van Shelton was at #1 on the Country chart with his third album RVS III. The singles released from the album were "Statue of a Fool" (#2), "I've Cried My Last Tear for You"(#1), "I Meant Every Word He Said" (#2), and "Life's Little Ups and Downs" (#4).

1992
Billy Ray Cyrus released "Achy Breaky Heart." The song was written in 1990 by Don Von Tress and first released in 1991 by the Marcy Brothers with the title "Don't Tell My Heart". It became the first country single to be certified platinum since "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983.

2000
Fly the fifth studio album by the Dixie Chicks was at #1 on the US Country chart. Eight singles were released from Fly, including the Hot Country Songs #1 hits "Cowboy Take Me Away" and "Without You", along with their then-highest charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100, "Goodbye Earl", which peaked at number 19. The album earned four Grammy nominations in 2000.

2006
Cindy Walker the prolific American songwriter, singer who wrote hits such as "Distant Drums", "Bubbles in My Beer", "Cherokee Maiden" and "You Don't Know Me" died aged 87. Walker who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997 and into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in March 2011 also had the 1944 hit with "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again".

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