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Let is all pray for Ray Stevens, he fell and broke his neck 

Current Health Status (April 2026)

  • He recently broke his neck in a fall on March 29–30 near Nashville.

    • Doctors diagnosed a stable cervical fracture.

    • He was briefly hospitalized, then released home.

    • He is wearing a neck brace for several weeks as the fracture heals.

    • His team says he is fully mobile and in good spirits.

 

 

1926
American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian Uncle Dave Macon was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Macon was known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth, and gates-ajar collar; he gained regional fame as a vaudeville performer in the early 1920s before becoming the first star of the Grand Ole Opry.

1967
Born on this day was Matthew Chamberlain, American session drummer, record producer and songwriter. He has played with various artists, including Willie Nelson, Shelby Lynne, Miranda Lambert and Bob Dylan.

1970
Jim Reeves was at #1 on the Country singles chart with "He'll Have to Go". Reeves recorded what became one of country music's biggest hits ever after listening to a version recorded by singer Billy Brown. The track was first released to country radio as the B-side of the intended hit, "In a Mansion Stands My Love." However, "Mansion" failed to catch on, and disc jockeys began playing the B-side instead where it remained at the top of the charts for 14 consecutive weeks.


1970
Johnny Cash played at the White House with June Carter and The Statler Brothers for President Nixon, who requested that he played "A Boy Named Sue." Cash declined Nixon's request to do Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" but did perform "Folsom Prison Blues", "Peace In The Valley" and "What Is Truth."

1976
Eddie Rabbitt scored his first #1 country single with "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)", the first of fifteen solo #1 country hits for the singer, songwriter.

1985
Alabama released "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" which went to #1 on the Country charts. The track was the seventeenth in a string of 21 consecutive #1 singles in as many releases, a string that spanned from 1980 through 1987.

2000
Lonestar released "What About Now", the fourth single from their 1999 album, Lonely Grill, which went on to spend four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.

 





 

 

 

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