1925
Born on this day, American session musician Floyd Chance (often credited as Lightnin' Chance). He played bass on many successful country and pop records, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. His bass playing can be heard on classic country music recordings including: 'Your Cheatin' Heart' (Hank Williams); 'Bye Bye Love' (The Everly Brothers); 'It's Only Make Believe' (Conway Twitty)" and 'Poetry In Motion' (Johnny Tillotson) along with recordings by Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson. Chance died on 11 April 2005 having suffered from cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

1926
Born on this day, was Freddie Hart, country musician and songwriter best-known for his #1 hit "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award in 1971 and 1972. He died on October 27th 2018 age 91.

1943
Born on this day in Lingen, Herefordshire, England, was guitarist Albert Lee who was a member of Emmylou Harris' The Hot Band and has also worked with Rosanne Cash, Dolly Parton and Carlene Carter.

1950
During recording sessions at Castle Studio, Nashville, Hank Williams record "Cold Cold Heart", "Dear John", "Just Waiting" and "Men With Broken Hearts".

1956
Born on this day in Abilene, Texas, was Lee Roy Parnell, country music and blues artist, singer, songwriter. His highest-charting hits are "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (1992), "Tender Moment" (1993), and "A Little Bit of You" (1995), all of which peaked at #2.

1968
Glen Campbell topped the US album chart with Wichita Lineman. Although the LP would stay on the chart for 46 weeks, it would be Campbell's only No.1 album. The title track which was written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb reached #3 on the US singles chart. Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset.

1973
Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US country album chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song which gave the singer his first #1 hit.

1979
The Electric Horseman, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, had its premiere. Willie Nelson was a supporting character in the film, and he also contributed to the movie's soundtrack.

1979
Linda Ronstadt held a fundraising concert for her boyfriend, California governor Jerry Brown, who is running for president at the San Diego Sports Arena. The Eagles also performed.

1995
Sammy Creason, American session drummer died. He worked with many artists including Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Delbert McClinton, Rita Coolidge, Billy Swan, Hoyt Axton, Gene Clark, Jimmy Buffett, and Jerry Jeff Walker

2017
Metro Nashville Police investigated the allegations against Kirt Webster from Country singer Austin Rick, released a report that showed there was enough evidence to prosecute Kirt Webster the CEO of Webster Public Relations for sexual assault. But since the alleged occurrences happened in 2008 (9 years previous), it was too late to bring charges due to the statute of limitations.

2020
K.T. Oslin, country music singer and songwriter died a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. She was 78 years old. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart including her 1990 hit "Come Next Monday."

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