Country GOLD NEWS

  The Mother Road Route 66 is Celebrating 100 Years Old,  Chicago to LA 

1927
Born on this day was Boots Randolph, American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a prolific session musician and member of the Nashville A-Team, performing on numerous notable recordings by artists including Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, and Al Hirt. On July 3, 2007, Randolph died at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

1966
Born on this day in Sydney, Australia, was Jamie O'Neal, country singer and songwriter. Her 2000 debut album, Shiver featured the back-to-back #1 singles "There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels".

1972
The Opryland USA country music theme park opened in Nashville. Opryland USA which was later called Opryland Themepark was an amusement park located in suburban Nashville, Tennessee. During the late 1980s, nearly 2.5 million people visited the park annually. Billed as the 'Home of American Music,' Opryland USA featured a large number of musical shows along with amusement park rides.

1989
Country singer Rebe McEntire married her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

1990
The Carter Family and Johnny Cash were both inducted into the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Berkley Carterette Hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey.

1994
Singer Wally Fowler died of a heart attack while fishing from a dock on Dale Hollow Lake, northeast of Nashville, his body was found floating in the water. He founded the Oak Ridge Quartet, a gospel act that eventually became the Oak Ridge Boys. He was known as The Man with a Million Friends and Mr. Gospel Music.

1995
Van Stoneman died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The son of country pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joined with a number of his siblings to create The Stoneman Family, named Vocal Group of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1967.

1996
George Strait released "Carried Away" the second single from his album Blue Clear Sky which would become his 30th US Country chart hit. The song was one of two George Strait songs (the other being "One Night at a Time") to be nominated for Single of the Year at the 1997 Country Music Association Awards.

1997
Curb Records released Everywhere, the fourth album by Tim McGraw. It was his first release since his marriage to Faith Hill and his collaboration with his wife from the album, "It's Your Love", was nominated for Best Country Collaboration and Best Country Song at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

Copyright | This Day In Music © 1999-2026 ~ Terms & Conditions ~ Contact

Graphic Design | Blade Design Ltd. ~ Website Development | Hi-Peak Internet