Today In Country Music History ....October 25th Oct 25, 1881 Surrealist painter Pablo Picasso is born in Malaga, Spain. Hes embedded in the lyrics of Trick Ponys 2001 hit Just What I Do Oct 25, 1885 Lyricist Sam Lewis is born in New York City. The author of Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody and Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?), he also pens the Jimmie Rodgers hit In The Hills Of Tennessee Oct 25, 1886 Fiddlin John Carson, while employed by a railroad construction company, shoots himself in the leg. He goes on to become the first hillbilly artist to play on the radio 36 years later Oct 25, 1893 Classical composer Petr Tchaikovsky dies under mysterious conditions, of cholera or from suicide, in Russia. In 1974, hes namechecked in the George Jones & Tammy Wynette country hit (Were Not) The Jet Set Oct 25, 1912 Howdeee! Im just so proud to be here! Sarah Colley is born in Centerville, Tennessee. Performinig as Minnie Pearl, she spends 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry and becomes a regular on Hee Haw, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975 Oct 25, 1925 Fiddler Oscar Stone joins Dr. Humphrey Bates group, The Possum Hunters, which soon becomes one of the first star acts of the Grand Ole Opry Oct 25, 1933 Actress Kathryn Grant is born in Houston, Texas. Thirty years younger than Bing Crosby, shes destined to become his second wife Oct 25, 1937 Jeanne Black is born in Pomona, California. She gains a hit with her 1960 recording Hell Have To Stay, an answer song to Jim Reeves Hell Have To Go Oct 25, 1944 Kathy Nivert is born in Washington, D.C. Under the name Taffy Danoff, she writes John Denvers Take Me Home, Country Roads and Please, Daddy (Dont Get Drunk This Christmas). She also founds The Starland Vocal Band, whose pop hit Afternoon Delight is remade as a country single by Johnny Carver Oct 25, 1945 Filming begins on Night Train To Memphis, starring Roy Acuff. As Acuff surfaces after diving to rescue a drowning woman, his hat remains on his head Oct 25, 1948 Columbia releases Bill Monroes Little Community Church Oct 25, 1949 Ernest Tubb becomes a critic: The singer begins a six-month stint on Nashvilles WMAK Radio, with a daily, one-hour show, Ernest Tubbs Record Roundup, in which he offers his opinions on the latest releases Oct 25, 1951 Hank Williams records Theres A Tear In My Beer. The tape remains in boxes at Bill Listers house until 1988, when Lister sends it to Hank Williams Jr., who eventually records a duet matching him with his fathers performance Oct 25, 1954 Justin Tubb & Goldie Hill record Sure Fire Kisses Oct 25, 1954 Columbia releases Marty Robbins Time Goes By Oct 25, 1954 Decca releases Kitty Wells Thou Shalt Not Steal Oct 25, 1954 Capitol releases Jimmy Bryant & Speedy Wests Stratosphere Boogie. The recording is ranked among countrys 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundations 2003 book Heartaches By The Number Oct 25, 1958 Mark Miller, of Sawyer Brown, is born in Dayton, Ohio. He becomes the lead singer for the group, which begins earning hits after winning Star Search in 1984. The band claims the Country Music Associations Vocal Group of the Year award in 1997 Oct 25, 1962 Songwriter Max Troy Barnes is born. His credits include Collin Rayes Love, Me, Diamond Rios Thats How Your Love Makes Me Feel and Vern Gosdins Way Down Deep, co-written with his father, songwriter Max D. Barnes Oct 25, 1963 Brenda Lee records the pop hit As Usual at Nashvilles Columbia Recording Studio Oct 25, 1965 Eddy Arnold records I Want To Go With You at RCA Studio B in Nashville Oct 25, 1967 Colgems releases The Monkees pop hit Daydream Believer. A dozen years later, the song becomes a country hit for Anne Murray Oct 25, 1970 Chely Wright is born in Kansas City, Missouri. She wins the Academy of Country Musics Top New Female award in 1995 and earns a #1 hit in 1999 with Single White Female. In 2010, she becomes the genres first openly gay artist Oct 25, 1972 Bill Anderson and Jan Howard announce theyre splitting as a duo Oct 25, 1975 Suffering from exhaustion, Johnny Cash cancels a White House appearance in honor of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat set for October 27. A doctor orders the cancellation, citing muscle spasms from over-work Oct 25, 1975 Freddy Fender sings Before The Next Teardrop Falls and Wasted Days And Wasted Nights in his first appearance on Hee Haw. The episode also features Kenny Price and Melba Montgomery, who does Dont Let The Good Times Fool You Oct 25, 1977 Debby Boones You Light Up My Life album is certified gold Oct 25, 1977 The Man In Black receives his first gold album in nearly six years, for The Johnny Cash Portrait/His Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Oct 25, 1977 The King nets a gold album for Elvis - A Legendary Performer, Volume 2 Oct 25, 1978 Harper & Row publishes Making It With Music: Kenny Rogers Guide To The Music Business, co-written with Len Epand Oct 25, 1980 Hoyt Axton and Joe & Rose Lee Maphis appear with hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark on Hee Haw Oct 25, 1982 Anne Murray gets a gold album for Christmas Wishes Oct 25, 1982 Glen Campbell marries Kimberly Woolen at the North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona. Waylon Jennings sings Amanda at the reception Oct 25, 1983 Mel Tillis purchases Cedarwood Publishing for $3 million. Cedarwood copyrights include the Tillis-penned songs Ruby, Dont Take Your Love To Town, Detroit City and Burning Memories Oct 25, 1984 Johnnie Lee Wills dies at Tulsas St. John Medical Center. The younger brother of Bob Wills, he played with the Texas Playboys prior to starting his own band, which earned a 1941 hit with the original version of Milk Cow Blues Oct 25, 1984 Alabama becomes the first country group to go triple-platinum, with the Feels So Right and Mountain Music albums each certified for shipment of three million copies. The albums Roll On and The Closer You Get also go double-platinum Oct 25, 1986 Loretta Lynn is Roy Clarks co-host for the week on Hee Haw. Their musical guests include Mickey Gilley, John Hartford, George Hamilton IV and The Whites Oct 25, 1988 Warner Bros. releases The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 album, featuring five pop and rock musicians whove written country hits: Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison Oct 25, 1989 Dottie West and Shelly West schedule their first official concert together, at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. They each do their solo show, then duet on Country Sunshine and Together Again Oct 25, 1989 Alabamas Roll On album and Greatest Hits are certified triple-platinum, while Forty Hour Week goes double-platinum Oct 25, 1989 RCA labelmates Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton hit the 2 million mark with the holiday album Once Upon A Christmas Oct 25, 1991 Alan Jackson scores his second platinum album, for Dont Rock The Jukebox Oct 25, 1991 The Desert Rose Band gives a benefit concert at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in California to help fund new machinery at Community Hospital Oct 25, 1992 Roger Miller dies of cancer in Los Angeles. A singer/songwriter with a quirky brand of humor, he sang King Of The Road, Chug-A-Lug and Dang Me, among others, and wrote hits by Alan Jackson, Jim Reeves and Ernest Tubb. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995 Oct 25, 1993 Liberty releases Asleep At The Wheels Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, featuring Garth Brooks, Suzy Bogguss, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Huey Lewis, George Strait and Vince Gill, among others Oct 25, 1994 Toby Keiths self-titled debut becomes his first platinum album Oct 25, 1994 RCA releases Elvis Presleys Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances Oct 25, 1994 Curb releases The Judds Number One Hits compilation Oct 25, 1994 Morgan Creek releases the soundtrack to Silent Fall, closing with the Wynonna & Michael English collaboration Healing Oct 25, 1995 Billboard Greatest Country Hits (1935-1954) goes gold. Gene Autrys Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) are included, alongside holiday tracks by Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Eartha Kitt Oct 25, 1996 Ricky Skaggs is given the keys to Bill Monroes former locker backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House Oct 25, 1997 During a performance in Flint, Michigan, Johnny Cash struggles with his balance, then announces to the crowd that he has Parkinsons disease. The following month he is hospitalized for Shy-Drager syndrome Oct 25, 1997 Tim McGraws Everywhere travels to #1 in Billboard Oct 25, 1997 Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Will Rogers have bronze markers placed in the Fort Worth National Historic District as theyre entered in the Texas Trail of Fame Oct 25, 1999 During a show at New Yorks Town Hall, Merle Haggard dedicates Ramblin Fever to Bill and Hillary Clinton, expected to relocate to run for office. Jokes Hag: Ive been thinking about moving to New York and running for mayor Oct 25, 1999 Brooks & Dunn pick up a gold album for Tight Rope Oct 25, 1999 Steel guitar player Earl Joaquin Murphey dies of cancer. The West Coast swing musician contributed to hits by Merle Travis, Spade Cooley, Tex Williams and The Sons Of The Pioneers Oct 25, 2001 Alan Jackson becomes the first contemporary country act to perform at Dallas American Airlines Center. Country-rock band The Eagles opened the arena in July Oct 25, 2002 Trace Adkins Chrome video debuts Oct 25, 2003 Del McCoury joins the Grand Ole Opry, inducted by Patty Loveless. Together they perform the gospel song Working On A Building Oct 25, 2003 CMT premieres Clint Blacks Spend My Time video and Brooks & Dunns You Cant Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl Oct 25, 2003 Willie Nelson performs during Neil Youngs annual Bridge School benefit in Mountain View, California, alongside Dave Matthews, Wilco, Pearl Jam, The Indigo Girls and Crosby Stills Nash & Young Oct 25, 2003 Gary Allan takes the top spot in Billboard with Tough Little Boys Oct 25, 2003 Word/Curb releases Randy Travis album Worship & Faith Oct 25, 2004 Gary Allans wife, Angela Herzberg, dies from a self-inflicted gunshot at the couples home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Allan, who is home at the time of the shooting, cancels a series of concerts Oct 25, 2005 CBS shoots I Walk The Line: A Night For Johnny Cash at Pantages Theatre with guests Alison Krauss, Martina McBride, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Norah Jones, Jessi Colter, Dwight Yoakam, Kid Rock, Shooter Jennings, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon Oct 25, 2005 George Jones triple-CD 50 Years Of Hits is certified gold Oct 25, 2005 Hip-O releases The Legend Of Johnny Cash Oct 25, 2005 The Toby Keith singles American Soldier and As Good As I Once Was go gold Oct 25, 2005 Sugarland registers a gold single with Something More Oct 25, 2005 Rascal Flatts drives home with a gold single for Fast Cars And Freedom Oct 25, 2005 Universal South releases Joe Nichols III album Oct 25, 2005 Word releases Randy Travis gospel album Glory Train Oct 25, 2005 A statue of Minnie Pearl is installed in Centerville, Tennessee Oct 25, 2007 The Anne Murray album The Best... So Far is certified gold and platinum Oct 25, 2008 Sara Evans sings during the NBC special Skating For Life. Peggy Fleming hosts the cancer fundraiser, which featuries performances of As If, Born To Fly, Suds In The Bucket and I Could Not Ask For More Oct 25, 2008 Craig Morgan joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing Rose Colored Glasses and International Harvester. Kristy Lee Cook makes her Opry debut the same night Oct 25, 2009 A year after bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock underwent brain surgery, Jerry Douglas, The Whites, Harley Allen and Jesse McReynolds play a benefit for him at Nashvilles Station Inn Oct 25, 2010 Big Machine releases Taylor Swifts album Speak Now Oct 25, 2010 Elvis Presley is #2 on the Forbes list of top-earning dead celebrities after generating $60 million the previous year. Also included: Michael Jackson, #1; John Lennon, #5; Richard Rodgers, #10; and Jimi Hendrix, #11 Oct 25, 2010 The Whiskey Aint Workin songwriter Ronny Scaife suffers a brain hemorrhage at his home in Perry County, Tennessee Oct 25, 2010 Mercury releases Easton Corbins I Cant Love You Back Oct 25, 2011 Big & Rich and Daryle Singletary play a Rock The Cradle benefit for Baptist Hospital at the Loveless Barn in Nashville Oct 25, 2011 Almost Country releases The Casey Donahew Bands album Double-Wide Dream Oct 25, 2012 Rodney Atkins, Scotty McCreery and The Lost Trailers perform a benefit for a local adoption agency at the Valarium in Knoxville, Tennessee Oct 25, 2013 Jason Aldean raises $575,000 for cancer charity with his annual Concert for the Cure at the New Orleans Arena Oct 25, 2014 Luke Bryan headlines the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, sharing the bill with Lee Brice and Cole Swindell Oct 25, 2014 Love And Theft performs for the Cattle Barons Gala, an American Cancer Society fundraiser at the Winston Ranch in Angelina County, Texas Oct 25, 2014 Don Everly participates as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame presents an Everly Brothers tribute concert at the State Theatre in Cleveland. Rodney Crowell serves as musical director And That My Friends Was October 25th In Bygone Years youtube/watch?v=JfTnf4AiN4Y
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