Today In Country Music History ....October 29th Oct 29, 1905 Songwriter Albert Brumley is born in Spiro, Oklahoma. He authors the gospel classic Ill Fly Away and The Stanley Brothers Rank Stranger Oct 29, 1916 Ramblin Jimmie Dolan is born in Gardena, California. Nicknamed Americas Country Troubadour, he earns a single Top 10 hit with his 1951 release Hot Rod Race Oct 29, 1929 Wall Street suffers Black Tuesday as the stock market crashes, signaling the start of the Great Depression. The event provides background for Alabamas 1989 country hit Song Of The South Oct 29, 1929 Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers record Soldiers Joy in Atlanta Oct 29, 1931 Gene Autry & Jimmy Long record That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine in New York Oct 29, 1937 Sonny Osborne is born in Hyden, Kentucky. With sibling Bobby, he forms The Osborne Brothers, a bluegrass act that joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. The Country Music Associations Vocal Group of the Year for 1971, the Osbornes are best known for Rocky Top Oct 29, 1942S inger/songwriter Lee Clayton is born in Russellville, Alabama. Associated with the outlaw movement during the early- and mid-1970s, he writes the Willie Nelson hit If You Can Touch Her At All Oct 29, 1949 Dewey Phillips debuts his Red Hot N Blue radio show on WHBQ in Memphis. Five years later, he becomes the first deejay to play Elvis Presley Oct 29, 1954 Carl Smith records Kisses Dont Lie during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville Oct 29, 1955 Slim Whitman joins the Grand Ole Opry Oct 29, 1955 The Louvin Brothers record I Dont Believe Youve Met My Baby at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville Oct 29, 1956P riscilla Beaulieu, the future wife of Elvis Presley, is crowned queen of the Popham Halloween Carnival in Austin, Texas Oct 29, 1957 After recording for Columbia and Capitol, Roy Acuff holds his first recording session for Hickory Records Oct 29, 1957 Bobby Helms records Jingle Bell Rock, destined to become a Christmas classic, just days before Halloween at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville Oct 29, 1957 Roy Acuff records Once More in Nashville Oct 29, 1958 Bill Haley & His Comets perform in Stuttgart, West Germany. In the audience is private Elvis Presley, watching Haley for the second time in less than a week Oct 29, 1959 Elvis Presley is released from a military hospital in Germany, where hes been treated for the previous five days for tonsillitis Oct 29, 1962 Wanda Jackson records Ivory Joe Hunters Empty Arms. The song becomes a country hit for Capitol labelmate Sonny James in 1971 Oct 29, 1969 Waylon Jennings records Singer Of Sad Songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville Oct 29, 1969 Computers communicate for the first time, transmitting two letters before crashing. The event marks the birth of the Internet, the subject of Alan Jacksons memory and Brad Paisleys Online Oct 29, 1971 Conway Twitty records I Cant See Me Without You Oct 29, 1971 Rock guitarist Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia. He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, namechecked in Conway Twittys 1978 recording Boogie Grass Band Oct 29, 1973 Waylon Jennings records This Time at the Glaser Studios in Nashville. RCA initially refuses the master, because it was not recorded at the labels studio, but it eventually becomes a #1 record Oct 29, 1973 Conway Twitty records Theres A Honky Tonk Angel (Wholl Take Me Back In) during the evening hours at Bradleys Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Oct 29, 1973 Moe Bandy records his first charted single, I Just Started Hatin Cheatin Songs Today, in an afternoon session at Nashvilles Music City Recorders Oct 29, 1973 ABC releases Jim Mundys lone hit, The Rivers Too Wide Oct 29, 1976 Elvis Presley records Way Down in the Jungle Room at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee Oct 29, 1976 Warner Bros. releases The Doobie Brothers Best Of The Doobies. Four of the tracks feature drummer Keith Knudsen, who goes on to co-found country musics Southern Pacific during the following decade Oct 29, 1976 Merle Haggard misses a concert in Denver, Colorado, the first of several dates at which he is a no-show. After an anonymous caller claims hes been left in a ditch, Haggards manager indicates hes left the road with exhaustion Oct 29, 1977 Charley Pride and Hank Thompson are the musical guests on the weeks installment of Hee Haw Oct 29, 1981 Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn are showered with three gold albums. Certified are his Greatest Hits Vol. I, her Greatest Hits Vol. II and their duet project Lead Me On Oct 29, 1982 Alabama makes its Grand Ole Opry debut Oct 29, 1982 Epic releases Mickey Gilleys Biggest Hits Oct 29, 1982 John Mellencamp receives a gold single for his pop hit Jack & Diane. The song is referenced more than 20 years later in the Kenny Chesney country hit I Go Back Oct 29, 1982 Warner Bros. releases Gary Morris Velvet Chains Oct 29, 1983 David Frizzell & Shelly West return to the guest lineup of TVs Hee Haw, which also features Tennessee Ernie Ford Oct 29, 1983 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton spend the first of two weeks at #1 in Billboard with Islands In The Stream Oct 29, 1985 Barbara Mandrell appears in a series of spots encouraging Americans to buckle up for safety. Mandrell stands next to the mangled silver 1982 Jaguar she was driving in a near-fatal accident in September 1984 Oct 29, 1985 After more than 20 years of recording for RCA Records, Waylon Jennings has his first session for MCA at Nashvilles Emerald Sound Studios Oct 29, 1985 Hank Williams Jr.s Five-0 album is registered gold Oct 29, 1988 Gary Lee Copas, the son of Cowboy Copas, dies Oct 29, 1988 Highway 101 and Keith Whitley are featured on Hee Haw, with fellow guests Conway Twitty and Crook & Chase Oct 29, 1989 Alabama headlines a country show at legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City with George Strait, Merle Haggard and Ricky Van Shelton Oct 29, 1990 Don Henley, a founding member of The Eagles, receives the People for the American Ways Spirit of Liberty Award for his environmental and anti-censorship work Oct 29, 1990 Clint Blacks Killin Time album is certified double-platinum Oct 29, 1990 Vince Gill takes home his first gold album, for When I Call Your Name Oct 29, 1991 Warner Bros. releases The Whiskey Aint Workin, by Travis Tritt featuring Marty Stuart Oct 29, 1992 Fred Maddox, of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, dies. The band became one of the most popular country touring acts of the 1950s, with a show that featured strong musicianship and plenty of comedy. Among his pallbearers is Merle Haggard Oct 29, 1992 Warner Bros. releases Randy Travis Look Heart, No Hands Oct 29, 1993 Columbia releases the Honky Tonk Angels album, featuring Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette Oct 29, 1994 Alan Jacksons Livin On Love paints the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart Oct 29, 1996 Arista releases Alan Jacksons Everything I Love album Oct 29, 1996 Charlie Daniels holds Volunteer Jam XVI at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville. The unplugged affair features Lorrie Morgan, David Ball, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tracy Byrd, Tray Lawrence, John Berry, Randy Scruggs and BlackHawk Oct 29, 1997 Johnny Cash checks in at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, where hes diagnosed with a rare disease called Shy-Drager syndrome Oct 29, 2001 Garth Brooks fires back at George Jones associate Evelyn Shriver. Accused five days earlier of hurting Jones feelings, Brooks tells The Tennessean Shriver distastefully used Jones 1999 car accident to sell copies of his Cold Hard Truth album Oct 29, 2001 Alan Jackson records Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Oct 29, 2002 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits goes gold, platinum and double-platinum at the same time Oct 29, 2002 Epic releases the Totally Country Vol. 2 compilation, featuring Tammy Cochran, Trick Pony, Chris Cagle, George Strait, Travis Tritt, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd, Joe Nichols, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts Oct 29, 2002 Lyric Street releases Rascal Flatts Melt album Oct 29, 2003 Jerry Lee Lewis plays the Viper Room on Los Angeles Sunset Strip, where he plunks one fan on the head with his mic stand. Among the celebrities on hand: musicians Tom Petty and Robbie Robertson, plus actors Harry Dean Stanton and Daryl Hannah Oct 29, 2004 The Ray Charles biopic Ray opens in movie theaters, with Jamie Foxx handling the title role. Oct 29, 2004 George W. Bush agrees to stop using Still The One as a campaign theme when singer/songwriter John Hall, who supports opponent John Kerry, protests that it was used without permission from Hall and his co-writer, Johanna Hall Oct 29, 2004 Rascal Flatts Feels Like Today album receives gold and platinum certification Oct 29, 2004 The Best Of Toby Keith: The Millennium Collection is awarded a gold album Oct 29, 2009 A six-mile stretch of N.C. 103 is renamed the Donna Fargo Highway. The road runs north from her hometown, Mount Airy Oct 29, 2009 Lee Ann Womacks I Hope You Dance earns a digital gold single Oct 29, 2009 Taylor Swifts single You Belong With Me goes gold, platinum and double-platinum Oct 29, 2009 Jerry Lee Lewis starts a Rock & Roll 25th anniversary concert with Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On at Radio City Music Hall. Hes followed by Billy Joel, Paul Simon, John Fogerty, Smokey Robinson and Bruce Springsteen Oct 29, 2010 The exhibit Roy Acuff: Life And Legend closes at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee Oct 29, 2010 Monroe Carell Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt names a pediatric unit the Rascal Flatts Surgery Center Oct 29, 2010 Brett Eldredge makes his Grand Ole Opry debut Oct 29, 2011 Darius Rucker and Michael McDonald perform during a benefit that pays tribute to Stevie Wonder in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, raising money for myeloma research Oct 29, 2011 Martina McBride sings This Ones For The Girls and Im Gonna Love You Through It during Andre Agassis Grand Slam For Children in Las Vegas. Featuring Smokey Robinson, Michael Buble, Train and Jimmy Kimmel, the benefit raises $26.1 million Oct 29, 2011 Lauren Alaina plays a Family Day concert at Belmont University in Nashville to raise money for the T.J. Martell Foundation. Trace Adkins family receives a Martell Family Achievement Award Oct 29, 2011 Johnny Lee plays a benefit concert at the Oscar Store near Temple, Texas, to raise money for a memorial honoring the victims in a 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage Oct 29, 2011 The Tennessee National Guard makes Charlie Daniels a brigadier general during the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Daniels also dedicates Amazing Grace to late CDB keyboard player Taz DiGregorio Oct 29, 2011 Vince Gill raises more than $120,000 for the Navy SEAL Foundation during a benefit at the Loveless Barn in Nashville Oct 29, 2012 Republic Nashville releases The Band Perry single Better Dig Two to radio Oct 29, 2012 Jewel plays a benefit in New Orleans to raise money for breast-cancer survivors Oct 29, 2012 RCA releases Dont Rush, by Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill, to radio Oct 29, 2012MCA releases George Straits Give It All We Got Tonight Oct 29, 2013 Show Dog-Universal releases the Toby Keith album Drinks After Work Oct 29, 2013 EMI releases The Robertsons Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas. Guests on the Duke Dynasty album include Luke Bryan, George Strait, Josh Turner and Alison Krauss Oct 29, 2013 Taylor Swift is the leading finalist in the American Country Awards, receiving eight nominations as the ballot is unveiled. Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton nab seven nominations apiece Oct 29, 2013 Valory releases Thomas Rhetts debut album, It Goes Like This Oct 29, 2013 RCA releases the Kelly Clarkson Christmas album Wrapped In Red And That My Friends Was October 29th In Bygone Years youtube/watch?v=JfTnf4AiN4Y
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