Today in Country Music History ......December 15th Dec 15, 1888 Playwright Maxwell Anderson is born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania. He co-writes September Song, which becomes a hit for Willie Nelson in 1979 Dec 15, 1891 A.P. Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. Along with his wife, Sara, and her cousin, Maybelle, The Carter Family becomes a pioneering force in country music, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 Dec 15, 1902 Nudie Cohn is born in Kiev, Ukraine. The Hollywood clothier brings the rhinestone suit to prominence, fashioning outfits for Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and Porter Wagoner, among others Dec 15, 1919 Songwriter Tommy Durden is born in Morgan County, Georgia. He co-writes the classic Heartbreak Hotel, made famous in 1956 by Elvis Presley Dec 15, 1928 Ernie Ashworth is born in Huntsville, Alabama. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1964 on the heels of his hit Talk Back Trembling Lips, which inspires his trademark suits, embroidered with large, sequined lips Dec 15, 1939 Gone With The Wind has its world premiere in Atlanta. Starring Clark Gable, Dec 15, 1942 Bob Wills reports to the draft board in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a physical examination after being summoned by the military for World War II service Dec 15, 1943 Songwriter and pianist Thomas Fats Waller dies on a train near Kansas City. He wrote numerous Broadway show tunes, including Aint Misbehavin (written while in jail for non-payment of alimony) which becomes a country hit for Hank Williams Jr. Dec 15, 1944 Hank Williams marries Audrey Guy at a gas station outside Andalusia, Alabama Dec 15, 1944 Jim Reeves re-signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for approximately $100-a-month to pitch for their B-level farm team in Lynchburg, Virginia Dec 15, 1953 Slipping Around singer Margaret Whiting is awarded an uncontested divorce from piano player Joe Fingers Carr in Santa Monica, California, on the grounds of cruelty. She claims he threw dishes at her in a fit of rage Dec 15, 1955 Sun releases Johnny Cashs Folsom Prison Blues Dec 15, 1955 Randy Parton is born in Sevierville, Tennessee. The younger brother of Dolly and Stella Parton, he performs one song on the 1984 soundtrack to Rhinestone Dec 15, 1956 Elvis Presley makes a return appearance on The Louisiana Hayride, eight months after ending his run as a weekly performer. To quiet fans when he finishes, Hayride producer Horace Logan coins the phrase, Elvis has left the building Dec 15, 1959 The Everly Brothers record the pop hit Let It Be Me at Bell Sound Studio in New York. Willie Nelsons version becomes a country hit in 1982 Dec 15, 1960 Capitol releases Rose Maddox double-sided hit, Kissing My Pillow backed by I Want To Live Again Dec 15, 1960 Hank Thompson records Oklahoma Hills and Hangover Tavern during the evening hours at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood Dec 15, 1961 Columbia releases Jimmy Deans Cold War recitation Dear Ivan Dec 15, 1970 MGM releases Elvis--Thats The Way It Is Dec 15, 1970 Waylon Jennings, Johnny Duncan and Diana Trask join co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark on the CBS series Hee Haw. Trask sings I Fall To Pieces and cast member Grandpa Jones delivers Arkansas Traveller Dec 15, 1973 Elvis Presley records Theres A Honky Tonk Angel and Chuck Berrys Promised Land at the Stax Recording Studio in Memphis Dec 15, 1975 Tammy Wynette records Til I Can Make It On My Own Dec 15, 1975 Jerry Lee Lewis records Im Knee Deep In Loving You at Nashvilles Soundshop, 18 months before Dave & Sugar cut the hit version of the song Dec 15, 1976 The Kendalls record Heavens Just A Sin Away during a 10 a.m. session at Nashvilles LSI Studios Dec 15, 1976 Johnny Paycheck records Slide Off Your Satin Sheets and Im The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville Dec 15, 1977 Naomi Judd graduates from the nursing program at Californias College of Marin Dec 15, 1977 Jerry Lee Lewis records Ill Find It Where I Can at Nashvilles US Recording Studio Dec 15, 1977 Kenny Rogers goes gold with his Daytime Friends album Dec 15, 1977 Crystal Gayle records Talking In Your Sleep during an evening session at Jacks Tracks in Nashville Dec 15, 1977 Epic releases George Jones version of Bartenders Blues, featuring supporting vocals from James Taylor Dec 15, 1978 The Nashville Banner quotes George Jones as feeling like hes been rescued from death after filing for bankruptcy. Jones had missed 54 performances during the year Dec 15, 1978 ABC releases Narvel Felts remake of Everlasting Love Dec 15, 1979 George Jones is transferred from Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital to Hillcrest, a psychiatric hospital in Birmingham Dec 15, 1979 Alan Jackson marries Denise Jackson (she already has the same last name) at the First Baptist Church in Newnan, Georgia. He sings The Wedding Song Dec 15, 1980 Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter record a medley of The Wild Side Of Life and It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Dec 15, 1981 Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson record (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay during an evening session at Nashvilles Moman Studios Dec 15, 1982 Ronnie Milsap records Stranger In My House Dec 15, 1982 An old report on the death of Hank Williams is uncovered in a police file. The report indicates that although Oak Hill, West Virginia, has long been listed as the place he died, Williams may have already been dead when he was taken from a Knoxville hotel Dec 15, 1987 Tiny Moore dies from a heart attack suffered on stage in Jackpot, Nevada. Moore played fiddle and mandolin for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Dec 15, 1992 MCA releases Reba McEntires Its Your Call album Dec 15, 1992 RCA releases Alabamas Once Upon A Lifetime Dec 15, 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus gets four nominations to lead all country finalists in the American Music Awards. Garth Brooks is named three times, while double-nominees include Vince Gill, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire and Wynonna Judd Dec 15, 1993 Alan Jackson leads all country performers with three nominations in the annual American Music Awards Dec 15, 1993 The Hard Workin Man album goes double-platinum for Brooks & Dunn Dec 15, 1993 Reba McEntires Greatest Hits II is certified double-platinum Dec 15, 1995 Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn, has an operation at Nashvilles Vanderbilt Medical Center to repair a deviated septum Dec 15, 1995 Shania Twains The Woman In Me album is certified quadruple-platinum Dec 15, 1997 Garth Brooks Sevens album goes gold, platinum and quintuple-platinum Dec 15, 1998 The Dixie Chicks get their first triple-platinum album, for Wide Open Spaces Dec 15, 1999 Shania Twains Come On Over ties Garth Brooks No Fences as the best-selling country album in history, as its certified for shipments of 16 million copies Dec 15, 2000 The Dixie Chicks Fly album reaches 8 million units shipped Dec 15, 2000 Breathe becomes Faith Hills best-selling album, as its certified quintuple-platinum Dec 15, 2001 The Tennessean reports that Garth Brooks divorce from the former Sandy Mahl has been finalized. Details of the split have been sealed by courts And That My Friends Was December 15th In Bygone Years Recording Of The Day .......... https://youtube/watch?v=BvA0OUD4Y9E
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