On this day December 20, 1983

Johnny Cash checked into the to prevent an addiction to painkillers administered during a recent hospital stay. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was also staying at the clinic for treatment.

Born on this day, was James Carter, an American amateur singer and several times an inmate of the Mississippi prison system. He was paid $20,000, and credited, for a four-decade-old lead-vocalist performance used on the soundtrack to the film Folk mus...

American singer and songwriter Larry Henley died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 77. He was best known for co-writing (with Jeff Silbar) the 1989 hit record "Wind Beneath My Wings." He co-wrote with Red Lane "'Til I Get It Right" for Tammy Wynette, late...

Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to the financially beleaguered Nashville Symphony, that, two years ago, gave Taylor its prestigious Harmony Award. Taylor was no stranger to supporting music institutions in Nashville, she had also recently given a $4 mill...

Hank Williams married Audrey Sheppard, their son, Randall Hank Williams, who would achieve fame in his own right as Hank Williams, Jr., was born on May 26, 1949. The marriage ended in divorce on May 29, 1952.

Tammy Wynette recored "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" at Columbia Recording, Nashville, Tennessee. The song became Wynette's fifteenth #1 on the country charts. Wynette noted on multiple occasions that the song was her personal favorite of all that she ...

Billy Swan scored his only #1 country single with "I Can Help". The song was also a hit in the UK and Australia as well as Norway where it charted for 37 weeks on the Norwegian charts, making it the 4th best-performing single of all time in that country.

Born on this day in Reading, Pennsylvania, was Taylor Alison Swift, singer, songwriter, musicican, named by as most financially successful music artist of 2011, with net earnings of more than $35 million. Her debut single 'Tim McGraw' released in June...