On this day January 08, 1935

Morgan Wallen released Dangerous: The Double Album, with the hit '7 Summers.' It peaked at #1 in America and stayed there for 10 weeks, the longest run at the top since Drake's Views in 2016. In March 2022, the album established the all-time record for...

Tim McGraw released "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" which became his twenty-first US #1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Big Kenny, one-half of country rock duo Big & Rich, wrote "Last Dollar" after a disastrous night of gambling in Las Vegas on New Year's E...

Born on this day in East Tupelo, Mississippi, was Elvis Presley. Before emerging as the "King of Rock & Roll," Presley made inroads in country, where he returned during his latter years. He was inducted into the in 1998. Presley died on Aug 16th 1977.

American country music musician, singer, and songwriter Sara Carter died aged 80. She was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1993, her image appeared on a US postage stamp honoring the...

American country singer-songwriter Red Simpson, best known for his trucker-themed songs died aged 81. His first #1 hit was with "Sam's Place," recorded by Buck Owens. In 1979, Simpson appeared for the last time on the charts with "The Flying Saucer Man...

Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott married Nashville-based drummer Chris Tyrrell. The two first met in college and reconnected when Lady Antebellum and fellow country music band Love and Theft, in which Tyrrell was the drummer at the time, both serve...

Johnny Cash started a regular Saturday night spot on the broadcast from the Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Charley Pride was at #1 with the compilation album , the record's third week in the top spot. It remained the atop the chart for a further 10 weeks before being displaced by by Merle Haggard. Pride would go on to achieve two further #1's during the year.