Born on this day Beaudry, Arkansas, was Patsy Montana country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart”, and is a member of the . She died on 3 May 1996 aged 87.
On this day October 30, 1908
Oct 29, 2024 | 8:08 PM
This Day in Country Music
On this day October 30, 1908
Born on this day Beaudry, Arkansas, was Patsy Montana country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", and is a m...
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On this day October 30, 1971
Dolly Parton released "Coat of Many Colors" as a single which peaked at #4 on the Country charts. Parton explained in her 1994 memoir, she composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus but because she had no paper, as th...
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On this day October 30, 2016
Curly Putman died aged 85. His biggest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Elvis Presley, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Merle Haggard, Bobb...
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On this day October 29, 2007
the film about the life of singer Johnny Cash, was voted the greatest music biopic in a poll. The film starred Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and his wife June Carter as the country stars and won the actress an in 2006.
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On this day October 29, 1977
Dolly Parton released her 19th solo studio album, The album included Parton's first significant "crossover" success, the award-winning title single. The album's cover was the first to show the distinctive "Dolly" signature logo, created by Michael Ma...
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On this day October 28, 2007
Country musician Porter Wagoner died in Nashville aged 80 from lung cancer. Wagoner helped launch the career of Dolly Parton and had his own US TV show, which ran for 21 years until 1981. Wagoner signed his first record deal in 1955, and had hits inclu...
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On this day October 27, 2006
An ad for the new film documentry about Dixie Chicks was turned down by citing a policy barring ads dealing with "public controversy".
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On this day October 26, 2010
Billy Ray Cyrus and wife Tish filed for divorce in Nashville. According to magazine, the couple filed for divorce documents on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, citing irreconcilable differences. However, on March 18, 2011, Cyrus announced on that he had dro...
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