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So what happened in the world of Country Music during the months of November and December in years gone by? Who reached the coveted Number 1 spot during the same months? Well wonder no further , for the answers can be found below. If you want to know which Country performers have a birthday in November or December then check out the 'Birthdays page'

NOVEMBER

1

EVENTS Bob Wills had his first recording session (1929)
Suzy Bogguss
married Doug Crider (1986)
Suzy Bogguss r
eleased her Christmas album "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" on her own label - Loyal Dutchess (2001)
Johnny Cash
released form hospital (2001)
Mae Boren Axton, Hoyt Axton, Sammi Smith, Cal Smith
and guitarist Tommy Crook were inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (2007)
Little Jimmy Dickens celebrated 60 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry at a show in Nashville (2008)
No 1's

Eddy Arnold - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) 1947)
Don Williams -
(Turn Out The Light) Love Me Tonight (1975)
Waylon Jennings
- Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (1980)
Exile -
It'll Be Me (1986)
Toby Keith - She Never Cried In Front Of Me (2008)

2
EVENTS Chart debut for "Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955)
Buddy Starcher
died (2001)
Rodney Crowell, Paul Overstreet, John Prine
and Hal Blair were indcuted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2003)
Big Kenny's wife gave birth to a son (2005)
No 1's Conway Twitty - Next In Line (1968)
Mickey Gilley
- I Overlooked An Orchid (1974)
Steve Wariner
- Some Fools Never Learn (1985)
 
3
EVENTS "Great Balls of Fire" released on Sun Records (1957)
The first members of the Country Hall of Fame were inducted (1961)
Audrey Williams
died (1975)
Mark Chesnutt's
wife Tracie gave birth to Cameron Zane (1998)
Champ Hood
died (2001)
Merle Haggard was recuperating after successful surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his lung (2008)
No 1's Pee Wee King - Slow Poke (1951)
Kenny Rogers
- You Decorated My Life (1979)
Willie Nelson -
City Of New Orleans (1984 )
Reba McEntire
- You Lie (1990)
 
4
EVENTS The film about Hank Williams "Your Cheating Heart" opened in Montgomery Alabama.(1964 )
Bruce Gust (Western Flyer)
married Michelle (1995)
Bryan White
debuted on the Grand Ole Opry (1995)
Toby Keith cancelled a concert vocal chord trouble (2004)
Danielle Peck made her Opry debot (2005)
Billy Ray Cyrus received the key to Fresno (2007)
No 1's David Houston - You Mean The World To Me (1967)
Merle Haggard -
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (1972)
Barbara Mandrell -
Sleeping Single In A Double Bed (1978)
George Strait -
Ace In The Hole (1989)
Dierks Bentley - Every Mile A Memory (2006)
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5
EVENTS Johnny Horton killed in a car crash (1960)
Tracy Byrd's
wife Michelle gave birth to a son - Logan Lynn (1997)
Jimmie Davis
died (2000)
Paul Craft
underwent quadruple bypass surgery (2001)
Ralph Stanley r
eceived the International Ambassador and master of Bluegrass Music award from the Scottish Bluegrass Music Association (2003)
Larry Sparks' Opry debut (2004)
Rodney Crowell, Bob DiPiero, Vince Gill, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Killen
and Barbara Mandrell were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame (2007)
Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) won the SESAC songwriter of the Year award (2008)

No 1's Don Williams - I'm Just A Country Boy (1977)
T Graham Brown
- Darlene (1988)
 
6
EVENTS Tex Ritter inducted to the Country Music Hall Of Fame (1964)
Two men were charged with stealing Gram Parson's coffin (1973)
Lee Ann Womack
married Frank Liddell (1999)
Ricochet's Eddie Kilgallon's
wife gave birth to their first child (2000)
Trace Adkins
indicted on charges of DUI (2001)
Willie Nelson
received the BMI's 2007 Icon Award (2007)
Jeffrey Steele was named Songwriter of the Year" at the BMI Country Awards (2007)
Hank Thompson
died from lung cancer (2007)
Red Sovine, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper and Charlie McCoy were inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame (2008)

No 1's Webb Pierce - More And More (1954)
Sonny James
- Here Comes Honey Again (1971)
Merle Haggard
- Cherokee Maiden (1976)
Charley Pride
- You're So Good When You're Bad (1982)
Reba McEntire & Linda Davis
- Does He Love You (1993)
 
7
EVENTS A P Carter died (1960)
Mike Curb
dropped eighteen acts from his label (1970)
Dobro player, Gene Wooten died (2001)
Crystal Shawanda won 3 awards at the 2008 Aboriginal People's Choice Awards (2008)
Clint Black filed a complaint suing his manager and accountant over a dispute involving an independent record label, Equity Records (2008)

No 1's Charley Pride - I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me (1970)
Oakridge Boys
- Fancy Free (1981)
George Strait -
Am I Blue (1987)
Dixie Chicks
- Wide Open Spaces (1998)
8
EVENTS Howard Bellamy married Ilona (1978)
Johnny Paycheck
joined the Opry (1997)
Alison Krauss
married Patrick W Bergeson (1997)
Faith Hill
entered the UK Charts at No 13 with "This Kiss" (1998)
Riders In The Sky
were named 'Entertainers Of the Year' at the Western Music Association Awards (2001)
Emmylou Harris recieved ASCAP's founders award (2004)
Toby Keith was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame (2007)
Little Texas celebrated their 20th anniversary (2008)
No 1's Conway Twitty - To See My Angel Cry (1969)
John Denver
- I'm Sorry (1975)
Willie Nelson -
On The Road Again (1980)
Randy Travis -
Diggin' Up Bones (1986)
Shania Twain
- Love Gets Me Every Time (1997)
Keith Urban -
Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me Tonight? (2003)
Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream (2008)
   
9
EVENTS Chart debut for "Why Baby Why" - George Jones (1955)
Hank Locklin
joined the Opry (1960)
Roy Acuff
became the first living member to be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame (1962)
Sammy Kershaw's
wife, Kimberly Dawn Moore filed for divorce in Davidson County Court (1999)
Trace Adkins, Martina McBride and Randy Travis were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame (2008)
No 1's Faron Young - Country Girl (1959)
Marty Robbins
- I Walk Alone (1968)
Dolly Parton
- Love Is Like A Butterfly (1974)
Alabama
- Can't Keep A Good Man Down (1985)
Alan Jackson
- Someday (1991)
   
10
EVENTS Stonewall Jackson joined the Opry (first time) (1956)
Teddy Wilburn
joined the Opry (1956)
Stringbean
and his wife murdered in Nashville (1973)
Curly Fox
died (1995)
Billy Yates
debuted on the Opry (2000)
Chalee Tennison
married her guitar player, Mark Gillespie (2001)
At the SESAC awards Arlos Smith was named Country Songwriter of the Year (2004)
No 1's Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere (1962)
Marie Osmond -
Paper Rose (1973)
John Schneider
- I've Been Around Enough To Know (1984)
Joe Diffie
- Home (1990)
 
11
EVENTS Steve Earle released from Nashville prison (1994)
Bluegrass artist Don Stover died (1996)
Mary Reeves Davis
died (1999)
Dixie Chick, Emily Robison gave birth to Charkes Augustus Robison (2002)
Hank Williams Jnr was honoured as "an icon" at this BMI Awards in Nashville (2008)
At The BMI Awards Taylor Swift won Song of The Year with "Teardrops On My Guitar" (2008)
No 1's Tammy Wynette - My Man (1972)
Kathy Mattea - Burnin' Old Memories (1989)
George Strait
- Check Yes Or No (1995)
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats (2006)
12
EVENTS Elvis Presley was voted the Most Promising C & W Artist by Billboard (1955)
Dolly Parton's
father, Robert Lee Parton, died (2000)
A public memorial service held for Johnny Cash at the Ryman (2003)
George Strait
received the 2003 National medal of Arts from President Bush (2003)
Josh Gracin and his wife Anne Marie become proud parents of their fourth child, a daughter (2008)

No 1's Charley Pride - More To Me (1977)
Lee Greenwood -
Somebody's Gonna Love You (1983)
Rosanne Cash -
Runaway Train (1988)
   
13
EVENTS Junior Samples died (1983)
John Lair
died (1985)
Cecil Blackwood
died (2000)
Montgomery Gentry's, Troy Gentry
and wife became parents of Kaylee Alexandra (2002)
Wynonna
was arrested for driving under the influence and bailed on a $500 bond (2003)
Keith Urban received the CMA's International Achievement Award (2005)
No 1's Jimmy Wakely - One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) (1948)
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn -
Lead Me On (1971)
Loretta Lynn -
Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight) (1976)
Ricky Skaggs -
Heartbroke (1982)
Brooks & Dunn -
She Used To Be Mine (1993)
 
14
EVENTS The Carlisles joined the Opry (1953)
Burning pork chops cost Mel Tillis $2 million in a fire at his home (1988)
Raul Malo's
wife Betty gave birth to Raul Joaquin Martinez Malo III (1995)
Gary Morris'
wife gave birth to a son - Garon Hurley (1997)
Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony)
got engaged to Bill Johnson (2003)
No 1's Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove (1960)
Rosanne Cash
- My Baby Thinks He's A Train (1981)
Judds
- Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues (1987)
 
15
EVENTS Steve Wariner had his first Top 10 single with "Your Memory" (1980)
J D Sumner
died (1998)
Steel guitarist Speedy West died (2003)
Joe Nichols was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame (2008)
.
No 1's Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee (1969)
Waylon Jennings -
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (1975)
Anne Murray -
Could I Have This Dance (1980)
Restless Heart
- That Rock Won't Roll (1986)
Toby Keith
- I Love This Bar (2003)
 
16
EVENTS

First Country chart appearance for Johnny Cash with "Cry Cry Cry" (1955)
Elvis'
film debut when "Love Me Tender" premiered in New York (1956)
Iris Dement
married Elmer McCall (1991)
Lorrie Morgan
married Jon Randall (1996)
Little Jimmy Dickens
was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame (2007)

No 1's Tom T Hall - Country Is (1974)
Exile -
Hang On To Your Heart (1985)
Garth Brooks -
Shameless (1991)
Patty Loveless
- Lonely Too Long - (1996)
 
17
EVENTS Hoyt Axton inducted into Oklahoma Hall Of Fame (1990)
Lari White
gave birth to a son - Mackenzie Rayne (1997)
Billy Gilman
appeared with Charlotte Church on BBC's "Children In Need" (2000)
Don Gibson
died (2003)
Blake Shelton
married Kaynette Williams (2003)
A museum to chronicle the life of Freddy Fender opened in San Benito (2007)
No 1's Waylon Jennings - Come With Me (1979)
Exile -
Give Me One More Chance (1984)
Holly Dunn
- You Really Had Me Going (1990)
   
18
EVENTS Jerry Lee Lewis divorced his cousin Myra (1970)
Barbara Mandrell's
first TV Special aired with Dolly Parton as a guest (1980)
Ronnie Dunn
was the winner of Marlboro' Country Music National Talent Roundup (1988)
Wade Ray
died (1998)
Doug Sahm
died (1999)
Shania Twain received Canada's highest award "The Order of Canada" for her efforts to end child poverty (2005)
John Hughey, former steel player died (2007)
Chickie Williams, wife of Doc Williams died (2007)
No 1's Sonny James - It's The Little Things (1967)
Charley Pride
- She's Too Good To Be True (1972)
Eddy Raven
- Bayou Boys (1989)
Travis Tritt -
Best of Intentions (2000)
19
EVENTS

Bobby Russell died (1992)
LeAnn Rimes
topped the UK Singles Chart with "Can't Fight The Moonlight" from the film "Coyote Ugly" (2000)

No 1's Bill Anderson - I Get The Fever (1966)
Waylon Jennings
- The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) (1977)
Barbara Mandrell -
One Of A Kind Pair Of Fools (1983)
Ricky Van Shelton -
I'll Leave This World Loving You (1988)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -
Shut Up And Kiss Me (1994)
 
20
EVENTS Gene Autry debuted on the Grand Ole Opry (1954)
RCA bought Elvis' contract from Sun Records for $40,000 (1955)
Mark Collie married Anne (1982)

Worldwide release of Garth Brooks' album "Fresh Horses"(1995)
Chris LeDoux
left hospital following his liver transplant (2000)
Charlie Daniels
underwent surgery for prostarte cancer (2001)
David Allen
received the CMA's International Broadcaters Award (2002)
Travis Tritt's
wife, Teresa, gave birth to a boy, Nathanial (2003)
Lila McCann married Mike Wolofsky (2005)
No 1's Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John (1961)
Little Jimmy Dickens
- May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (1965)
Merle Haggard
- Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) (1971)
T G Sheppard
- War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too) (1982)
Mark Chesnutt -
Almost Goodbye (1993)
21
EVENTS Flatt & Scruggs had their first recording session with Columbia (1950)
Jean Shepard
joined the Opry (1955)
Jim Eanes
died (1995)
Iris Dement
& Greg Brown married in Kansas City (2002)
Martina McBride is to turn on the Holiday lights at Gracelands (2008)
Emerson Drive's, David Pichette and his wife Jill welcomed the birth of their first child Emma Victoria (2008)

No 1's Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass (1953)
Conway Twitty
- Fifteen Years Ago (1970)
Hank Williams Jnr
- All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) (1981)
Randy Travis
- I Won't Need You Anymore (Always And Forever) (1987)
Alabama
- I'm In A Hurry (And I Don't Know Why) (1992)
 
22
EVENTS One of the first TV shows featuring Country Music aired "Town Hall Party" (1957)
Shania Twain
entered the UK Charts at No 9 with "From This Moment On" (1998)
Wynonna
married D R Roach at a private ceremony (2003)
Tim McGraw hosted the US TV programme "Saturday Live"and was the first country music artist to host the show this decade (2008)
No 1's Dickey Lee - Rocky (1975)
Kenny Rogers
- Lady (1980)
Marie Osmond & Paul Davis
- You're Still New To Me (1986)
Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)
 
23
EVENTS Spade Cooley died (1969)
Roy Acuff
died (1992)
Tommy Boyce
died (1994)
Tracy Byrd
staged a street concert in Nashville Broadway (1996)
Trace Adkins
made his Grand Ole Opry debut (1996)
Trace Adkins
proposed to Rhonda Forlaw from the Opry stage (1996)
Confederate Railroad's
debut on the Opry (2001)
Ronnie Dunn inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (2003)
No 1's Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (1968)
Loretta Lynn
- Trouble In Paradise (1974)
Gary Morris
- I'll Never Stop Loving You (1985)
Deana Carter -
Strawberry Wine (1996)
 
24
EVENTS "Wanted The Outlaws" became the first Platinum Country album (1976)
Billy Ray Cyrus
day in Flatwoods Kentucky (1998)
Teddy Wilburn
died from congestive heart failure (2003)
Glen Campbell
arrested and charged with driving whilst under the influence, hit and run and aggravated assault (2003)
Gary Morris
married Terry Proveaux (2007)
.
No 1's Dick Thomas - Sioux City Sue (1945)
Lawrence Welk Orc & Red Foley -
Shame On You (1945)
Charlie Rich -
The Most Beautiful Girl (1973)
Johnny Lee
- You Could've Heard A Heart Break (1984)
K T Oslin
- Come Next Monday (1990)
Dierks Bentley - Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go0) (2007)
 
25
EVENTS Ernest Tubb's chart debut with "Blue Christmas" (1949)
Bee Gees
Country chart debut with "Rest Your Love On Me" (1978)
Emmylou Harris
guested on BBC 2's "Later With Jools Holland" (2000)
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No 1's Kendalls - Sweet Desire (1978)
Dolly Parton -
Yellow Roses (1989)
Phil Vassar
- Just Another Day In Paradise (2000)
26
EVENTS Tennessee Ernie Ford's first No 1 "Mule Train" debuted on charts (1949)
Johnny Cash
chart debut with "Cry Cry Cry" (1955)
Garth Brooks
entered the charts with "The Red Strokes" (1994)
Lisa Brokop
entered the charts with "Take That" (1994)
George Strait's
album "Lead Onwards" entered the charts at No 1 (1994)
"Storm In The Heartland" album - Billy Ray Cyrus entered the charts (1994)
Mike Storey, co-founder of the BCMA died (2005)

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No 1's Eddy Arnold - Somebody Like Me (1966)
Earl Thomas Conley
- Holding Her And Loving You (1983)
Clay Walker
- If I Could Make A Living (1994)
 
27
EVENTS Joe Diffie joined the Opry (1993)
Faith Hill's
first album "Take Me As I Am" debuted on the charts (1993)
Suzy Bogguss'
father died (1996)
Walter Bailes
died (2000)
Elvis Presley
was inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame (2001)
Rosanne Cash had brain surgery to correct a benign condition (2007)
No 1's Mel Tillis - Good Woman Blues (1976)
Janie Fricke
- It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy (1982)
Alabama
- Reckless (1993)
 
28
EVENTS WSM'S first "Barn Dance" broadcast from Nashville (1925)
Eddy Arnold
married Sally Katherine Gayheart (1941)
Grand Ole Opry debut for Willie Nelson (1964)
Marty Stuart
joined the Opry (1992)
Shooter Jennings
and girlfriend Drea de Matteo became parents of a girl, Alabama Gypsy Rose (2007)
Crystal Shawanda swept the board at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards receiving "Best Female Artist" - "Best Single", "Best Video", "Best Country Album" and "Best Album of the Year" (2008)
No 1's Connie Smith - Once A Day (1964)
Sonny James
- Endlessly (1970)
Merle Haggard
- My Favorite Memory (1981)
Steve Wariner
- Lynda (1987)
 
29
EVENTS Grammy for Johnny Horton with "Battle of New Orleans"(1959)
Mindy McCreedy pleaded guilty to purchasing painkillers witht a false prescription (2004)
Country Music Comedian, Jim Nesbitt died (2007)
No 1's Merle Haggard - It's All In The Movies (1975)
Crystal Gayle
- If You Ever Change Your Mind (1980)
Alabama -
Touch Me When We're Dancing (1986)
 
30
EVENTS

Dottie West chart debut with "Let Me Off On The Corner"(1963)
Martina McBride
inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry (1995)
The film "Texas Rangers" starring Randy Travis released in USA (2001)
Joe Diffie
entered his 8th year as an Opry member (2001)
Pappy Sherrill
died (2001)
Tim McGraw
made his Opry debut at the Ryman Auditorium (2002)
Shenandoah's
bassist Ralph Ezell died (2007)
Garth Brooks
donated his first Gold Record and other memorabilia to the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of American History (2007)

No 1's John Denver - Back Home Again (1974)
Statler Bros
- Too Much Of A Heart (1985)
Randy Travis
- Forever Together (1991)
Rascal Flatts
- These Days (2002)

DECEMBER

1
EVENTS Fred Rose died (1954)
Carter Stanley
died (1966)
Aaron Tippin's
wife Thea gave birth to Thomas Aaron (2000)
No 1's
Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray (1979)
Your Heart's Not In It - Janie Fricke (1984)
So Small - Carrie Underwood (2007)
. .
2
EVENTS

Pee Wee King recorded "Tennessee Waltz" (1947)
Porter & Dolly's
chart debut with "The Last Thing On My Mind" (1967)
Marvin Hughes
died (1986)
Billy Dean's
album "Billy Dean" went Gold (1992)
Dave Robbins (Blackhawk)
hospitalised after a car crash (1994)
Martina McBride's
first No 1 "Wild Angels" charted (1995)
National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award given to Johnny Cash (1998)
Heather Kinley
married Mark Mendenhall (2000)
Lynn Anderson was found unconscious in a car and charged with drunk driving (2004)
Darryl Worley married Kimberly Perkins in Columbia, Tennessee (2007)

No 1's Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (1957)
I Just Want To Love You - Eddie Rabbitt (1978)
It's Just A Matter Of Time - Randy Travis (1989)
We Danced - Brad Paisley (2000)
.
3
EVENTS Dick Reinhart died (1948)
Lew Childre
died (1961)
Bobby Bare
married Jeannie (1964)
Top album "Born To Sing" - Connie Smith (1966)
Charley Pride's
chart debut "Just Between You And Me" (1966)
Leon Everette's
chart debut with "I Love That Woman" (1977)
Exile's
first No 1 "Woke Up In Love" charted (1983)
Kenny Rogers
got his 11th Platinum Album for "What About Me" (1984)
Platinum for Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" and "Best Of Merle Haggard" (1991)
Guitarist Grady Martin died (2001)
Trace Adkins and wife became parents of their third child (2004)
No 1's Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton (1977)
A Little Good News - Anne Murray (1983)
I Know How He Feels - Reba McEntire (1988)
The Big One - George Strait (1994)
Come A Little Closer - Dierks Bentley (2005)
.
4
EVENTS Eddy Arnold had his first recording session in Nashville (1944)
Rabon Delmore
died (1952)
George Strait
married Norma Voss (1971)
Jimmy Heap
died (1977 )
Rockabilly singer Ray Smith died (1979)
Connie B Gay
died (1989)
Judds
performed at their "Final Farewell Concert" (1991)
Platinum for Reba McEntire's album "For My Broken Heart" (1991)
Doug Stone
married Beth Snyder (1996)
LeAnn Rimes
appeared on ITV "Royal Variety Show" (1999)
Rhonda Vincent
had an operation for a ruptured disc in her neck (2001)
Phil Vassar's
wife, Julie, gave birth to a daughter, Presley Jade (2003)
Little Jimmy Dickens was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to hospital (2004)
No 1's Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold (1965)
Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Charley Pride (1971)
You And I - Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle (1982)
American Honky Tonk Bar Association - Garth Brooks (1993)
When I Said I Do - Clint Black (1999)
Nothing On But The Radio - Gary Allan (2004)
.
5
EVENTS No 1 album "Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits" - Willie Nelson (1981)
Carmol Taylor
died (1986)
Pappy Dailey
died (1987)
Wilf Carter
died (1996)
Shania Twain
returned to No 1 in UK Album Chart with "Come On Over" (1999)
Steve Wariner, Lee Ann Womack & Roy Clark
appeared at the Christmas Pageant of Peace in Washington D.C. (2002)
No 1's Bet Your Heart On Me - Johnny Lee (1981)
Somebody Lied - Ricky Van Shelton (1987)
I Cross My Heart - George Strait (1992)
It Must be Love - Ty Herndon (1998)
.
6
EVENTS Roy Acuff left Columbia Records (1961)
Vernon Oxford's
chart debut "Shadows Of My Mind" (1975)
Roy Orbison
died (1988)
Mavericks
appeared on ITV programme "This Morning" (1999)
Faith Hill
gave birth to Audrey Caroline at 4.39pm (2001)
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas honoured Neal McCoy with the WB Brandon Carroll Humanitarian Award (2007)
No 1's Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - Slim Willett (1952)
Back Street Affair - Webb Pierce (1952)
Secret Love - Freddy Fender (1975)
Smoky Mountian Rain - Ronnie Milsap (1980)
It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You - George Strait (1986)
 
7
EVENTS Johnny Cash and June Carter appeared together for the first time in concert (1961)
Bill Boyd
died (1977 )
Patty Loveless'
chart debut "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" (1985)
No 1 album "Rhythm & Romance"
- Rosanne Cash (1985)
Barbara Mandrell
entered the charts with "Fast Lanes & Country Roads" (1985)
Brooks & Dunn's
"A Man This Lonely" entered the charts (1996)
Shelby Lynne
on Channel 4's "Big Breakfast" programme (1999)
LeAnn Rimes
on ITV's "This Morning" programme (1999)
Shania Twain
Special on BBC 2 TV (1999)
Moe Bandy
had a heart attack after a show in Branson (2002)
No 1's The Same Old Me - Ray Price (1959)
She Called Me Baby - Charlie Rich (1974)
I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose - Lee Greenwood (1985)
For My Broken Heart - Reba McEntire (1991)
Little Bitty - Alan Jackson (1996)
8
EVENTS Flatt & Scruggs performed at Carnegie Hall (1962)
Flatt & Scruggs'
first No 1 "Ballad Of Jed Clampett" charted (1962)
Carl & Pearl Butler's
first No 1 "Don't Let Me Cross Over" entered the charts (1962)
No 1 album "Primrose Lane/Don't Give Up On Me"
- Jerry Wallace (1973)
Marty Robbins
died following heart surgery (1982)
Slim Pickens
died (1983)
Ricochet's
chart debut "What Do I Know" (1995)
Chad Brock
married Natalie Bell (2001)
Moe Bandy
underwent triple bypass surgery (2002)
Rascal Flatts r
eceived the Nashville Symphony Harmony Award which is presented to those who demonstrate continued support of Nashville's culture (2007)
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No 1's It's Been So Long Darling - Ernest Tubb (1945)
I Cheated Me Right Out Of You - Moe Bandy (1979)
Chance of Lovin' You - Earl Thomas Conley (1984)
I've Come To Expect It From You - George Strait (1990)
Who Wouldn't Wanna Be With Me Tonight - Keith Urban (2003)
   
9
EVENTS Henson Cargill's chart debut with "Skip A Rope" (1967)
Tommy Jackson
died (1979)
Roy Acuff & Ray Charles
got Lifetime Achievement Awards from rhe NARAS (1987)
Nick Kane
married Kim Parker (1995)
No 1 album "Fresh Horses"
- Garth Brooks (1995)
.
No 1's My Special Angel - Bobby Helms (1957)
Got The All Overs For You (All Over Me) - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats (1972)
On My Knees - Charlie Rich & Janie Fricke (1978)
If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks (1989)
Tall Tall Trees - Alan Jackson (1995)
   
10
EVENTS

WSM Barn Dance recognised as the Grand Ole Opry by George D Hay (1927)
Tammy Wynette's
chart debut with "Apartment #9" (1966)
No 1 album "Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down" - Merle Haggard (1966)
Billy Cox
died (1968)
Gold for Charlie Rich's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World" (1973)
John Anderson's
chart debut with "I've Got A Feelin'" (1977)
Larry Gatlin's
first No 1 "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" charted (1977)
Danni Leigh
moved to Nashville (1993)
John Duffy (Seldom Scene)
died (1996)
Faron Young
committed suicide (1996)
Brett Warren (Warren Bros)
& wife Raquel became first time parents (1999)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
donated memorabilia to the Country Msic Hall of Fame & Museum (2002)
Shania Twain won 3 awards at the Billboard Music Awards (2003)
Trisha Yearwood married Garth Brooks (2005)

No 1's Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1949)
Tell Me A Lie - Janie Fricke (1983)
If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') - George Strait (1988)
If You've Got Love - John Michael Montgomery (1994)
 
11
EVENTS Hank Williams had his first recording session (1946)
Fiddlin' John Carson died (1949)
Charlie Chase
married Karen (1971)
No 1 album "Somebody Somewhere" - Loretta Lynn (1976)
Marty Roe
married Robin (1982)
Wilie Nelson
performed at the Nobel Peace Prizes in Oslo (2002)
Tim Mcgraw
performed at the Nobel Peace Prizes in Oslo (2003)
.
No 1's

Thinkin' of A Rendezvous - Johnny Duncan (1976)
Redneck Girl - Bellamy Bros (1982)
My Second Home - Tracy Lawrence (1993)
He Didn't Have To Be - Brad Paisley (1999)

 
12
EVENTS Wilma Burgess' chart debut with "Baby" (1965)
Buddy Williams
died (1966)
Dolly Parton's
first No 1 "Joshua" entered the charts (1970)
Gary Allan
married model Danette Day (1998)
LeAnn Rimes
entered UK Singles chart at 36 with "Crazy" (1999)
Billy Yates'
wife, Nancy gave birth to their first child Grayson Edward (2000)
Wynonna
was Maid of Honour at her sister, Ashley's marriage to Dario Franchittu in Scotland (2001)
Deana Carter
was arrested and released on $5000 bond (2002)
.
No 1's Caribbean - Mitchell Torok (1953)
Still Doin' Time - George Jones (1981)
The Last One To Know - Reba McEntire (1987)
Let Me Let Go - Faith Hill (1998)
   
13
EVENTS Lulu Belle & Scotty Wiseman married (1934)
Lorrie Morgan
debuted on the Opry aged 13 (1973)
No 1 album "Are You Ready For Freddy" - Freddy Fender (1975)
Faith Hill
debuted on the Opry (1993)
Waylon Jennings
had successful triple bypass surgery (1988)
Ricky Skaggs's
father died
Ty England
married Shanna (1996)
Chris Cagle
was charged with misdemeanour assault in Tucson (2007)
Taylor Swift received a pink pick-up truck from Big Machine Records for her 18th birthday (2007)
No 1's

(I'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again - Charley Pride (1969)
Love Put A Song In My Heart - Johnny Rodriguez (1975)
Why Lady Why - Alabama (1980)
Hall And High Water - T Graham Brown (1986)
From Here To Eternity - Michael Peterson (1997)

 
14
EVENTS "Big Bad John" (Jimmy Dean) became the first Country single to receive a RIAA Gold Record Award (1961)
No 1 album "Something Special" - George Strait (1985)
Jeff Carson
married Kim Cooper (1987)
Aaron Tippin's
wife Thea gave birth to a son (1997)
Troy Gentry (Montgomery Gentry)
married Angie McClure (1999)
Tim McGraw
had an emergency appendectomy (2000)
Toby Keith
made his Opry debut (2002)
No 1's Born To Be With You - Sonny James (1968)
I Can Help - Billy Swan (1974)
Nobody Falls Like A Fool - Earl Thomas Conley (1985)
 
15
EVENTS Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World" charted (1962)
Ned Miller's
chart debut "From A Jack To A King" (1962)
Alan Jackson
married Denise (1979)
Tiny Moore
died (1987)
Bruce Kaplan
died (1992)
James Ervin "Jimmy" Porter,
one of the first members of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys. died (2007)
No 1's Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight - Bob Wills (1945)
Amazin' Love - Charley Pride (1973)
Happy Birthday Darlin' - Conway Twitty (1979)
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - Anne Murray & Dave Loggins (1984)
I Love This Bar - Toby Keith (2003)
 
16
EVENTS No 1 album "Branded Man" - Merle Haggard (1967)
Don Williams'
chart debut with "The Shelter Of Your Eyes" (1972)
Jenny Lou Carson
died (1978)
Lucille Overstake (Three Little Maids)
died (1978)
Duane Propes (Little Texas)
married Cindy (1994)
Nicolette Larson
died (1997)
R J "Sunny" Spencer (Sons Of The Pioneers)
married Linda (19??)
Gary Stewart
died (2003)
Wynonna
pleaded guilty to drink driving and was sentenced to 200 hours community service and lost her driveing licence for one year (2003)
Martha Carson died (2004)
No 1's The Gambler - Kenny Rogers (1978)
Two Dozen Roses - Shenandoah (1989)
My Next Thirty Years - Tim McGraw (2000)
My Wish - Rascal Flatts (2006)
 
17
EVENTS

The Jordanaires were formed in Springfield Missouri (1948)
"Jingle Bell Rock"
- Bobby Helms entered the Pop Charts (1957)
Zella Lehr's
chart debut "Two Doors Down" (1977)
No 1 album "Simple Dreams" - Linda Ronstadt (1977)
The film "Honkytonk Man" premiered (1982)
The Judds'
chart debut "Had A Dream(For The Heart)" (1983)
Charlie Daniels
was hospitalised for knee surgery (1996)
Rex Allen Snr
died (1999)
Lonestar's Dean Sams'
wife, Kim gave birth to Bryson Dean (2000)

No 1's

Sixtenn Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955)
Black Sheep - John Anderson (1983)
A Tender Lie - Restless Heart (1988)
Pickup Man - Joe Diffie (1994)
Tequlia Makes Her Clothes Fall Off - Joe Nichols (2005)

   
18
EVENTS Kenny Chesney's chart debut with "Whatever It Takes" (1993)
Tanya Tucker's
home caught fire (1996)
Ricky Skaggs received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree from East Kentucky University in Richmond (2004)
No 1's Somewhere Between Right And Wrong - Earl Thomas Conley (1982)
I Don't Call Him Daddy
- Doug Supernaw (1993)
When I Said I Do - Clint Black (1999)
Back When - Tim McGraw (2004)
19
EVENTS

No 1 album "The Johnny Cash Show" - Johnny Cash (1970)
The film "9 to 5" starring Dolly Parton opened (1980)
Randy Travis
received the USO Bob Hope Entertainment Award (1992)
Michael Clarke (Byrds)
died (1993)
Marion Worth died (1999)
Numerous Patsy Cline stage outfits wee auctioned (2002)

No 1's Let Me Be The One - Hank Locklin (1953)
Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn (1970)
All Roads Lead To You - Steve Wariner (1981)
Do Ya' - K T Oslin (1987)
She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) - Alan Jackson (1992)
Husbands And Wives - Brooks & Dunn (1998 )
 
20
EVENTS Johnny Marvin died (1944)
Marty Robbins'
chart debut with "I'll Go On Alone" (1952)
"Battle of New Orleans"
- Johnny Horton, went Gold (1966)
No 1 album "Best of Charley Pride" - Charley Pride (1969)
Tom T Hall's
first No 1 "A Week In A Country Jail" charted (1969)
C W McCall's
"Convoy" reached No 1 and stayed there for 6 weeks (1975)
Jack Stapp
died (1980)
No 1 album "Greatest Hits" - Ronnie Milsap (1980)
Don Law
died (1982)
Randy Travis
joined the Opry (1986)
Ricky Van Shelton's
chart debut "Wild-Eyed Dream" (1986)
Doug Stone
left hospital after a heart attack (1995)
Hank Snow
died (1999)
Eddy Arnold
was presented with the National Medal of the Arts (2000)
No 1's Convoy - C W McCall (1975)
That's All That Matters - Mickey Gilley (1980)
Too Much Is Not Enough - Bellamy Bros (1986)
Longneck Bottle - Garth Brooks (1997)
There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney (2003)
 
21
EVENTS Asleep At The Wheel's chart debut with "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" (1974)
Willie Nelson's
film debut in "Electric Horseman" (1979)
No 1 album "Anything Goes"
- Gary Morris (1985)
Johnnie Bailes (Bailes Bros)
died (1989)
Drummer Sammy Lee Creason died (1995)
Amie Comeaux
died after a car crash (1997)
Deana Carter
charged with speeding and DUI (2001)
No 1's El Paso - Marty Robbins (1959)
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (1968)
The Chair - George Strait 1985)
My Next Broken Heart - Brooks & Dunn (1991)
Who's Your Daddy - Toby Keith (2002)
 
22
EVENTS Sonny James' first No 1 "Young Love" charted (1956)
No 1 album "Kentucky Hearts"
- Exile (1984)
No 1 album "Put Yourself In My Shoes" - Clint Black (1990)
Billy Dean's
chart debut with "Only Here For A Little While" (1990)
Molly & The Heymakers'
chart debut "Chasin' Something Called Love" (1990)
Martina McBride
gave birth to daughter Delaney (1995)
Dave Dudley
died (2003)
No 1's Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith (1951)
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard (1973)
Why Not Me - Judds (1984)
Our Song - Taylor Swift (2007)
 
23
EVENTS Jack Greene joined the Opry (1967)
Becky Hobbs'
chart debut "The More I Get The More I Want" (1978)
Wynonna
gave birth to Elijah Judd (1994)
No 1's

I'm Wastin' My Tears On You - Tex Ritter (1944)
If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time - Lefty Frizzell (1950)
For Lovin' You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard (1967)
A Woman In Love - Ronnie Milsap (1989)
That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You - Aaron Tippin (1995)
Want To - Sugarland (2006)

 
24
EVENTS Samantha Bumgarner died (1960)
No 1 album "Best of Sonny James" - Sonny James (1966)
No 1 album "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton (1977)
Charlie Moore
died (1979)
Karen Staley's
chart debut "So Good To Be In Love" (1988)
No 1's There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene (1966)
Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You) - Larry Gatlin/Gatlin Boys (1983)
When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley (1988)
Come A Little Closer - Dierks Bentley (2005)
 
25
EVENTS Roy Acuff married Mildred Douglas (1936)
Jack Greene's
chart debut "Ever Since My Baby Went Away" (1965)
No 1 album "Cute 'N' Country" - Connie Smith (1965)
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
entered the charts "Take Me" (1971)
Gatlin Bros
joined the Opry (1976)
Marty Robbins
entered the charts with "Honkytonk Man" from the Clint Eastwood film (1982)
Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn
entered the charts with "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"(1993)
.
No 1's A Heart Full of Love (For A Handful Of Kisses) - Eddy Arnold (1948)
Buckaroo - Buck Owens & Buckaroos (1965)
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris (1976)
Wild And Blue - John Anderson (1982)
Breathe - Faith Hill (1999)
Some Beach - Blake Shelton (2004)
 
26
EVENTS Jimmie Osborne died (1957)
George Jones & Tammy Wynette's
chart debut with "Take Me" (1971)
Joe Shelton (Shelton Bros)
died (1980)
Roger Bowling
died (1982)
Forester Sisters
chart debut with "(That's What You Do) When You're In Love" (1985)
Pat Green
underwent emergency surgery for an appendictis (2007)
No 1's Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (1970)
Love In The First Degree - Alabama (1981)
Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101 (1987)
Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away - Vince Gill (1992)
You're Easy On the Eyes - Terri Clark (1998)
 
27
EVENTS Johnny Lee's chart debut "Sometimes" (1975)
No 1 album "Black Bear Road"
- C W McCall (1975)
Bob Luman
died (1978)
Jimmy Buffet's
album "Volcano" awarded Gold (1979)
Songwriter
Howard Crockett died (1994)
Jo Dee Messina's c
hart debut "Heads Carolina, Tails California" (1996)
Vestal Goodman died (2003)
Big & Rich's chart debut with "Wild West Show" (2003)

Hank Garland died (2004)
Ferlin Huskey underwent heart surgery (2005)
Little Big Town's Philip Sweet's wife gave birth to their first child (2007)

Two off duty police officers who were accused of holding Steve Holy and a friend at gunpoint (2007)
No 1's Don't Let The Stars (Get In Your Eyes) - Skeets McDonald (1952)
One In A Million - Johnny Lee (1980 )
Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams Jnr (1986 )
 
28
EVENTS Hank Williams gave his last live performance in Montgomery (1952)
Charlie Pride
married Rozene (1956)
Merle Haggard's
chart debut "Sing A Sad Song" (1963)
Marty Stuart's
chart debut "Arlene" (1985)
No 1 album "The Heart Of The Matter"
- Kenny Rogers (1985)
Christy Forester
married Gary (1986)
Billy Ray Cyrus
married Leticia Finley (1993)
Shania Twain
married Robert 'Mutt' Lange (1993)
Curley Rhodes
died (1994)
Diamond Rio's drummer, Brian Prout married Stephanie Bentley (2001)
.
No 1's What A Man My Man Is - Lynn Anderson (1974)
Have Mercy - Judds (1985)
One Way Ticket - LeAnn Rimes (1996)
She'll Leave You With A Smile - George Strait (2002)
 
29
EVENTS Bill Anderson's first chart entry with "That's What It's Like To be Lonesome" (1958)
Glen Campbell
entered the charts as The Green River Boys featuring Glen Campbell with "Kentucky Means Paradise" (1962)
Rex Allen Jnr's
chart debut with "The Great Mail Robbery" (1973)
Trisha Yearwood's
album "The Heart Remembers When" went Gold (1993)
John Michael Montgomery
slipped on ice and broke his leg (2000)
Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent made their Opry debut (2007)
No 1's Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl and Pearl Butler (1962)
Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)? - Alan Jackson (2001)
 
30
EVENTS

Bob Wills & Texas Playboys debut on the Grand Ole Opry (1944)
Barbara Fairchild's
first No 1 "The Teddy Bear Song" charted (1972)
Mindy McCready
was released from prison (2007)

No 1's Moanin' The Blues - Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys (1950 )
She's Got To be A Saint - Ray Price (1972)
 
31
EVENTS Roy Rogers married Dale Evans (1947)
Hank Snow's
chart debut "Marriage Vow" (1949)
Hank Williams
died during the night of Dec 31 and Jan 1st (1952)
Rick Nelson
died (1985)
No 1 album "The Hits" - Garth Brooks (1994)
Floyd Cramer
died (1997)
Lee Greenwood
closed his theatre at Pigeon Forge (2000)
Jim McReynolds (Jim & Jesse)
died (2002)
Derailers, Tony Villaneuva,
left the group (2003)
No 1's

Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right - Billy Currington (2005)

 

OTHER EVENTS

Roy Acuff hired Minnie Pearl to perform on his tours (1940)
George Jones,
his agent and entire band were held for lie detector tests in connection with a murder investigation in Houston Texas. All were cleared (1965)
Pee Wee King
disbanded the Golden West Cowboys Band (1968)
Reba McEntire
graduated from South Eastern Oklahoma State University with a B.A. in Elementary Education and a Minor in Music (1976)
CBS and RCA issued the first Country Music CDs (1983)

Dolly Parton
was No 97 in "Playboy Magazine Sexiest Stars" (1998)
Shania Twain
was fined by State of New York for damaging wetlands without proper permit to build a studio (1998)
Alan Jackson
and wife Denise renewed their wedding vows (1998)
Garth Brooks
& Hillary Clinton switched on the Christmas lights at New York's Rockefeller Center (1998)
George Jones
had over 62,000 Christmas lights outside his home (1998)
Brett Warren (Warren Bros)
became a father when wife, Raquel, gave birth to a son Cole Daniel (1999)