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Now, we want to bring you a look back at the biggest moments in country music history that happened this week.
Let’s take a look:
June 23rd
1940
Born on this day in Melbourne, Australia was Diana Trask, country and pop singer. She charted eighteen singles on the country charts, of which the highest was the #13 “Lean It All on Me” in 1974.
1953
Born on this day, in Chockie, Oklahoma, was Pake McEntire, the oldest brother of Reba McEntire and Susie Luchsinger. His biggest chart hit was the 1986, “Savin’ My Love for You” which peaked at #3.
1957
Born on this day, was American country music artist Keith Palmer who co-wrote Reba McEntire’s 1991 single “For My Broken Heart.” Palmer died on June 13th 1996.
1973
Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US country album chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song which gave the singer his first #1 hit.
2001
Lonestar began a six-week residence at #1 on the country chart with “I’m Already There”, the lead-off single to the band’s fifth album.
June 24th
1960
Born on this day in Slaughters, Kentucky, was Chris Knight, singer-songwriter who has had a successful career writing songs that have been recorded by Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others.
1977
Crystal Gayle released her fourth studio album We Must Believe in Magic. It became her highest selling album, reaching #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #12 on the main Billboard album chart. We Must Believe in Magic also has the distinction of being the first platinum album recorded by a female artist in country music.
1987
Randy Travis was at #1 on the US Country charts with, “Forever and Ever, Amen”. Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, the song gave Travis his third #1 single. “Forever and Ever, Amen” won a Grammy for Best Country & Western Song and a Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.
June 25th
1957
Born on this day in Binghamton, New York, was Tim Malchak country music singer-songwriter. Malchak partnered with Dwight Rucker in 1982 to form the country music duo Malchak & Rucker. Together, they became the first black/white duo in country music history with a charting single “Just Like That.”
1977
Waylon Jennings’ hit “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” spent its sixth week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It was just the third (and final) six-week #1 song of the 1970s, and would be the last song to spend as long atop the charts for 20 years (until 1997’s “It’s Your Love” by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill).
1986
Jenifer Strait, the 13 year-old daughter of George Strait, was killed in a car accident in San Marcos, Texas. The family set up the Jenifer Lynn Strait Foundation, which donates money to children’s charities in the San Antonio area.
1987
Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant died. With his wife Felice, he wrote many hits including: The Everly Brothers hits, “Bye Bye Love”, “All I Have To Do Is Dream”, “Wake Up Little Susie” and “Raining In My Heart” a hit for Buddy Holly. Other acts to record their songs include Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon and Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, the Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, and Ray Charles.
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1993
Lyle Lovett married actress Julia Roberts at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana. The couple separated in March 1995 and subsequently divorced.
2001
The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974 was designated a National Historic Landmark. During its tenure at Ryman Auditorium, the Opry hosted the biggest country music stars of the day, and the show became known around the world.
June 26th
1973
Kyle Jacobs, American country music songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, pianist. Jacobs was the co-writer on Garth Brooks’ single, “More Than a Memory”, which became the first song to debut at #1 on Billboard’s Country Singles chart. He was also a staff writer for Curb Music from 2003 until his death on 17 February 2023.
1976
Marty Robbins was at #1 on the country charts with “El Paso City”, his fifteenth #1. Robbins wrote “El Paso City” while flying over El Paso, in – he reported – the same amount of time it takes to sing, four minutes and 14 seconds. It was only the second time that ever happened to him; the first time was when he composed the original El Paso as fast as he could write it down.
1977
Elvis Presley made his last ever live stage appearance when he appeared at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Presley would die less than two months later. The last two songs he performed were “Hurt” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Before the show Elvis was presented with a plaque commemorating the 2 billionth record to come out of RCA’s pressing plant.
1987
Randy Travis was at #1 on the country singles chart “Forever and Ever, Amen.” The song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, won a Grammy for Best Country & Western Song and an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.
1992
Promoting his latest album, The Hard Way Clint Black launched The Hard Way Tourwhich ran for 11 months.
2000
Brad Paisley released “We Danced”, the fourth and final single from his debut album, Who Needs Pictures. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.
June 27th
1962
Hank Snow recorded “I’ve Been Everywhere” at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The song which was written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, was also made popular by Lucky Starr in 1962 and has been covered by Lynn Anderson, Asleep at the Wheel and Johnny Cash.
1974
Born on this day in Dallas, Texas, was Christian Kane, actor and singer and songwriter and lead singer of the country-southern rock band Kane. He is known for his roles in the television shows Angel, Leverage and Into the West, and the movies Just Marriedand Secondhand Lions.
1977
Waylon Jennings was at #1 on the country chart with “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)”. Released at the height of outlaw country movement, from his hit album Ol’ Waylon, the song was written by Chips Moman and Bobby Emmons.
1992
Billy Ray Cyrus was at #1 on the US Country music chart with his breakthrough hit “Achy Breaky Heart”. Written by Don Von Tress it was originally titled “Don’t Tell My Heart” and recorded by The Marcy Brothers in 1991, its name was later changed to “Achy Breaky Heart” In the US it became a crossover hit on pop and country radio, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the first Country single to be certified Platinum since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream” in 1983.
1994
“Common Thread: Songs Of The Eagles” went triple-platinum. The tribute album to the American rock band The Eagles features:Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Little Texas, John Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Suzy Bogguss, Vince Gill, Billy Dean, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and Lorrie Morgan.
Info from This Day in Country Music
