18th October 1967, Ode to Billie Joe the debut album by Bobbie Gentry was at #1 on the chart. It was the only album to displace The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band...

16th October 1961, Decca records released ‘Crazy’ by Patsy Cline. The ballad, composed by Willie Nelson gave Cline a No.2 country hit in 1962. Nelson originally wrote the song for country singer Billy Walker,...

KANE BROWN and his fiancée Katelyn Jae got married on Friday at a farm near Nashville. There were 200 guests AND a bouncy house. Instead of writing out vows they exchanged letters to each...

15th October 1943, Born on this day, was American drummer and session musician Larrie Londin. He played on more hit records during his career than any other drummer, with the possible exception of the...

Oct 12th 1997 John Denver was killed at the age of 53 when his experimental Rutan Long-EZ plane, crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove, California. The crash badly disfigured Denver’s head and...

WILL SMITH just revealed the poster for the live-action “Aladdin” movie. No biggie, really. It’s a lamp. Will is playing the Genie, which should be pretty awesome.     HOWEVER, Disney just released the...

Oct 11th 1932, Born on this day near McMinnville, Tennessee, was Dottie West, country music singer and songwriter. Along with Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, West is considered one of the genre’s most influential...

Oct 10th 1958, Born on this day in Seminole, Texas, was Tanya Tucker, female country music artist who had her first hit, “Delta Dawn”, in 1972 at the age of 13 and hit songs...

October 9th 1982, Willie Nelson was at #1 on the country album chart with Always on My Mind, which became the Billboard #1 country album of the year. The album spent 22 weeks at...