In 1930, Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) at Hollywood Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.
In 1947, Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was born in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1953,Webb Pierce scored his fourth Number One with "It's Been So Long". He went on to have thirteen Number Ones, fifty-four Top Tens, and eighty three Top Forty country hits.
In 1981, Earl Thomas Conley scored his first Number One with "Fire and Smoke". It came on the heals of his first Top Ten "Silent Treatment".
In 1987, George Strait was atop the Country Music charts again with "All My Ex's Live In Texas", written by Sanger (Whitey) and Lyndia Shafer.
