In 1912, Ted Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. He was most famous as the composer of "Truck Driver's Blues" and "Born To Lose", with his version of "Born To Lose" said to have sold as many as seven million copies. He was also a music publisher who was in business with Hank Snow.
In 1936, Dickey Lee was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He has written or co-written many hit songs including "She Thinks I Still Care", "Patches", "The Keeper Of The Stars", and "The Door Is Always Open". He also worked as a singer and hits with "9,999,999 Tears", "Never Ending Song Of Love", and "Rocky".
In 1947, Don Felder of the Eagles was born in Gainesville, Florida. The Eagles were originally a backing group created for Linda Ronstadt.
In 1957, one of our favorite songwriters, Mark Wright, was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He corroborated on "Takin' The Country Back" with Marty Stuart on a song that became a hit for John Anderson, and the anthem of this webpage.
In 1974, three time supporting Grammy winner, and also great recording artist, Walter Brennan passed away in Oxnard, California. His biggest recording was "Old River", though he had many great recordings of Christmas, Homesteading, and Gospel classics.
In 1974, Don Williams was atop the charts with "I Wouldn't Want To Live If You Didn't Love Me".
In 1985, "I Fell In Love Again Last Night" went to the top of the charts for the Forrester Sisters, from Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
In 1991, Lionel Cartwright was at the top of the charts with "Leap Of Faith".
In 1996, Bryan White was Number One with "So Much For Pretending". By this time, country music was almost dead and gone, as far as mainstream radio interests were concerned. This song illustrates that traditional and classic country music was considered to be a thing of the past.
