Thursday, September 20, 2012

September 25 in Country Music History

In 1934, Royce Kendall, of the Kendalls, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1947, bluegrass artist Larry Sparks was born in Lebanon, Ohio.

In 1961, Leroy Van Dyke was atop the charts with his monster hit, "Walk On By", which kept that spot for nineteen weeks, and was on the charts for an astounding thirty seven weeks.

In 1976, Willie Nelson was at Number One with his version of "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time".

In 1982, Michael Martin Murphey was atop the charts with the beautiful "What's Forever For".

In 1993, Tracy Byrd was "Holdin' Heaven" at Number One on the charts.