In 1926, John Burris, my personal favorite singer, was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
In 1926, country comedian Jerry Clower was born in Liberty, Mississippi.
In 1930, Leonard Sipes, the subject of a 1981 hit by Merle Haggard, was born in Bethany, Oklahoma. He also was the subject of a Chuck Cannon song entitled "I Wish I Could See Bakersfield", one of the best country songs on Craig Morgan's Atlantic Debut Albums at the turn of the century. It contains these words: spoken by Merle Haggard: He said "You know, I used to be a well-known country singer, made my first record back in 1953. At one time Buck Owens was my lead guitar player And ol' Hag once wrote a song about me". We knew this singing, songwriting, entertaining great as Tommy Collins.
In 1968, Jeannie C. Riley was at Number One on the charts with her biggest hit, "Harper Valley P.T.A", written by Tom T. Hall. It remained at Number One for three weeks.
In 1974, Waylon Jennings was atop the charts with "I'm A Ramblin' Man".
In 1975, Crossville, Tennessee became the birthplace of Mandy Barnett, one of the few in any genre of music who can sing as Patsy Cline did in her few years. Mandy was discovered by Owen Bradley.
In 1985, "Lost In The Fifties (In The Still Of The Night)" went to the top for perennial chart topper, Ronnie Milsap.
In 1991, Clint Black topped the charts with "Where Are You Now", and we ask the same question as we remember how good his first few records were.
In 2012, the owner of this page went by the Pensacola Civic Center, where there were too many buses and trucks to count as POP STARS Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, and the Eli Young band were loading in. I was physically ill to think that the genre of Country Music has deteriorated this far.
