Wednesday, October 10, 2012

October 18 in Country Music History

In 1952, Hank Williams and Billie Jean Jones Eschlimar were married in Minden, Louisiana.

In 1952, "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" was atop the charts on the day that Hank Williams remarried.  It would be the chart topper for a total of fourteen weeks.

In 1975, Country Charlie Pride was atop the charts with "I Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You).  It was the fifteenth of twenty nine times that he would see one of his singles climb to the top of the charts.

In 1980, Don Williams began two weeks at the top of the charts with "I Believe In You".  It would be the eleventh of his seventeen Number Ones.

In 1986, Tanya Tucker was at the top of the charts with "Just Another Love".  It would be the seventh of ten Number Ones she had in her prime recording years.

In 1997, Deana Carter, the daughter of guitar legend Fred Carter, Jr., was atop the charts with "How Do I Get There".  Though her star shined for just a brief period, she had three Number Ones off her first album, with this being the last.