Thursday, October 11, 2012

October 19 in Country Music History

In 1945, Jeannie C. Riley was born in Anson, Texas.

In 1952, television personality Charlie Chase was born in Rogersville, Tennessee.

In 1963, Buck Owens started a sixteen week stint at the top of the charts with "Love's Gonna Live Here".

In 1968, Eddy Arnold was atop the charts with "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye".  The record was there for two weeks, and it would be his last of twenty eight Number Ones in his career.  Those Number Ones counted for chart time of almost three years.  That is why he will probably always be the Billboard Number One recording artist.  

In 1974, Conway Twitty was atop the charts with "I See The Want To In Your Eyes".

In 1985, Juice Newton grabbed the Number One spot with "You Make Me Want To Make You Mine", the second of her four Number One hits from the eighties, when she was one of the hottest female acts.

In 1991, legendary Grand Ole Opry announcer Grant Turner passed away in Nashville, Tennessee.