In 1902, legendary producer Don Law was born in London, England. He was the head of Columbia Studios-Nashville through most of the sixties and seventies, during the Golden Age of country music.
In 1949, another legendary producer, Steve Buckingham, was born in Richmond, Virginia. Though he was successful in just about every genre of music, in country he was associated with great hits by artists such as Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, EmmyLou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt, among others.
In 1950, singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Though her biggest hit as a singer was "Jones On The Jukebox", her biggest hit as a songwriter was probably "Angels Among Us".
In 1958, Sammy Kershaw was born in Kaplan, Louisiana. Sammy has had ten Top Tens in addition to a Number One, "She Don't Know She's Beautiful".
In 1991, The Littlest Cowboy, George Gobel, passed away. He was a beloved member of the WLS Barn Dance Show, starting at age thirteen. He was probably the most prolific artist of the fifties, and charted almost one hundred records in his career. He had thirteen Number One Records, and forty one more records that were Top Tens, a lot of them just missing the top spot. He is in the Hall of Fame, and with good reason.
In 1991, Webb Pierce, one of the biggest stars in the fifties and sixties, passed away.
In 2005, Goldie Hill passed away. A major star herself, she married Carl Smith and retired.
