In 1927, Carl Smith was born in Maynardville, Tennessee. This Hall of Fame member was once married to June Carter, and had ninety three charted hits in his vaunted career. Among those hits were five Number Ones, and twenty seven additional Top ten singles. His biggest hit was "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way". He was married to singer and performer Goldie Hill for many years.
In 1931, drummer D.J.Fontana was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is best known as the original drummer for Elvis Presley.
In 1944, Gunilla Hutton was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Though she is an actor and a singer, most of us remember her as Nurse Goodbody on Hee Haw.
In 1975, Freddy Fender spent the first of two weeks atop the charts with "Before The Next Teardrop Falls".
In 1986, Exile was atop the charts with "I Could Get Used To You".
In 1997, Deanna Carter was atop the charts with "We Danced Anyway" for the first of two weeks.
