March 4 in Country Music History

In 1904, the original singing cowgirl, Dorothy Page, AKA Dorothy Stofflett, AKA Dorothy McCormick, was born.

In 1932, Betty Jack Davis, who with Mary Francis Penick (Skeeter Davis) made up the Davis Sisters, was born in Corbin Kentucky.


In 1967, Merle Haggard was atop the charts with "The Fugitive".  It would be the first of many Number Ones for the singer affectionately known as the Hag.

In 1972, Tammy Wynette occupied the top spot on the charts with "Bedtime Story".  

In 1973, Scotty Stoneman of the pioneering Stoneman Family Band passed away.

In 1978, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", written by Ed Bruce, and performed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson went to Number One on the Billboard Charts.

In 1983, George Jones married Nancy Sepulveda.  In retrospect, it probably added years to his life.

In 1989, The Desert Rose Band, consisting of Chris Hillman, John Jorgenson, and Herb Pedersen, was at Number One on the charts with "I Still Believe In You".  In their own way, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen are responsible for a lot of country music history.  

In 1996, our beloved Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon) passed away after being victimized by a series of strokes. 

In 1999, cowboy singer Eddie Dean passed away. He was known especially as songwriter of two popular songs, "One Has My Heart, The Other Has My Name", and "I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven". Two classic songs from a classic cowboy, and even though Jimmy Wakely and Tex Ritter had the really big hits on these two songs, Eddie Dean still made the top twenty with both.