May 21 in Country Music History

In 1966, Gentleman Jim Reeves went to the top of the charts with "Distant Drums".

In 1977, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings made their way to Number One by way of "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)".

In 1983, "Common Man" By John Conlee was the Number One song on the charts.

In 1988, Kathy Mattea went to Number One with "Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses".

In 2006, Billy Walker, along with his wife, Bettie, and bassist Charles Lilly, Jr., and guitarist Daniel Patton, was killed in a late night accident near Fort Deposit, Alabama on Interstate 65.  He and his entourage were heading back to Nashville in a van after performing at an RV park just north of Foley, Alabama.  Billy charted sixty five times with his smooth voice, with his biggest hit being "Charlie's Shoes".