In 1905, Al Dexter was born in Jacksonville, Texas. He was still active in the recording business when Country Charts were separated, and afterwards charted sixteen hits, with seven of those being Number Ones. Two of them would be considered Monster hits today, as they were atop the charts for more than ten weeks.
In 1948, Tim DuBois was born in Southeast City, Missouri. He has worked his way to the upper echelons of the music business, and has worked as an accountant, professor, songwriter, producer, and label executive. He was the man behind the business when there was a Arista-Nashville, which sold 80,000,000 records in its first decade or so of existence, thanks to his abilities to spot good artists and pair them with good music. Alan Jackson, Diamond Rio, Pam Tillis, and Steve Wariner were just some of the great names that he developed at Arista before moving to Universal South to join Tony Brown, another great.
In 1949, Stella Parton was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, sister of Dolly Parton. She is a successful singer, songwriter and actress in her own right.
In 1952, J.L.(Joe) Frank, Country Music Hall Of Fame member and revered music executive, passed away. He was a great success as a promoter, and as a talent manager.
In 1959, Randy Travis was born in Marshville, North Carolina. He has earned sixteen Number One records, and has charted fifty three times. He is a true traditional and classic country artist, and should be in the Hall of Fame.
In 1963, posthumously, Hawkshaw Hawkins scored his biggest hit, and was atop the charts for one of four weeks with "Lonesome 7-7203".
In 1974, Merle Haggard went atop the charts with "Things Aren't Funny Anymore".
In 1985, Alabama sang "There's No Way", but there was, and it was the song by that name became a Number One hit for them.
In 1991, Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton took "Rockin' Years" to the top of the charts. The song was written by Floyd Parton, Dolly's brother.
