In 1922, Homer Bailes, of the Bailes Brothers, was born in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
In
1928, Benny Martin was born in Sparta, Tennessee. He was a noted
fiddler that, if memory serves me correctly, always was in untied dress
shoes.
In 1961, Faron Young's "Hello Walls" became the Number One song on the charts. It stayed there for nine weeks.
In
1963, singer-songwriter Keith Harling was born in Greenwood, South
Carolina.
In 1968, The Solemn Old Judge, George D. Hay passed away.
In 1971, "How Much More Can She Stand" by Conway Twitty went to Number One.
In 1976, Charley Pride took "My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You' to the top of the charts. It was the sixteenth of his twenty nine Number Ones.
In 1982, "Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson went to Number One, for the first of two weeks at that position.
In 2008, the singer regarded as the Number One Billboard artist in country music passed away. One week short of his nintieth birthday, Eddy Arnold charted more than one hundred forty five records in his career, with twenty eight of them being Number Ones, many of which stayed at the top of the charts for many weeks. He had twelve Top Twos, and had fifty seven Top Tens before he had a Christmas record that only made it to Number Twelve on the charts. He had NINETY TWO Top Tens in his career. His biggest hits were "I'll Hold You In My Heart (Til I Can Hold You In My Arms", which stayed at Number One for twenty one weeks, "Bouquet of Roses", Number One for nineteen weeks, "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", Number One for twelve weeks, "I Wanna Play House With You", Number One for eleven weeks, and "There's Been A Change In Me", also at the top of the charts for eleven weeks. That is what I call a superstar.
