1967

Loretta Lynn makes her first appearance at #1 in Billboard with "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)"

1963

Buck Owens records "Act Naturally" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood. The session also includes his first attempt at "My Heart Skips A Beat"

1944

Moe Bandy born in Meridian, Mississippi. He thrives as a honky-tonk singer during the late-1970s and early-'80s with a string of hits dominated by cheatin'-themed singles and good-ol'-boy duets with Joe Stampley

1971

Sammi Smith goes to #1 in Billboard with the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night"

1927

Guitarist Jim McReynolds born in Carfax, Virginia. With his brother, he forms Jim & Jesse, a bluegrass duo that begins recording in 1951, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. They gain a Congressional Medal of the Arts in the 1990s

1967

Eddy Arnold attends a special White House dinner at the request of the president's daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson. Arnold barely makes it in time, after getting stuck in an elevator

1978

Crystal Gayle becomes the first country-based female artist to receive a platinum album, for "We Must Believe In Magic"

1975

T.G. Sheppard collects his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine with "Devil In The Bottle"

1918

Hank Locklin born in McLellan, Florida. A 1960 addition to the Grand Ole Opry, he earns 10 Top 10 hits from 1949-1967, led by "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"

1969

George Jones marries Tammy Wynette in Ringgold, Georgia, six months after they announced the marriage

1960

Bass player Doug Phelps born in Leachville, Arkansas. He becomes a founding member of The Kentucky HeadHunters but leaves in 1992 with his sibling, Ricky Lee, to form Brother Phelps. He rejoins The HeadHunters in 1996

2007

Porter Wagoner gives his first Los Angeles concert in nearly 40 years, opening for Neko Case at the Music Box. He employs an all-star band: guitarist Marty Stuart, bass player Dwight Yoakam and drummer Billy Bob Thornton

1993

With his version of "Stand By Your Man" featured in "The Crying Game," Lyle Lovett sings the song with Tammy Wynette on "The Tonight Show"

1965

"Tennessee Waltz" is declared Tennessee's official state song in a resolution signed by Gov. Frank Clement