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Now, we want to bring you a look back at the biggest moments in country music history that happened this week.
Let’s take a look:
May 19
965
Roger Miller received a gold single for “King Of The Road”, which was was Miller’s fifth single for Smash Records.
1974
Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US Country chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song written by Kenny O’Dell. The album also went gold. Rich won the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and he took home four Academy of Country Music awards.
May 20
1990
Clint Black was at #1 on the country chart with his debut album Killin’ Time. The album with the success of its first four singles, (“A Better Man”, “Walking Away”, “Nobody’s Home”, and “Killin’ Time”), was a huge hit upon release, and established Black as one of the biggest new stars in country music.
May 21
1951
Hank Williams was admitted to North Louisiana Sanitarium in Shreveport for treatment of his alcoholism and his back problem. He released three days later. Years of back pain, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse severely compromised Williams’ health.
1964
Buck Owens was at #1 on the country charts with “My Heart Skips a Beat”, Owens’s third chart topper. “My Heart Skips a Beat” spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top with a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart. The B-side, “Together Again”, also hit #1 on the country chart both replacing and being replaced by “My Heart Skips a Beat” from the top spot.
May 22
1973
Dolly Parton recorded the song “Jolene” during sessions at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Released in October 15, 1973 the song became Parton’s second #1 hit on the Billboard US Country charts.
May 23
2006
Personal File was released, the 92nd album by the late American music icon Johnny Cash. The two CD set contained 49 unreleased tracks recorded between 1973 and 1982, which had been recovered from a vault of material housed at the House of Cash studios.
May 24
1955
Born on this day in Memphis, Tennessee, was American singer-songwriter and author, Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. She won a Grammy in 1985 for “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me”, and has received twelve other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 #1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles and two gold records.
Info from This Day in Country Music
