A Day in Music - September 6th
Today in country music history:
2005 - Gretchen Wilson's single "All Jacked Up" was released for sale.
2001 - Diamond Rio's album One More Day was certified gold.
2000 - John Michael Montgomery's video for "The Little Girl" premiered.
1997 - Upright bassist Roy Husky Junior died of cancer. He was 41.
1984 - Ernest Tubb died at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. He had been a fixture on the Grand Ole Opry since 1943 and entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965.
1952 - Hank Williams hit #1 with "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)."
Birthdays:
David Allan Coe - singer, "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"
Mel McDaniel (1942-2011) - singer, "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"
Buddy Miller - singer
Joe Smyth - drummer, Sawyer Brown
Mark Chesnutt - singer, "Too Cold at Home," "Almost Goodbye," "Going Through The Big D"
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