1979 - "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" brings The Charlie Daniels Band the only gold single of its career.

Here is a video of Charlie Daniels performing that song on the Grand Ole Opry stage the day he was inducted.

2010 - Brad Paisley headlines a stadium for the first time, playing for 51,000 fans at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, with Jason Aldean, Sara Evans, Darius Rucker and Easton Corbin.

 

2006 - Rosanne Cash and Steve Earle tape a new episode of "CMT Crossroads" at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom.

 

2003 - Johnny Cash holds his final session, recording "Engine One-Forty-Three" at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

 

1982 - Sylvia goes to #1 in Billboard with "Nobody".

 

1961 - Patsy Cline records "Crazy" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville.

 

1954 - Guitarist Nick Kane born in Jerusalem, Georgia. In 1994, he joins The Mavericks, whose accomplished mix of country, rock, pop and Latin sounds makes it a critically acclaimed--and commercially under-appreciated--force in the 1990s.

 

1939 - Guitarist James Burton born in Dubberly, Louisiana. A member of Elvis Presley's band during the last seven years of The King's life, Burton plays guitar on recordings by Ricky Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Buck Owens, among others.

 

1939 - Harold Reid, of The Statler Brothers, born in Augusta County, Virginia. His bass voice and comic personality is easily distinguished in the group's award-winning gospel harmonies. They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

 

1938 - Kenny Rogers born in St. Joseph's Infirmary in Houston. His pop-laced series of ballads and story songs in the 1970s and '80s make him one of country's best all-time sellers, with more than 25 gold albums. He expands his reach with a lengthy acting career.

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