marty robbins

May they rest in peace ...

1933 - Harold Jenkins is born in Friars Point, Mississippi. As Conway Twitty, he leaves a pop-rock career in 1965 to pursue country music, racking up hits consistently for more than 20 years.

1957 - Marty Robbins hits #1 spot on the Billboard country singles chart

2008 - Gretchen Wilson takes her final exam at a high school in Wilson County, Tennessee.

2009 - Jamey Johnson and Shooter Jennings tape an installment of "CMT Crossroads" at Rocketown in Nashville.

1941 - David Frizzell born in El Dorado, Arkansas.

2011 - Darius Rucker receives an honorary doctorate and delivers the commencement speech at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

If you have listened to the Merrell In The Morning Show for long you know that Danny Merrell is a huge fan of Marty Robbins!  One of Danny's favorites hit #1 this day in 1970.

2009 - Broken Bow releases Jason Aldean's album "Wide Open".   2006 - Tornadoes slam Middle Tennessee, killing at least a dozen people. The Sumner County home of The Oak Ridge Boys' William Lee Golden is destroyed, though his family is unhurt.  ...

2005 - Brad Paisley's "When I Get Where I'm Going" video, featuring small on-screen parts for Dolly Parton and Scott Hamilton, premieres on CMT.

2006 - Charlie Daniels performs the national anthem at Shea Stadium when the New York Mets baseball team hosts the cross-town Yankees.

On this day in 2010, Alan Jackson's Freight Train rolled into the #2 spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart after being derailed from debuting in the #1 position by Lady Antebellum, as the trio celebrated their 10th week at the top with Need You Now.