On This Day…
2014 – Bob Casale dies of heart failure in Los Angeles. The multi-instrumentalist – producer – audio engineer is best known with the alt-rock group – Devo – 1980 hit – Whip It
2013 – Troubled country singer Mindy McCready dies from a self-inflicted gun shot wound at her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas. 90’s hits include – Ten Thousand Angels – Guys Do It All The Time – A Girls Gotta Do (What A Girls Gotta Do)
2005 – A 1965 Fender Stratocaster that belonged to Jimi Hendrix is sold at a London auction.
2001 – Brad Paisley is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
2001 – Australian born country singer/songwriter Jamie O’Neal reaches the top of the charts with – There Is No Arizona
2000 – The Steinway piano that John Lennon used to compose – Imagine – goes on display at The Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool, England
1996 – Joe Diffie is #1 on the Billboard Country Music singles chart with – Bigger Than The Beatles
1971 – Marks the TV debut for James Taylor as he appears on The Johnny Cash Show. Other notables on that same night – Linda Ronstadt – Neil Young – Tony Joe White
1970 – During a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Joni Mitchell announces that she is retiring from live performances. However, she would find her way back on stage again by the end of the year.
1969 – Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash team up to record – Girl From The North Country. It would be released on Dylan’s album – Nashville Skyline
1965 – Governor Frank Clement sings a resolution that makes – Tennessee Waltz – the official state song