January 9th: On this day

1941
Born on this day in Three Rivers, Texas, was singer Roy Head best known for his 1965 hit record "Treat Her Right". He died on September 21, 2020 following a heart attack.

1950
Hank Williams recorded "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", "Why Don't You Love Me" and "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" during sessions at Castle Studios, Nashville. "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" later became Hank Williams' second #1 on the Country & Western chart and stayed on the charts for twenty-one weeks, with five weeks at the top of the Country & Western chart.

1951
Born on this day in Paintsville, Kentucky was Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, Gayle has accumulated 18 #1 country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. She was also famous for her once nearly floor-length hair.

1960
Patsy Cline was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Cline is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to cross over into pop music. Her first recordings took place under the direction of Four Star Records. Cline's first single, "A Church, a Courtroom, Then Goodbye," was released in July 1955. Four Star issued 17 singles during Cline's four years recording with them. However, only "Walkin' After Midnight" (1957) became a major hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard country songs chart.

1968
Loretta Lynn recorded "Fist City" which when released topped the Country music charts. The song was inspired by her husband's dalliances with other women who pursued him while she was busy touring. It is one of several songs that got Lynn banned from the radio in the 1960s for her controversial themes.

1969
Glen Campbell recorded "Galveston" at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California. The Jimmy Webb song gave Campbell his third US Country #1 hit. The song, released in February 1969, was perceived as being a Vietnam War protest song.

1979
Willie and Family Live the double live album by Willie Nelson was at #1 on the US Country charts. Recorded live at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in April 1978 at the height of Willie madness, the album features Emmylou Harris and Johnny Paycheck on some of the songs.

1982
Following a recommendation from the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, the City Commision dedicated Highway 31, known locally as Gallatin Road, as the Johnny Cash Parkway. A ceremony was later held in the parking lot at The House Of Cash.

2000
Shania Twain won the People's Choice award for Favorite Female Musical Performer at the CBS broadcast ceremony from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.

2004
Songwriter Hugh Prestwood faced criminal charges in New York after authorities at Long Island MacArthur Airport discovered a loaded.38-caliber revolver in his carry-on luggage. Prestwood's songs include Trisha Yearwood's "The Song Remembers When" and Randy Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart."

2012
Miranda Lambert released "Over You", the second single from her album, Four the Record. The track peaked at #1 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. The song writers Lambert and Blake Shelton won the CMA Award for Song of the Year for "Over You."

2013
Taylor Swift was at #1 on the US Country album chart with Red. The album sold 1.89 million copies in its first three weeks and was nominated for Best Country Album and Album of the Year, marking Swift's second nomination for Album of the Year at the Grammys, following her 2010 victory with Fearless.

2017
Rascal Flatts released "Yours If You Want It" the first single from their tenth studio album, Back to Us becoming the group's fourteenth #1 single on the US Country charts.