September 27th: On this day

1927
Born on this day in Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee was Josh Graves. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited with introducing the resonator guitar (commonly known under the trade name of Dobro) into bluegrass music shortly after joining Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955. He deid on 30 September 2006.

1950
Hank Snow was at #1 on the Country music singles charts with "I'm Moving On". The song, stayed at the top of the charts for 21 weeks and was the first of seven #1 Billboard country hits Snow scored throughout his career.

1968
Flatt & Scruggs play the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, bringing bluegrass to a city known for its psychedelic sound. "The hippies were coming up and touching Scruggs and saying 'You're for real,'" producer Bob Johnston recalls.

1969
Special guests on this week's Johnny Cash ABC television music variety show included, Roy Orbison, Creedence Clearwater Revival, (who performed "Bad Moon Rising"), Phil Harris and Bobbi Martin. Roy Orbison performed a version of "Pretty Woman" with Cash and "Crying".

1975
John Denver's "I'm Sorry" hits #1 on the singles chart, giving him his second chart-topper of the year, following "Thank God I'm A Country Boy."

1987
The first edition of Dolly the television variety show hosted by Dolly Parton was aired on ABC. Guest stars featured in the series included Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Tyne Daly, Bruce Willis, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, Tom Selleck, the Neville Brothers, Alabama, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, Dudley Moore, and Oprah Winfrey.

1994
Tim McGraw was at #1 on the Country chart with his second album Not a Moment Too Soon. Spending 29 weeks at #1, it became Billboard's best selling Country album of 1994, and The Academy of Country Music named it Album of the Year in 1994.

1994
Brooks & Dunn released their third studio album Waitin' on Sundown which produced three #1 singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album also became the duo's first #1 album.

2011
LeAnn Rimes released her tenth studio album Lady & Gentlemen, Rimes' second cover album which featured songs by male country artist, including Vince Gill, who helped produce the album, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings.

2019
American Southern rock, Red Dirt, country group Whiskey Myers released their self-titled album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country chart.