November 7th: On this day

1947
Hank Williams recorded "My Sweet Love Ain't Around" with Fred Rose producing at Castle Studio, Nashville. The track became his third single on MGM Records released in January 1948.

1951
Born on this day, was harmonica player, Mickey Raphael who is best known for his work with Willie Nelson. He has also recorded with Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Leon Russell, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Maria Muldaur, Kenny Chesney, and Neil Young.

1959
Patsy Cline appeared on the networked TV show Ozark Jubilee. She sang "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Come on In", and also "Let's Go to Church" as a duet with Slim Wilson. Cline made a total of sixteen appearances on the Jubilee. The series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs drawing more than nine million viewers.

1963
Born on this day in Nashville, Tennessee, was Robin Lee Bruce, country music artist who scored the #12 hit on Hot Country Songs in 1990 with a cover of Alannah Myles' single "Black Velvet" and has written album cuts for LeAnn Rimes and Jo Dee Messina, as well as other artists.

1966
Dolly Parton released the single "Dumb Blonde" on Monument Records. The song is notable for being Parton's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at #24. Parton re-recorded the song with Miranda Lambert in 2018 for the Dumplin' soundtrack album.

1970
Merle Haggard was at #1 on the country music album chart with The Fightin' Side of Me. The title track (like the song "Okie from Muskogee") became a success and gave Haggard a #1 hit single.

1988
Alabama released "Song of the South" which went to #1 on the Country chart. It became the twenty-fourth #1 single for the group. The song was first recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album Drunk & Crazy.

1991
Garth Brooks was at #1 on the US country chart with his third studio album, Ropin' the Wind. The album repelaced his previous album No Fences at the #1 postion, where it enjoyed a combined 18 weeks at the top of the charts.

2000
Alan Jackson released his ninth studio album When Somebody Loves You which became his fifth US Country #1. The album featured the singles "Where I Come From", "www.memory", "When Somebody Loves You", and "It's Alright to Be a Redneck."

2001
The 35th Country Music Association Awards, Ceremony, was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee hosted by Vince Gill. Tim McGraw won Entertainer of the Year, Lee Ann Womack won Female Vocalist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year wne to Toby Keith. O Brother, Where Art Thou? film soundtrack won Album of The Year, Lonestar won Vocal Group of the Year, Vocal Duo of the Year went to Brooks & Dunn. Single of the Year was "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by fictional musical group The Soggy Bottom Boys.

2007
Kenny Chesney was named the CMA Entertainer of the Year for the third time in four years.

2007
The 41st Country Music Association Award, Ceremony, was held at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Winners included: Carrie Underwood who won both Female Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year for "Before He Cheats". Brad Paisley won two Awards, Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Online". Kenny Chesney won Entertainer of the Year, George Strait won Album of The Year for It Just Comes Natural and Taylor Swift won the Horizon Award.

2008
Clint Black took his manager/accountant, Charles Sussman to court in a grievance about royalties. The lawsuit claimed Sussman convinced Black to assign more than $500,000 in royalties to Equity Records, an independent record label in which both Sussman and Black had minority ownership. Black said he got nothing in return for this arrangement but Sussman was taking monthly payments from Equity without his knowledge.

2009
Taylor Swift both hosted and performed as the musical guest for tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live on US NBC TV.

2022
Jeff Cook died at the age of 73. Cook disclosed that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years earlier. The guitarist and singer, songwriter is best known as one of the founding members of Alabama who have scored over 30 US Country #1 hits.