June 13th: On this day

1946
Born on this day was Paul Buckmaster British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer. He worked with many artists including Carrie Underwood, Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dwight Yoakam and Taylor Swift. He died on 7 November 2017 age 71.

1947
Born on this day in Hazard, Kentucky, was Mary Lou Turner, country music artist. Between 1976 and 1977, she recorded two duet albums with Bill Anderson, and charted four duets with him. One of their duets, "Sometimes", reached #1 in 1976.

1959
Roy Drusky was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. The American country music singer and songwriter popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s was known for his baritone voice and for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being one of the first artists to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson ("Jody and the Kid"). His highest-charting single was the #1 "Yes, Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.

1965
Born on this day in Turkey, Texas, was American country music singer-songwriter Joe Barnhill who along with Wayne Perry wrote "Not a Moment Too Soon," a #1 hit for Tim McGraw in 1994.

1978
Born on this day in Youngsville, North Carolina, was Jason Michael Carroll, American country music artist. His debut album Waitin' in the Country produced three consecutive Top 40 country hits for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Alyssa Lies", "Livin' Our Love Song" and "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead".

1987
Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It is the first multi-week chart-topping song since "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" by Ronnie Milsap spent two weeks atop the chart in September 1985.

1991
The IRS held a public auction where people bought Dottie West's personal possessions in an attempt to payback debts of over £1.5m. The items had been seized by the IRS after they discovered the singer was hiding some valuable items. Some fans bought items and returned them to West. Items sold at the auction included West's baby grand piano which sold for $4,900 and her 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood. Despite the proceeds from the auction, West was still left with debt owing to the IRS.

2010
Jimmy Dean the American country music singer, television host, and businessman died at the age of 81. Dean who had the 1961 country crossover hit "Big Bad John", became a national television personality in the late 50's with his television series, The Jimmy Dean Show and was also famous as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand.

2016
American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter Chips Moman died the day after his 79th birthday. He won a Grammy Award for co-writing "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", a 1975 hit for B.J. Thomas. He also co-wrote "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" for Waylon Jennings, and produced albums by Willie Nelson, Gary Stewart, Tammy Wynette and Ronnie Milsap.

2018
Legendary Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana died peacefully at his home on age 87. Before joining guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black in Presley's backing band the Blue Moon Boys, Dominic Joseph Fontana worked as the house drummer for his hometown of Shreveport's Louisiana Hayride working with the likes of Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Steve Young, Melba Montgomery, Norma Jean, Vassar Clements, Carl Butler and other country artists.

2020
Hank Williams Jr.'s 27-year-old daughter, Katharine Williams-Dunning, was killed in a car accident in Henry County, Tennessee after her SUV crashed into a highway median and rolled over.