August 10th: On this day

1909
Born on this day was American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Leo Fender. The Fender Telecaster became important in country music in ‘The Bakersfield Sound’ in the 1960s, and the emerging Outlaw scene. The Bakersfield Sound made the Telecaster cool. Leo Fender died on March 21, 1991 of complications from Parkinson's disease.

1928
Born on this day in Olton, Texas was Jimmy Ray Dean the American country music singer, television host, and businessman who had the 1961 country crossover hit "Big Bad John". Dean became a national television personality in the late 50's with his television series, The Jimmy Dean Show and is also famous as the creator of the 'Jimmy Dean sausage brand'. Dean died of natural causes at the age of 81, on June 13, 2010.

1940
Born on this day in Shreveport, Louisiana was record producer, songwriter and guitar player Jerry Kennedy. A recipient of four Grammys, Kennedy’s Dobro and guitar playing have been featured on the albums of artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Ringo Starr. Another work done by Kennedy on Dobro was Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 hit "Harper Valley PTA." Kennedy has also produced memorable hits for Roger Miller, Reba McEntire, The Statler Brothers and Tom T. Hall.

1940
Born on this day in Fort Smith, Arkansas was Jonie" Shields from husband and wife country music vocal duo Johnny and Jonie Mosby. They placed seventeen singles on the country music charts between 1963 and 1973 the highest peaks being "Trouble in My Arms" and "Just Hold My Hand. In 1992 at age 52, Jonie Mosby became the oldest woman to have a baby through in vitro fertilization as she gave birth to a son Morgan Bradford Mitchell by second husband, Donald Mitchell.

1957
Patsy Cline made her fifth appearance on the networked TV show Ozark Jubilee. She sang her new single, "Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)" and "Try Again". 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.

1973
Born on this day, was Jennifer Hanson, country singer, songwriter, (well as a former Miss California). Hanson who is married to songwriter Mark Nesler has also written singles for other artists, including "Leave the Pieces" for The Wreckers, and "A Different World" for Bucky Covington, a co-write with Nesler, and "Let Me Down Easy" for Billy Currington. She also co-wrote "Country Strong" for Gwyneth Paltrow for the movie of the same name.

1991
Vince Gill was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. His commercial peak came in the first half of the 1990s, starting with his breakthrough album When I Call Your Name. Gill has 65 entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four solo #1 hits: "I Still Believe in You", "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away", "One More Last Chance", and "Tryin' to Get Over You", all between 1992 and 1994.

2001
Dixie Chick Martie Erwin married Gareth Maguire, a Roman Catholic teacher and actor from Northern Ireland in a civil ceremony in Hawaii.

2009
Brooks & Dunn announced that they were breaking up in 2010 after 20 years as a duo. Signed to Arista Records in 1991, the duo recorded ten studio albums, one Christmas album and three compilation albums for the label. They also released fifty singles, of which twenty went to #1 on the Hot Country Songs charts and nineteen more reached top ten.

2013
With 22 weeks at #1, "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line set a new record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, breaking a three-way tie of 21 weeks at #1 jointly held by Eddy Arnold ("I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)," 1947), Hank Snow ("I'm Movin' On," 1950) and Webb Pierce ("In the Jailhouse Now," 1955). "Cruise" benefited from changes in Billboard's methodology, made in 2012, from a country airplay-only chart to one that reflected all-genre airplay, music downloads and streaming.

2022
Luke Combs was at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with "The Kind of Love We Make" the second single from his third studio album Growin' Up.