Dates of Note in Country Music, July 11-20

Category: News

July 12:

Jimmie Driftwood died (heart attack), 1998 (was 91)

July 13:

Rhonda Vincent born in Kirksville, Missouri, 1962 (now 45)
Bradley Kincaid born in Level, Kentucky, 1895 (died 1989)
Tim Spencer born in Webb City, Missouri, 1908 (died 1974)
Riley Puckett died (blood poisoning), 1946 (was 62)

July 14:

Woody Guthrie born in Okemah, Oklahoma, 1912 (died 1967)
Del Reeves born in Sparta, North Carolina, 1933 (died 2007)

July 15:

Johnny Sea born in Gulfport, Mississippi, 1940 (now 67)
Cowboy Copas born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1913 (died 1963)

July 16:

Ronny Robbins born in Phoenix, Arizona, 1949 (now 58)

July 17:

Red Sovine born in Charleston, West Virginia, 1918 (died 1980)
Harry Choates died (results of head injury), 1951 (was 29)
Dizzy Dean died (heart attack), 1974 (was 63). Dizzy is mentioned here because he was credited with giving Roy Acuff the nickname "King of Country Music."
Don Rich died (motorcycle accident), 1974 (was 32)
Wynn Stewart died (heart attack), 1985 (was 51)

July 18:

Ricky Skaggs born in Cordell, Kentucky, 1954 (now 53)

July 19:

George Hamilton IV born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1937 (now 70)
Sue Thompson born in Nevada, Missouri, 1926 (now 81)
Lefty Frizzell died (stroke), 1975 (was 47)

July 20:

Radney Foster born in Del Rio, Texas, 1959 (now 48)
Sleepy LaBeef born in Smackover, Arkansas, 1935 (now 72)
T.G. Sheppard born in Humbolt, Tennessee, 1942 (now 65)