Category: News
(Hall of Fame members in bold)
January 1:
Hank Williams died (cardiac arrest), 1953 (was 29)
Moon Mullican died (heart attack), 1967 (was 57)
Townes Van Zandt died (heart attack), 1997 (was 52)
Del Reeves died (emphysema), 2007 (was 73)
January 2:
Harold Bradley born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1926 (now 83)
Dick Feller born in Bronaugh, Missouri, 1943 (now 66)
Roger Miller born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1936 (died 1992)
Red Smiley died (complications from diabetes), 1972 (was 46)
Tex Ritter died (heart attack), 1974 (was 68)
Wayne Walker died (unknown causes), 1979 (was 53)
January 3:
Nikki Nelson of Highway 101 born in San Diego, California, 1969 (now 40)
Leon McAuliffe born in Houston, Texas, 1917 (died 1988)
Felton Jarvis died (stroke), 1981 (was 46)
Quanah Talmadge Tubb (better known as Billy Talmadge Tubb) died (unknown causes), 2007 (was 81)
Grandpa Jones suffered stroke after performing on the Grand Ole Opry, 1998
January 4:
Lorene Mann born in Huntland, Tennessee, 1937 (now 72)
Mike Henderson born in Independence, Missouri, 1955 (now 54)
Kathy Forester of the Forester Sisters born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1955 (now 54)
Patty Loveless born in Pikeville, Kentucky, 1957 (now 52)
Deana Carter born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1966 (now 43)
Clayton McMichen died (unknown causes), 1970 (was 69)
Jake Hess died (complications of heart attack), 2004 (was 76)
First barn dance program in America airs on WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas, 1923
January 5:
Big Bill Lister born in Kenedy, Texas, 1923 (now 86)
Steve Ripley of the Tractors born in Boise, Idaho, 1950 (now 59)
Iris DeMent born in Paragould, Arkansas, 1961 (now 48)
Sam Phillips (Sun Records owner) born in Florence, Alabama, 1923 (died 2003)
Tug McGraw, former baseball pitcher and father of Tim McGraw, died (brain cancer), 2004 (was 59)
January 6:
Earl Scruggs born in Flint Hill, North Carolina, 1924 (now 84)
Joey Miskulin ("Joey the Cow Polka King") of Riders in the Sky born in Chicago, Illinois, 1949 (now 60)
Jett Williams born in Montgomery, Alabama, 1953 (now 56)
Autry Inman born in Florence, Alabama, 1929 (died 1988)
Bobby Lord born in Sanford, Florida, 1934 (died 2008)
Chubby Wise died (heart attack), 1996 (was 80)
Bobby Austin died (illness), 2002 (was 68)
Sneaky Pete Kleinkow died (complications of Alzheimer's disease), 2007 (was 72)
Ken Nelson died (natural causes), 2008 (was 96)
January 7:
Jack Greene born in Maryville, Tennessee, 1930 (now 79)
Leona Williams born in Vienna, Missouri, 1943 (now 66)
Marshall Chapman born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1949 (now 60)
David Lee Murphy born in Herrin, Illinois, 1959 (now 50)
Bunny Biggs (Jamup of Jamup and Honey) born, 1897 (died 1948)
Owen Bradley died (heart ailment/complications of flu), 1998 (was 82)
January 8:
Christy Lane born in Peoria, Illinois, 1940 (now 69)
Holly Tashian born in New York, New York, 1946 (now 63)
Hoke Rice of the Rice Brothers born in Gainesville, Georgia, 1909 (died 1974)
Luther Perkins born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1928 (died 1968)
Elvis Presley born in Tupelo, Mississippi, 1935 (died 1977)
Randall Hylton born in Willis, Virginia, 1946 (died 2001)
Sara Carter died (natural causes), 1979 (was 79)
Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram, sidekick to Gene Autry, died (kidney failure), 1994 (was 78)
Elvis Presley postage stamp (29c) issued by the U.S. Postal Service, 1993. The stamp is the Postal Service's best-selling commemorative stamp of all-time, with sales of over 517,000,000.
Billboard publishes first "Hillbilly Records" chart, 1944. The first #1 song was "Pistol Packin' Mama" -- the Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters version. Al Dexter's original would be the second #1 song in Billboard chart history.
January 9:
Little Jimmy Boyd born in McComb, Mississippi, 1940 (now 69)
Roy Head born in Three Rivers, Texas, 1943 (now 66)
Crystal Gayle born in Paintsville, Kentucky, 1951 (now 58)
Jimmy Day born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1934 (died 1999)
Big Al Downing born in Lenapah, Oklahoma, 1940 (died 2005)
Richard Nixon born in Yorba Linda, California, 1913 (died 1994). Nixon was the first sitting U.S. president to attend the Grand Ole Opry (1974).
January 10:
Curly Ray Cline born in Braisden, West Virginia, 1923 (now 86)
Zeb Turner died (cancer), 1978 (was 62)
Loretta Webb married Oliver "Mooney" Lynn, 1948
January 11:
Naomi Judd born in Ashland, Kentucky, 1946 (now 63)
Robert Earl Keen born in Houston, Texas, 1956 (now 53)
Tommy Duncan born in Hillsboro, Texas, 1911 (died 1967)
Goldie Hill Smith born in Kanes County, Texas, 1933 (died 2005)
Max D. Barnes died (pneumonia), 2004 (was 67)
Stonewall Jackson filed $10 million age discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Ole Opry, 2007
January 12:
Ray Price born in Perryville, Texas, 1926 (now 83)
William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys born in Brewton, Alabama, 1939 (now 70)
Ricky Van Shelton born in Danville, Virginia, 1952 (now 57)
LaWanda Lindsey born in Tampa, Florida, 1953 (now 56)
Claudia Church Crowell born in Lenoir, North Carolina, 1962 (now 47)
Tex Ritter born in Panola County, Texas, 1905 (died 1974)
Paul Warren died (illness), 1978 (was 59)
The film O Brother, Where Art Thou opened nationwide, 2001. The soundtrack won three Grammy awards: Album of the Year, Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (Dan Tyminski, "Man of Constant Sorrow"), and Best Male Country Vocal Performance (Dr. Ralph Stanley, "O Death"). It also sold over five million copies and sparked a resurgence in the popularity of bluegrass music.
January 13:
Trace Adkins born in Springhill, Louisiana, 1962 (now 47)
Jenny Lou Carson born in Decatur, Illinois, 1915 (died 1978)
Doyle Holly died (prostate cancer), 2007 (was 70)
January 14:
Billie Jo Spears born in Beaumont, Texas, 1937 (now 72)
J. Henry "T-Bone" Burnett born in St. Louis Missouri, 1948 (now 61)
January 15:
David Lynn Jones born in Bexar, Arkansas, 1950 (now 59)
Kurt Howell of Southern Pacific born in Winter Haven, Florida, 1958 (now 51)
Jack Guthrie died (tuberculosis), 1948 (was 32)
Vic Willis died (car wreck), 1995 (was 72)
Billy Walker born in Ralls, Texas, 1929 (died 2006)
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