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COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 1
1929: BONNIE OWENS was born in Oklahoma City. Married to both MERLE HAGGARD and BUCK OWENS, she recorded the hit duet Just Between The Two Of Us with Merle. She died in 2006.
1969: LORETTA LYNN recorded her song Coal Minors Daughter.
1980: President Jimmy Carter declared October Country Music Month.
2005: FAITH HILL participated in Mississippi Rising, a concert in Oxford to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief.
2007: KEITH URBAN was involved in a motorcycle accident while being followed by paparazzi in Sydney, Australia, on his way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He was unhurt.
2011: LADY ANTEBELLUM sang We Owned The Night and Just A Kiss on Saturday Night Live.
2017: A gunman in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Hotel opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival as JASON ALDEAN performed. 59 people were killed, 500 were injured.
2019: JON PARDI’s first-ever headlining concert at the Ryman Auditorium included a surprise appearance by BROOKS and DUNN.
2024: DOLLY PARTON released the children’s picture book, Billy The Kid Comes Home For Christmas.
ROSS COPPERMAN is 44. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer is known for his significant contributions to country music, including writing over 41 No. 1 songs for various artists. After starting his career in the UK, he relocated to Nashville, where he became a sought-after songwriter and producer, collaborating with stars like Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, and Kelsea Ballerini.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 2
1946: JO-EL SONNIER was born. Jo-El had Top Ten hits with No More One More Time and Tear Stained Letter. Although his chart success waned at the beginning of the 1990s, he continued recording music, releasing more than thirty albums. He died in 2024.
1948: CHRIS LEDOUX was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. A rodeo champion, he recorded and released 36 albums and sang with GARTH BROOKS on Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy, LeDoux’ only Top 10. He died in 2005.
1950: DANNY MAYO was born. A hit songwriter with cuts by TRACY BYRD, CONFEDERATE RAILROAD and PIRATES OF THE MISSISSIPPI, he died on his 49th birthday in 1999 of a heart attack.
1985: Sweet Dreams, the film biography of PATSY CLINE, opened in theaters.
2001: TRACE ADKINS visited rescue and recovery workers at the site of the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
2010: SAMMY KERSHAW finished third with 19% of the vote for lieutenant governor of Louisiana.
2012: KENNY ROGERS’ autobiography, Luck Or Something Like It, was published. The book chronicled Kenny’s growing up in Houston, partnerships with DOLLY PARTON and Lionel Richie, and his five marriages.
2017: KEITH URBAN sang Bridge Over Troubled Water at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater in a vigil organized less than 24 hours after 59 people were gunned down at a country festival in Las Vegas.
2019: JON PARDI interrupted his show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to propose to girlfriend Summer Duncan.
RESTLESS HEART member Greg Jennings is 72. He played guitar and mandolin, also taking on lead vocals at various points. He was a mainstay in the band through each transition, remaining from its inception in 1984 until its quiet dis-banding in 2021.
KELLY WILLIS is 58. Kelly has charted three songs, including the tune Baby Take a Piece of My Heart.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 3
1961: Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams and songwriter Fred Rose became the first inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2003: KENNY CHESNEY’s episode of CMT Crossroads with John Mellencamp debuted.
2006: Nashville Star winner CHRIS YOUNG released his self-titled debut album.
2011: HANK WILLIAMS JR. compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler on a FOX News broadcast. ESPN pulled Hank’s theme song from that night’s telecast of Monday Night Football.
2017: ROSANNE CASH wrote an op-ed in The New York Times, challenging country artists to speak out against the National Rifle Association following a massacre at an October 1 JASON ALDEAN concert.
2017: After he was part of a clue on Jeopardy, LUKE BRYAN responded on Instagram: “I made it”. The clue: “For great American music, this state that gave us Luke Bryan and R.E.M.”
2019: LUKE BRYAN postponed a Farm Tour show in Louisburg, Kansas, when a rain storm made it impossible to unload equipment in the open field where the concert was scheduled.
2023: Ronnie Milsap played his final show in Nashville with over 30 special guests. While it marked his retirement from touring, he is still recording new music.
2024: Garth Brooks was sued by a former makeup artist and hair stylist, who claimed he sexually harassed and raped her. Garth counter-sued calling it a shake-down and extortion attempt.
2025: Songbird, the first in a series of three WAYLON JENNINGS albums of previously unreleased material was released.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 4
1956: JOHNNY CASH was jailed for one night for possessing 1,163 pills at the Mexican border.
1975: WILLIE NELSON scored his first number one with Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
1981: EDDIE RABBITT’s Drivin’ My Life Away peaked at #5 on the pop charts. It would also top the country charts.
2011: RANDY TRAVIS was honored at the Grand Ole Opry for 25 years in music and as an Opry member.
2016: VINCE GILL performed Go Rest High On That Mountain and You’ve Got A Friend during the funeral for professional golfer Arnold Palmer at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
2016: With Hurricane Matthew barreling toward the coast, LUKE BRYAN’s October 5 Farm Tour concert in Gaston, South Carolina, was cancelled.
2018: RUNAWAY JUNE’s Hannah Mulholland married drummer Ian Jay in California.
2020: THE MAVERICKS’ trumpet player, Lorenzo Molina Ruiz, and friend Orlando Morales were assaulted at a Franklin, Tennessee, sports bar when they were overheard speaking in Spanish.
2022: LORETTA LYNN died at age 90. She was the first woman to win the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Award and also had success on duets with CONWAY TWITTY.
2022: CHRIS STAPLETON and his wife, Morgane hosted Kentucky Rising, a benefit show at Rupp Arena in Lexington to help those impacted by flooding in the region. Performers included DWIGHT YOAKAM, TYLER CHILDERS, RICKY SKAGGS and PATTY LOVELESS.
2024: KEITH URBAN began his 10-date High In Vegas residency in Las Vegas. He played five shows in October and another five in February of 2025, sprinkling in hits along with songs from his album, High.
2024: LITTLE BIG TOWN released their first Christmas album, The Christmas Record with eleven tracks, mixing holiday classics with originals. On the same day, they filmed the NBC special, Little Big Town: Christmas At The Opry to air in December of 2024.
LEROY VAN DYKE is 97. He’s best known for the hits Walk On By and The Auctioneer.
SAWYER BROWN member Greg “Hobie” Hubbard is 66.
CADILLAC THREE lead vocalist Jaren Johnston is 46.
TRICK PONY’s former lead singer, Heidi Newfield is 56.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 5
1938: JOHNNY DUNCAN was born. Singer-songwriter celebrated for his string of hits in the 1970s, including “Thinkin’ of a Rendezvous” and “She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime.” Over his career, he released 14 studio albums and achieved significant success on the country charts, leaving a lasting impact on the genre before his passing in 2006.
1995: MERLE HAGGARD was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1997: GARTH BROOKS fans snapped up 139,000 tickets for eight shows in Chicago in just four hours.
2001: REBA MCENTIRE’s sitcom Reba debuted on the WB network.
2004: GEORGE STRAIT’s 50 #1s was released.
2006: LITTLE BIG TOWN shot a new installment of CMT Crossroads with Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham.
2012: FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE earned a gold single for the song Cruise.
2018: ZAC BROWN and his wife Shelly announce they were separating.
2019: GABBY BARRETT married former American Idol competitor Cade Foehner.
2020: REBA McENTIRE revealed in a podcast that she is dating Rex Linn, an actor on CSI: Miami.
2022: MORGAN WALLEN’s hit, You Proof was at the top of the Country airplay chart. With ten non-consecutive weeks in the top spot, it has the distinction of being the only song to fall from the top and rebound three separate times.
2024: MIRANDA LAMBERT marked the 15th anniversary of her Mutt Nation Foundation with a benefit concert and public adoption at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater. Special guests joining her for the show included HARDY, ASHLEY MONROE, LUKAS NELSON, LITTLE BIG TOWN, DAN + SHAY and RILEY GREEN. Money raised went to support shelter pets across America.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 6
1990: GARTH BROOKS became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and topped the charts with Friends In Low Places.
1998: ALABAMA earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2009: The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring country music “for its contributions to American life and culture.”
2011: BRAD PAISLEY and CARRIE UNDERWOOD were awarded a platinum single for Remind Me.
2016: LUKE BRYAN broke his collarbone in a bicycle accident.
2017: GARTH BROOKS made a surprise appearance at the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis to assist in ribbon cutting at the facility’s new play space, the Backyard.
2019: MICHAEL RAY married CARLY PEARCE. In June 2020 Carly filed for divorce from Michael.
LITTLE TEXAS member Tim Rushlow is 60.
JACKSON DEAN is 26. The Odenton, Maryland native left his hometown at age 18 to pursue music. He has released the albums Greenbroke, Magnolia Sage and On The Back Of My Dreams and had hits with Don’t Come Lookin,’ Fearless (The Echo) and Heaven’s To Betsy.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 7
1978: MERLE HAGGARD and LEONA WILLIAMS were married.
1984: The movie Songwriters, starring KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and WILLIE NELSON, opened in theaters.
1999: For the first time since 1995 a GARTH BROOKS album failed to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 all formats albums chart when In The Life Of Chris Gaines, an album by a fictional Australian pop star, came in second to Creed’s Human Clay.
2000: CHRIS LEDOUX underwent a successful liver transplant, which would enable him to live another four and a half years.
2004: SHANIA TWAIN’s Up! was certified multi-platinum for shipments of 11 million copies.
2017: Six days after the concert massacre in Las Vegas, JASON ALDEAN opened Saturday Night Live with a cover of the late Tom Petty’s song I Won’t Back Down.
2020: Saturday Night Live canceled MORGAN WALLEN as the musical guest on the October 10 edition after videos surface showing him skirting social-distancing protocols while partying with college-age women after an Alabama football game on October 3.
2023: SARA EVANS became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
2025: SCOTTY MCCREERY topped the charts in Canada for the first time with Bottle Rockets featuring Hootie and The Blowfish.
THE O’KANES member Kieran Kane is 77.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 8
1984: ALABAMA won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award for the third consecutive year.
1990: TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2004: Friday Night Lights, starring TIM MCGRAW and Billy Bob Thornton, hit theaters.
2009: LADY ANTEBELLUM’s self-titled debut album was certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in Canada.
2011: RASCAL FLATTS joined the Grand Ole Opry.
2017: One week after the Las Vegas massacre that occurred while he was on stage, JASON ALDEAN returned to meet with survivors.
2019: MIDLAND’s Mark Wystrach marries Ty Haney in Austin, Texas.
2023: LUKE COMBS’ Fast Car was at the top of the country charts. Written by Tracy Chapman, Luke’s cover made her the first black female artist to score a number one country hit, eventually also making her the first such artist to win a Country Music Association Award that November.
2025: CODY JOHNSON canceled all shows through the end of the year to undergo surgery on a burst ear drum. A recent sinus infection led to the condition and he made a full recovery and resumed touring in 2026.
2025: JELLY ROLL scored his eighth straight number one hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with Heart Of Stone.
SUSAN RAYE is 82. Singer known for her popular hits in the 1970s, particularly the crossover success “L.A. International Airport.” A protege of Buck Owens, she achieved significant acclaim during her career, recording numerous top-charting singles and appearing as a featured performer on the television show Hee Haw.
RICKY LEE PHELPS is 73. Country music singer-songwriter best known as a member of the duo Brother Phelps, alongside his brother Doug Phelps. The duo achieved success in the 1990s with hits like “Let Go,” and prior to that, Ricki was part of the popular band The Kentucky Headhunters, contributing to the Southern rock-influenced country sound.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 9
1970: CONWAY TWITTY and LORETTA LYNN recorded their first duet, After The Fire is Gone.
1978: DOLLY PARTON was named CMA Entertainer of the Year.
1982: GEORGE STRAIT made his one and only appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
2000: GARTH BROOKS told Billboard Magazine he and then wife Sandy were planning to divorce.
2008: WYNONNA made a surprise appearance when the rock band Foreigner played Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon.
2016 Former STEEL MAGNOLIA singer Meghan Linsey wrote on Facebook that a music industry figure groped her sexually and threatened to ruin her career if she shared that info. She compared the incident to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s insistence that a tape in which he bragged about grabbing women was just “locker room talk”.
2016: LUKE BRYAN had a metal plate installed during surgery on his collarbone three days after breaking it in a bicycle accident.
2017: DIERKS BENTLEY visited survivors from the Route 91 Harvest music festival at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas.
2020: Elle King got engaged to boyfriend Dan Tooker while the couple was panning for gold on a mountain in New Mexico. The moment came weeks after Elle won an ACM award for participating in MIRANDA LAMBERT’s cover of Fooled Around And Fell In Love.
2023: Instrumentalist BUCK TRENT died at age 85. He is credited with inventing the electric banjo and played with BILL MONROE. He also played on DOLLY PARTON’s hits I Will Always Love You and Jolene.
2025: MORGAN WALLEN earned his second 20-week number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart as What I Want with TATE MCRAE achieved the feat. Previously, Morgan’s hit, Last Night had spent 25 weeks at the top of that chart.
2025: A day after her sister Frieda asked for prayers, DOLLY PARTON took to Instagram to re-assure fans she would make a full recovery after canceling all appearances through the end of the year to deal with undisclosed health issues. Dolly died on August 25, 2026 at age 80 of cancer.
KYE FLEMING is 75. She wrote hits for BARBARA MANDRELL like I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool and Sleeping Single In A Double Bed.
TOMMY SHANE STEINER is 53. He scored the Top Five hit What If She’s An Angel in 2001.
BRANDY CLARK is 51. Brandy is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter known for her storytelling and authentic songwriting, having written hits for artists like MIRANDA LAMBERT and Kacey Musgraves. Originally from Washington, she has released several solo albums, including the personal “Your Life is a Record,” and collaborated with Brandi Carlile on her latest self-titled album.
SCOTTY MCCREERY is 33. Scotty gained fame by winning the tenth season of American Idol in 2011 at the age of 17. He has since released several successful albums, including his debut Clear as Day, which went platinum, and has achieved multiple number-one hits such as “Five More Minutes” and “Damn Strait”.
MEGAN MORONEY is 29. From Douglasville, Georgia, Megan is known for her breakout single “Tennessee Orange” and her debut album Lucky. She released her second album, Am I Okay?, in 2024, showcasing her introspective songwriting style that explores themes of love and personal growth.
GAVIN ADCOCK is 28. He attended George State University where he played football, but shifted focus to songwriting after a knee injury in 2021. He toured with MORGAN WALLEN as part of the I’m The Problem tour and has been at the center of multiple controversies in his country career so far, including an arrest for driving over 100 miles per hour and a feud with singer/songwriter CHARLIE CROCKETT.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 10
1983: LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1988: HANK WILLIAMS JR. won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year awards.
1992: GARTH BROOKS’ album The Chase debuted at the top of both the Billboard Country Albums chart and the Billboard Top 200 all formats chart, knocking off BILLY RAY CYRUS’ Some Gave All.
1992: TIM MCGRAW’s first single, Welcome To the Club, made its chart debut.
2011: MARTINA McBRIDE began an Amtrak train ride across America in Los Angeles to promote her album Eleven.
2016: TYLER FARR married Hannah Freeman.
2020: CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s Christmas package My Gift reached the top of the Billboard country albums chart.
2024: LUKE COMBS’ first Bootleggers Bonfire festival took place in Miramar Beach, Florida. TRACY LAWRENCE, ASHLEY MCBRYDE and CRAIG MORGAN were also on the bill.
TANYA TUCKER is 68.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 11
1932: Dorothy Marie Marsh was born in McMinville, Tennessee. Better known to country fans as DOTTIE WEST, she scored a string of hits, including Lesson In Leavin’ and Country Sunshine. Dottie died September 4, 1991 after injuries sustained in a car accident while on her way to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.
1967: DOLLY PARTON and PORTER WAGONER recorded their first top ten single together, The Last Thing On My Mind.
1982: WILLIE NELSON’s Always On My Mind won three Country Music Association awards including Album, Single and Record of the Year. RICKY SKAGGS was also named Male Vocalist that same night.
1999: After years of speculation, VINCE GILL and Amy Grant publicly declared their romantic involvement. The two were married in March of 2000.
2014: LADY ANTEBELLUM was inducted in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
2017: MICHAEL RAY visited two Las Vegas hospitals where victims from the October 1 concert massacre were recovering.
2019: Former president Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter were introduced on the Grand Ole Opry by GARTH BROOKS and TRISHA YEARWOOD after a week of work building houses with Habitat For Humanity.
2022: BLAKE SHELTON announced plans to leave NBC’s The Voice after its 23rd season in 2023. Blake had been a coach on the show since its inception in 2011.
2024: JUSTIN MOORE’s 8th studio album, This Is My Dirt was released. In addition to the title track, which was a Top Five hit, the album included guest appearances from BLAKE SHELTON, DIERKS BENTLEY and RANDY HOUSER.
2024: JELLY ROLL’s sophomore country album and tenth overall, Beautifully Broken was released. It included the hits I Am Not OK and Heart of Stone.
2025: KATHY MATTEA was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Upon her induction, she extended an invitation to SUZY BOGGUSS to join, making it the first time an induction and request to join the Opry came at the same time.
GENE WATSON is 83. Born in Palestine, Texas, he is known for such hits as Farewell Party and Love In The Hot Afternoon. He’s also been cited by JOE NICHOLS as one of his biggest musical influences.
Former HIGHWAY 101 lead singer Paulette Carlson is 74. Born in Northfield, Minnesota, she had a brief solo career in the early ’90s after recording with the group in the prior decade.
JOSH KEAR is 52. Songwriter, known for his significant contributions to country music, including co-writing Carrie Underwood’s hit “Before He Cheats,” which won him a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2008. He has won a total of four Grammy Awards and is recognized for his work on other major hits like Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” and Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away.”
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 12
1969: MERLE HAGGARD’s Okie From Muskogee entered the charts.
1981: BARBARA MANDRELL was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association for the second straight year.
1993: Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles, which showcased country artists like ALAN JACKSON, CLINT BLACK, BROOKS and DUNN and TRISHA YEARWOOD performing Eagles tunes, was released. It won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year award the following year.
1997: JOHN DENVER died at the age of 53 when his experimental plane crashed into the Pacific ocean off the coast of Monterey, California.
2005: PATSY CLINE’s Greatest Hits was certified diamond for sales of 10 million copies.
2012: DOLLY PARTON’s 9 To 5: The Musical had its U.K. premiere at the Manchester Opera House.
2012: THOMAS RHETT married wife Lauren.
2014: JERROD NIEMANN was married to Morgan Petek atop Puerto Rico’s historic fort Castillo de San Cristóbal overlooking the ocean.
2018: KANE BROWN married Katelyn Jae in Tennessee
2019: TRACE ADKINS married Victoria Pratt in New Orleans with BLAKE SHELTON officiating.
2020: PARMALEE drummer Scott Thomas married Lexia Chamryk at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.
CHICKS fiddler Martie Maguire is 57.
SHANE MCANALLY is 52. Songwriter with over 40 No. 1 hit songs, establishing himself as one of the most successful songwriters in country music. Some of his notable hits include “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves, “Drinkin’ Problem” by Midland, “Downtown” by Lady Antebellum, and “Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 13
1951: Four of the top ten songs on the country chart belonged to LEFTY FRIZZELL.
1967: DOLLY PARTON replaced Norma Jean on the syndicated Porter Wagoner Show.
1977: DOLLY PARTON’s band uniform was retired in a ceremony at Tennessee’s Sevier County High School where she had played snare drum.
2009: CHRIS YOUNG scored his first chart topping hit with Getting’ You Home (The Black Dress Song).
2010: BLAKE SHELTON launched his first headlining tour at the Ogden Theatre in Denver.
2011: MARTINA McBRIDE arrived in New York City to complete a cross-country train trip to promote her album Eleven.
2013: ALABAMA’s Randy Owen was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
2018: A portion of the deck on the roof of Acme Feed and Seed collapsed in downtown Nashville, requiring the club to close for the rest of the day. The bar is owned in part by ALAN JACKSON.
2019: GRETCHEN WILSON and her entourage were told to leave Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after allegedly making excessive noise in the early hours. Body cam footage released by police two weeks later suggests the hotel may have sent officers to the wrong room.
2025: Disgruntled fans started a petition at Change.org to have GEORGE STRAIT replace rapper Bad Bunny as the entertainment for the Super Bowl halftime show. Despite fan backlash, the NFL stuck to its plan and Bad Bunny did the show.
LACY J. DALTON is 80. Lacy had a number of hits in the 1980s, including Takin’ It Easy, Crazy Blue Eyes, and 16th Avenue.
MARIE OSMOND is 67. Beginning in 1973, Marie would chart more than 20 songs (in country music) with four of them reaching No. 1: Paper Roses, Meet Me in Montana (with DAN SEALS), There’s No Stopping Your Heart, and You’re Still New to Me (with PAUL DAVIS).
RHETT AKINS is 57. Overall, his albums have accounted for fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the number one Don’t Get Me Started from 1996. Although he has not charted a single since 2006, Rhett has written singles for other country music singers. Rhett’s real name is Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. His son is Thomas Rhett Akins Jr., better known to country fans as THOMAS RHETT.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 14
1938: MELBA MONTGOMERY was born in Iron City, Tennessee. She had a string of duet hits with GEORGE JONES and a solo number one in 1974 with No Charge. She died at age 86 in January of 2025 at a Nashville care facility.
1967: TAMMY WYNETTE scored her first chart-topping hit with I Don’t Wanna Play House.
1969: GLEN CAMPBELL’s album Galveston was certified gold.
1970: Bill Monroe and the original Carter Family were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1985: At the Country Music Association Awards, bluegrass legends FLATT and SCRUGGS were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame while RICKY SKAGGS was named Entertainer of the Year and LEE GREENWOOD’s God Bless The USA was named Song of the Year.
2002: The DIXIE CHICKS’ album Home was certified triple platinum for sales of 3 million copies.
2010: TOBY KEITH’s Bullets In The Gun album debuted at the top of the Country Albums chart.
2017: KACEY MUSGRAVES married singer/songwriter Ruston Kelly in Tennessee. They have since divorced.
2017: CHRIS STAPLETON’s concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena included surprise guest Chris Pratt, who joined the country singer on Tennessee Whiskey.
2020: KACEY MUSGRAVES cast a ballot after a one-hour wait in line on the first day polls were open for early voting in Tennessee.
2025: JORDAN DAVIS scored his ninth career number one as Bar None topped the Mediabase country songs chart.
2025: REID PERRY left THE BAND PERRY to focus on artist management.
THE CHICKS (DIXIE CHICKS) lead singer Natalie Maines is 52.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 15
1960: LORETTA LYNN made her debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry.
2001: AARON TIPPIN’s Where The Stars and Stripes And The Eagle Fly debuted at the top of the Country Singles Sales chart.
2001: HAL KETCHUM announced he would not tour in support of his album Lucky Man, in honor of those who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
2009: GARTH BROOKS held a press conference in Las Vegas to announce an exclusive deal with the Winn Las Vegas hotel to perform 16 weeks worth of concerts there in 2009 and 2010. That schedule would be extended deep into 2012.
2015: TOBY KEITH’s I Love This Bar and Grill closed in Rosemont, Illinois, with the ownership group, Boomtown Entertainment, reportedly owing more than $300,000 in unpaid taxes.
2018: Yeti introduced a commercial that featured a cover of the DWIGHT YOAKAM tune A Thousand Miles From Nowhere.
2020: The Nashville Stars, a management group angling to land a major league baseball franchise in Music City, publicly recognized LUKE COMBS as a music advisor to the organization for the first time.
2025: KEITH URBAN was forced to cancel a show in Greenville, South Carolina due to a bout of laryngitis.
DEAN MILLER is 61. Singer, songwriter, and music producer, known for being the son of the legendary Roger Miller. Throughout his career, he has released several albums, charted singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, and written songs for notable artists like Trace Adkins and Terri Clark.
LITTLE BIG TOWN member Kimberly Schlapman is 57. Kimberly co-founded Little Big Town in 1998 alongside Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. Kimberly’s personal life has been marked by both tragedy and joy. She was initially married to Steven Roads, who passed away suddenly in 2005. She later found love with Stephen Schlapman, whom she married in 2006. Together, they have two daughters, Daisy Pearl and Dolly Grace. Apart from her music career, Kimberly is also passionate about cooking. She hosted a cooking show called Kimberly’s Simply Southern and has authored a cookbook titled Oh Gussie! Cooking and Visiting in Kimberly’s Southern Kitchen.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 16
1918: STONEY COOPER was born. American country music star and member of the Grand Ole Opry, known for his skills on the fiddle and guitar. He formed a successful musical duo with his wife Wilma Lee Cooper, recording hit songs like “Big Midnight Special” and “There’s a Big Wheel” in the 1950s and 1960s, before his health began to decline in the 1970s, leading to his death on March 22, 1977.
1982: DOLLY PARTON’s I Will Always Love You reached number one on the country charts for the second time. It was also number one in 1974.
2003: SHANIA TWAIN’s Up! album achieved 10 million in worldwide sales.
2003: MARTINA MCBRIDE and Pat Benatar teamed up to film an episode of CMT Crossroads in Nashville.
2004: ALABAMA wrapped up their American Farewell tour in Bismark, North Dakota. The show ran 45 minutes past the venue’s scheduled closing time.
2011: ALAN JACKSON and GARTH BROOKS joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
2017: GARTH BROOKS made a surprise appearance at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe to perform with some of the writers behind his biggest hits.
2018: Guest mentor KEITH URBAN joined BLAKE SHELTON to coach two contestants in a cover of Steve Winwood’s Back In The High Life Again during NBC’s The Voice. THOMAS RHETT was a guest mentor for Kelly Clarkson’s team.
2025: LUKE COMBS was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Mooresville.
2025: MARK CHESNUTT was hospitalized in Louisiana with low sodium and extremely high blood pressure. He Missed two shows as a result.
2025: ALAN JACKSON’s Last Call: The Farewell show sold out with all 55,000 tickets being snatched up in the pre-sale period, leaving none left for the general on-sale date. The concert took place June 27 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium and was filmed for a television special.
ALANA SPRINGSTEEN is 26. Alana was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and started playing guitar at age 7, writing her first song at 9. She has recorded with CHRIS STAPLETON and MITCHELL TENPENNY.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 17
1948: EARL THOMAS CONLEY was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. Singer-songwriter known for his “thinking man’s country” style, which emphasized deep storytelling and emotional resonance in his songs. Over his career, he achieved significant success, charting more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, with 18 reaching number one. He died at age 77 in Nashville on April 10, 2019.
1974: Austin City Limits taped its pilot episode, which aired in early 1975 and showcased WILLIE NELSON.
1991: Hall of Fame member TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD died at 72 in Reston, Virginia.
1990: NAOMI JUDD told her band she was retiring from music because of a battle with Hepatitis B.
2006: TIM MCGRAW received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
2010: BRAD PAISLEY and LITTLE BIG TOWN played a free concert in Gulf Shores, Alabama, to promote tourism after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The opening number in Brad’s set is, rather appropriately, Water.
2017: CHRIS YOUNG became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
2020: DOLLY PARTON’s new holiday album, A Holly Dolly Christmas, hit the top spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
2025: CHRIS YOUNG marked his eighth anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry with the release of his tenth studio album, I Didn’t Come Here To Leave.
ALAN JACKSON is 68.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 18
1952: Hank Williams married Billie Jean Jones Eshliman in a private ceremony in Louisiana. They renewed their vows in a public ceremony the next day.
1968: The CMA Awards, with hosts ROY ROGERS and Dale Evans, was videotaped at the Ryman Auditorium for its first broadcast on television a month later, November 19.
1983: The KENNY ROGERS/DOLLY PARTON hit Islands In The Stream was certified gold.
1992: LYNN ANDERSON was released from jail after serving a 2-day sentence for swearing at her ex-husband in front of her children.
2016: BLAKE SHELTON joined Gwen Stefani to perform Go Ahead And Break My Heart for the final state dinner of Barack Obama’s presidency at the White House in Washington, D.C.
2019: GARTH BROOKS sang Hold On, I’m Comin’ and Soul Man with Sam Moore as Sam and Dave earned a Lifetime Achievement honor when PBS aired Grammy Salute To Music Legends.
2020: DOUG SUPERNAW’s wife shared that the singer had been placed in hospice, twenty months after he was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Doug died November 13, 2020 at age 60.
JOSH GRACIN is 46. Josh is a former U.S. Marine who first gained public attention as the fourth-place finalist on the second season of American Idol. His biggest hit has been 2004’s Nothin’ to Lose.
RILEY GREEN is 38. Riley first had success with the single There Was This Girl in 2018. He released an album, Different ‘Round Here, in September 2019. Riley was born and raised in Jacksonville, Alabama.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 19
1967: EDDY ARNOLD was named the Country Music Association’s first Entertainer of the Year.
1977: DEBBY BOONE’s single You Light Up My Life was certified gold. The tune was covered by LEANN RIMES in 1997 for her album, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs.
1999: KEITH URBAN’s self-titled debut solo album was released.
2006: KEITH URBAN checked into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, to cope with a recurrence of substance abuse.
2011: SCOTTY MCCREERY performed The Star-Spangled Banner before Game 1 of the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
2016: After years of resisting, GARTH BROOKS allowed the streaming of his music for the first time under an exclusive deal with Amazon.
2019: DAN + SHAY’s song with Justin Bieber, 10,000 Hours, hit the top of the Billboard country singles chart
2024: KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN and JELLY ROLL performed as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio.
JEANNIE C. RILEY is 81. She’s best known for the 1968 hit Harper Valley P.T.A.
CYNDI THOMSON (What I Really Meant to Say) is 50.
Kelby Ray of THE CADILLAC THREE is 46.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 20
1913: GRANDPA JONES was born in Henderson County, Kentucky. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, he played banjo and recorded country and gospel music. He died at age 84 in 1998.
1951: HANK WILLIAMS signed a movie contract with MGM.
1967: The first Country Music Association Awards were held. The show was hosted by SONNY JAMES and BOBBIE GENTRY.
1992: KENNY ROGERS was sued by an aspiring actress who claimed he’d agreed to help her career in exchange for sexual favors.
2013 Kelly Clarkson married Brandon Blackstock. In June 2020 Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock.
2015: BRAD PAISLEY was a guest advisor as BLAKE SHELTON had a pair of contestants perform I’m That Kind Of Girl on The Voice.
2018: GARTH BROOKS headlined the first concert in history at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. It was shot for a CBS special, Garth: Live At Notre Dame.
2019: KELSEA BALLERINI made a surprise appearance during The Chainsmokers’ concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
2020: TIM McGRAW was honored with the Tom Hanks Caregiver Champion Award by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation (online ceremony).
2020: A life-size statue of LORETTA LYNN was unveiled outside the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Jimi Westbrook of LITTLE BIG TOWN is 55.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 21
1968: At the second annual Country Music Association Awards JEANNIE C. RILEY earned Single Of The Year honors for Harper Valley P.T.A., while JOHNNY CASH’s album At Folsom Prison was named Album of the Year.
1999: The DIXIE CHICKS’ Wide Open Spaces album reached 8 million in shipments.
2001: ALAN JACKSON, BROOKS and DUNN, GEORGE STRAIT, MARTINA MCBRIDE, TIM MCGRAW and HANK WILLIAMS JR. were among the artists who performed at the Country Freedom Concert at Nashville’s Gaylord Entertainment Center. The event, which aired live on Country Music Television, raised money for victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
2012: GARTH BROOKS, CONNIE SMITH and session keyboard player Hargus “Pig” Robbins officially joined the Country Music Hall of Fame during a medallion ceremony in Nashville.
2019: KEITH URBAN released a new version of his hit song We Were, with ERIC CHURCH adding his voice. Eric was one of three who wrote the song.
2020: GARTH BROOKS was injured in a saw accident after working on his deck at home in Tennessee. The damage was relatively minor: he lost a fingernail.
OLD DOMINION lead singer Matthew Ramsey is 49.
KANE BROWN is 33.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 22
1965: ERNEST TUBB was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1966: EDDY ARNOLD was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2004: GEORGE STRAIT held the top spot on the Billboard Country Singles chart with I Hate Everything.
2011: LORETTA LYNN was hospitalized with pneumonia, forcing the cancellation of several shows.
2016: ERIC CHURCH donated $1 million for diabetes research during a fundraiser at the Westin in Charlotte, where his parents, Ken and Rita Church, received an award.
2017: ALAN JACKSON was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
2019: Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring BILLY RAY CYRUS, was certified 10-times platinum by the RIAA.
2022: CHASE BRYANT and Selena Weber tied the knot in Round Mountain, Texas.
SHELBY LYNNE is 58. Born in Quantico, Virginia, she won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Vocalist Award in 1991 and is the sister of ALLISON MOORER.
2025: MORGAN WALLEN scored his 20th number one as I Got Better topped the Mediabase Country songs chart.
DYLAN SCOTT is 36.
WARREN ZEIDERS is 27.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 23
1992: Pure Country, the movie starring GEORGE STRAIT, premiered nationwide.
1997: BARBARA MANDRELL gave her final performance at the Grand Ole Opry house before retiring from country music.
2007: LORRIE MORGAN filed for divorce from SAMMY KERSHAW.
2010: BLAKE SHELTON was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
2011: BILLY RAY CYRUS tweeted a photo he said was a UFO.
2017: MAREN MORRIS was signed as a model by Wilhelmina Models.
2019: SCOTTY McCREERY performed in Germany for the first time, at PrivatClub in Berlin.
2022: MITCHELL TENPENNY and MEGHAN PATRICK were married. The two country artists tied the knot at a friend’s farm in Tennessee.
2024: The 16th Annual Opry Goes Pink event was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. $5 from each ticket sold was donated to Susan G. Komen to battle breast cancer and raise awareness. ASHLEY MCBRYDE flipped the switch to turn the Opry backdrop pink and other performers included TANYA TUCKER, RHONDA VINCENT, JON PARDI, T. GRAHAM BROWN and VICTORIA SHAW.
DWIGHT YOAKAM is 70.
JIMMY WAYNE is 54. “Do You Believe Me Now” became his first Number One single in late 2008. He has also gained recognition for his advocacy work for children in foster care, stemming from his challenging upbringing.
EMILY ANN ROBERTS is 28. The Knoxville, Tennessee-born singer was a finalist on season 9 of NBC’s The Voice.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 24
1992: GARTH BROOKS’ album No Fences was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies.
2000: ROY CLARK became a member of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
2006: TAYLOR SWIFT’s self-titled debut CD was released. Hits included Tim McGraw and Teardrops On My Guitar. It became the first debut album by a female country artist who had written all the songs to achieve platinum status.
2009: TAYLOR SWIFT generated controversy when she posed for a photo with a guy wearing a swastika on a T-shirt during a party for pop star Katy Perry in Los Angeles.
2010: DON WILLIAMS and JIMMY DEAN were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2017: KENNY ROGERS was inducted in the Music City Walk of Fame.
2021: DOLLY PARTON headlined a Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye benefit concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s CMA Theater in Nashville.
2023: JON PARDI became the first California-born member of the Grand Ole Opry when he was officially inducted by GARTH BROOKS.
2024: LITTLE BIG TOWN and SUGARLAND kicked off their Take Me Home tour in Greenville, South Carolina. Dates ran through December 13 in Nashville.
2025: MICKEY GUYTON released her first Christmas album, Feels Like Christmas.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 25
1912: Sara Ophelia Colley was born in Centerville, Tennessee. She was better known to the world as MINNIE PEARL.
1992: ROGER MILLER died in Los Angeles at the age of 56 of lung cancer.
1997: The DIXIE CHICKS made their chart debut with I Can Love You Better.
2000: VINCE GILL and DOLLY PARTON hosted a television taping honoring the Grand Ole Opry’s 75th birthday.
2015: THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, THE BROWNS and guitarist Grady Martin were inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
2017: KENNY ROGERS played a farewell concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, joined by LITTLE BIG TOWN, ALISON KRAUSS, JAMEY JOHNSON, Lionel Richie, and others.
2017: MIRANDA LAMBERT handled the ribbon cutting for a MuttNation pet adoption center in her hometown, Lindale, Texas.
2019: CHRIS LANE married Lauren Bushnell in Nashville.
2020: MAREN MORRIS participated in I Will Vote, an online fundraiser for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
2024: KELSEA BALLERINI released her fifth studio album, Patterns. It debuted at #4 on the Top 200 all formats chart and at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, marking her best first-week sales by units to date.
2025: CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MANDY BARNETT and RIDERS IN THE SKY joined AMY GRANT, who flipped the switch to turn the Opry Barn backdrop pink at the Opry Goes Pink show to benefit breast cancer awareness.
SAWYER BROWN frontman Mark Miller is 68.
CHELY WRIGHT is 56. Known for her hit songs like “Single White Female” and for being the first major country music star to come out as gay in 2010.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 26
1936: ROY ACUFF conducted his first recording session.
1969: WAYLON JENNINGS and JESSI COLTER were married in Phoenix.
2000: GARTH BROOKS celebrated the sale of his 100 millionth album.
2002: THE STATLER BROTHERS gave their final concert in Salem, Virginia.
2005: DOLLY PARTON’s album Those Were The Days became her 25th album to chart on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
2015: CARRIE UNDERWOOD was on the cover of People magazine.
2018: CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s husband, Mike Fisher, posted a photo on social media with a moving truck as the couple settled into a new home.
2019: SCOTTY McCREERY performed in the United Kingdom for the first time, launching at Bush Hall in London.
2024: The Concert For Carolina was held in Charlotte, North Carolina to raise funds for those impacted by Hurricane Helene. LUKE COMBS, ERIC CHURCH,, BILLY STRINGS, JAMES TAYLOR, KEITH URBAN, BAILEY ZIMMERMAN and SHERYL CROW were among those performing for the cause.
2024: JON PARDI served as the opening act for ALAN JACKSON as part of the Last Call: One More For The Road tour in Kansas City, Missouri.
KRISTEN HALL of SUGARLAND is 64. A founding member of SUGARLAND, she was born in Gross Point, Michigan. She left the band in 2005 due to creative differences.
KEITH URBAN is 59.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 27
1936: ERNEST TUBB conducted his first recording session.
1984: ALABAMA topped the charts with If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You’ve Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band).
1991: LORRIE MORGAN married CLINT BLACK’s bus driver, Brad Thompson.
2002: BROOKS and DUNN topped the charts with Only In America.
2005: TOBY KEITH was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
2013: KENNY ROGERS, BOBBY BARE and songwriter/producer Jack Clement were inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
2019: DEVIN DAWSON married Leah Sykes.
2019: DIERKS BENTLEY brought out retired basketball star Charles Barkley for a surprise cameo during a show at Joe’s Bar in Chicago.
2022: Augustine Boone Foehner was born to GABBY BARRETT and her husband, Cade Foehner.
2025: ANNE MURRAY was honored at the Opry House in Nashville with Story of My Life: An All-Star Tribute To Anne Murray. Performers included MARTINA MCBRIDE, TRISHA YEARWOOD, KATHY MATTEA, PAM TILLIS, SHENANDOAH, COLLIN RAYE, MICHELLE WRIGHT and Christian singer NATALIE GRANT.
DALLAS FRAZIER was born in 1939 and died in 2022. He was an influential musician and songwriter, known for hits like “Alley Oop” and “Elvira.” Over his career, he wrote numerous chart-topping songs for various artists and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976, leaving a lasting impact on the country music industry
LEE GREENWOOD is 84.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 28
1936: CHARLIE DANIELS was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. Known for his fiddle playing and southern rock infused country sound, his signature hit was The Devil Went Down To Georgia, which reached number one while other notable hits included The South’s Gonna Do It and Long Haired Country Boy. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since January of 2008, he died of a hemorrhagic stroke at age 83 on July 6, 2020.
1994: BROOKS and DUNN’s Ronnie Dunn and wife Janine welcomed daughter Haley Marie.
1997: SHANIA TWAIN’s single Love Gets Me Every Time was certified gold.
2010: SUGARLAND’s The Incredible Machine debuted at the top of the Country and Top 200 all formats album charts.
2010: LADY ANTEBELLUM performed the national anthem prior to Game 2 of the World Series in San Francisco between the Texas Rangers and hometown Giants.
2017: KELSEA BALLERINI donated $20,000 to the choral department when she delivered a homecoming concert at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.
2018: RONNIE DUNN and K.T. OSLIN were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
2020: BLAKE SHELTON and Gwen Stefani announced their engagement.
BRAD PAISLEY is 54.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 29
1955: GEORGE JONES made his chart debut with Why, Baby Why.
1971: DOLLY PARTON’s hit Coat Of Many Colors charted.
1982: ALABAMA debuted on the Grand Ole Opry.
1994: ALAN JACKSON topped the country charts with Livin’ On Love.
2009: A six-mile stretch of N.C. 103 was renamed the Donna Fargo Highway. The road runs north from her hometown, Mount Airy.
2016: LUKE COMBS made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
2019: MORGAN EVANS performed his first New Zealand concert at the Tuning Fork in Auckland.
2025: MORGAN WALLEN scored his 117th entry on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, surpassing WILLIE NELSON for 4th all-time with his cover of Graveyard Whistling, originally recorded by Nothing But Thieves.
2025: RILEY GREEN was named People Magazine’s Sexiest Country Star.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 30
1982: HANK WILLIAMS JR. set a record with nine albums on the Top Country Albums chart at one time.
1990: GARTH BROOKS’ No Fences was certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies. Since its release, it’s sold over 23 million.
2008: Eligible for the first time, 18-year-old TAYLOR SWIFT voted early in the presidential election in Sumner County, Tennessee. She signed autographs during her 90-minute wait in line.
2009: LUKE BRYAN kicked off his first-ever headlining tour at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida.
2016: CHRIS LANE lost numerous possessions when his tour bus went up in flames.
2019: KANE BROWN’s wife, Katelyn, delivered their first daughter, Kingsley Rose Brown.
2020: The Grand Ole Opry held its 5,000th Saturday night broadcast in Nashville.
2025: CARRIE UNDERWOOD became the most certified female country artist in history with more than 95 million in certifications.
T. GRAHAM BROWN is 72. Born Anthony Brown in Atlanta, Georgia, T. had 15 top ten songs on the Country Singles chart from 1985-1991.
JEANNIE KENDALL of THE KENDALLS is 72. Jeannie and her late father, Royce released 16 albums as THE KENDALLS and scored number one hits with Heaven’s Just A Sin Away and Thank God For The Radio.
SHEDAISY member Kassidy Osborne is 50.
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: OCTOBER 31
1970: LORETTA LYNN’s Coal Miner’s Daughter charted.
1982: ALABAMA made its first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
2005: CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s Jesus Take The Wheel became the first song by a debut artist to enter the country charts inside the Top 40, coming onto the chart at #39. It would go on to become a multi-week number one.
2006: GARTH BROOKS was named Walmart’s best-selling artist of all time.
2007: TAYLOR SWIFT went trick-or-treating in Hendersonville, Tennessee, disguised as Star Wars character Chewbacca.
2015: Days after SHANIA TWAIN concluded what was billed as her final concert tour, her bus sold for $280,000 at the Toronto Classic Car Auction. She has since returned to touring.
2017: RODNEY CROWELL revealed that he’d been diagnosed with dysautonomia, a neurological condition that signifies a poorly operating internal regulating system. He predicted that with continued treatment, he would be fully functioning by year’s end.
2020: CARLY PEARCE lost her two front teeth in a fall.
DARRYL WORLEY is 62. Darryl’s six albums have produced 18 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three number ones: I Miss My Friend, Have You Forgotten?, and Awful, Beautiful Life.