1977 Elvis Presley made his last ever live stage appearance when he appeared at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Presley would die less than two months later. The last two songs he performed were "Hurt" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Before the show Elvis was presented with a plaque comme...

1987 Songwriter Boudleaux Bryant died. With his wife Felice, he wrote many hits including: The Everly Brothers hits, "Bye Bye Love", "All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Raining In My Heart" a hit for Buddy Holly. Other acts to record their songs include Bob D...

1987 Randy Travis was at #1 on the US Country charts with, "Forever and Ever, Amen". Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, the song gave Travis his third #1 single. "Forever and Ever, Amen" won a Grammy for Best Country & Western Song and a Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Ye...

2009 American country music duo Montgomery Gentry (Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry )were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Montgomery Gentry released six studio albums which produced more than twenty chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Gentry died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey on Sep...

1936 Born on this day in Brownsville, Texas, was Kris Kristofferson, musician, actor, and writer, known for such hits as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country...