Country and Western in History

Events in Music

• 1923-06-14 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
• 1939-03-25 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart

• 1941-03-29 WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
• 1944-05-09 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana
• 1948-01-13 1st country music TV show, "Midwestern Hayride", premieres on WLW-T in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1961-12-13 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller

• 1971-10-10 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
• 1973-10-15 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
• 1974-10-14 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich

• 1976-01-09 C. W. McCall CB song "Convoy" hits #1 on the country music charts
• 1976-10-11 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins


• 1977-10-10 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins

• 1981-10-12 15th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones wins
• 1982-10-11 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg
• 1983-10-10 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
• 1984-09-12 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
• 1984-10-08 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
• 1985-09-22 Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
• 1985-10-14 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins

• 1987-07-01 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
• 1987-10-12 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins
• 1988-10-10 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K. T. Oslin win
• 1989-10-09 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
• 1990-10-08 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins

• 1992-04-29 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
• 1992-05-05 American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection


• 1992-09-30 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins

• 1994-09-12 American country singer-songwriter George Jones undergoes successful triple bypass surgery
• 1994-10-05 28th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins
• 1994-12-28 American country singer Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection

• 1995-10-04 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win
• 1996-10-02 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks & Dunn win
• 2002-05-06 "The Good Stuff" single released by Kenny Chesney (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)

• 2007-11-07 41st Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins
• 2008-11-12 42nd Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins

• 2011-11-09 45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

• 2013-06-05 47th Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

Birthdays in Music

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• 1889-10-19 Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), born in Bristol, England (d. 1986)

• 1898-07-21 Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), born in Cooper Creek, Virginia (d. 1979)
• 1902-09-14 Giorgos Papasideris Greek country singer, composer and lyricist, born in Salamis Island, Greece (d. 1977)
• 1903-09-15 Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw)
• 1904-12-18 Wilf Carter, Canadian country and western singer, born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia (d. 1996)
• 1906-01-12 Tex Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind), born in Murvaul, Texas (d. 1974)
• 1909-05-09 Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)

• 1910-06-17 Red Foley, American country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), born in Blue Lick, Kentucky (d. 1968)
• 1911-09-13 Bill Monroe, American singer known as the "Father of Bluegrass" (Blue Moon of Kentucky), born in Rosine, Kentucky (d. 1996)
• 1913-07-15 Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, American country singer ("Candy Kisses"; "Alabam"), born in Blue Creek, Ohio (d. 1963)
• 1913-10-20 Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra KY, country musician (Hee-Haw)
• 1914-02-09 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), born in Crisp, Texas (d. 1984)
• 1914-02-16 Jimmy Wakely, American country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee), born in Mineola, Arkansas
• 1914-02-18 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), born in Abrams, Wisconsin (d. 2000)
• 1914-05-09 [Clarence] Hank Snow, Canadian country singer (I'm Moving On, I Went to Your Wedding), born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia (d. 1999)
• 1914-09-28 Jim Boyd, American country and western musician (Men of the West) (d. 1993)
• 1914-10-30 Patsy Montana [Ruby Rose Blevins], American country singer, songwriter and yodeler (I Want To Be A Cowboys' Sweetheart), born in Beaudry, Arkansas (d. 1996)
• 1915-06-23 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)
• 1917-07-07 Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)
• 1917-07-07 Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine, American country music singer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1980)
• 1917-08-23 Tex Williams, American country-western singer, born in Ramsey, Illinois (d. 1985)
• 1917-11-29 Merle Travis, American country singer, guitarist and songwriter (16 Tons), born in Rosewood, Kentucky (d. 1983)
• 1918-05-15 Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (Cattle Call, Anytime), born in Henderson Tennessee (d. 2008)
• 1918-07-20 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, born in Mart, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1919-02-13 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, American country music singer ("Sixteen Tons"), and actor, born in Bristol, Tennessee (d. 1991)
• 1919-08-30 Kitty Wells [Ellen Deason], American country singer (It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2012)
• 1920-02-13 Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter ("Love Hurts"; "Bye Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"), born in Shellman, Georgia (d. 1987)
• 1920-02-22 Del Wood [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1989)
• 1920-03-10 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, US country singer (Homer & Jethro)
• 1920-12-19 "Little" Jimmy Dickens, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), born in Bolt, West Virginia (d. 2015)
• 1921-02-20 Mervin Shiner, American country singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• 1921-05-12 Joe (born Otis W.) Maphis, Suffolk, Virginia, American country music guitarist
• 1921-12-22 Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee; "Lonesome 7-7203"), born in Huntington, West Virginia (d. 1963)
• 1923-01-20 (Ottis) "Slim" Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
• 1923-02-05 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), born in Keithville, Louisiana (d. 2013)
• 1923-08-20 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), born in Panola County, Texas (d. 1964)

• 1924-04-21 Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
• 1925-04-29 Danny Davis [George Nowlan], country musician (Nashville Brass), born in Randolph, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
• 1925-04-30 Johnny Horton, American country music and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1960)
• 1925-07-02 Marvin Rainwater, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2013)
• 1925-07-19 Sue Thompson [Eva Sue Mckee], American pop and country music singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry"), born in Nevada, Missouri
• 1925-08-28 Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist, born in Benton, Illinois (d. 2011)
• 1925-09-03 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1925-09-26 Marty Robbins, American country singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), born in Glendale, Arizona (d. 1982)
• 1925-12-03 Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose; Gone), born in Desloge, Missouri (d. 2011)
• 1926-01-12 Ray Price, American country singer (Good Times), born in Perryville, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1926-04-10 Junior Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), born in Cumming, Georgia (d. 1983)
• 1927-02-25 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, born in Dickenson County, Virginia (d. 2016)
• 1927-03-15 Carl Smith, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), born in Maynardville, Tennessee
• 1927-06-13 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, born in Kempsey, New South Wales (d. 2003)
• 1927-07-07 Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
• 1927-08-12 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come, "A Satisfied Mind"), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2007)
• 1927-09-08 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter ("I Fall To Pieces"; "Busted"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2002)
• 1928-04-03 Don Gibson, American country musician (Sweet Dreams), born in Shelby, North Carolina (d. 2003)
• 1928-05-03 Dave Dudley, American country singer (Six Days on the Road), born in Spencer, Wisconsin (d. 2003)
• 1928-08-10 Jimmy Dean, American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever), born in Plainview, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1928-11-15 C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer, born in Audubon, Iowa
• 1928-12-23 Buddy Harman, American drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2008)
• 1929-01-14 Billy Walker, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Ralls, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1929-01-17 Grady Martin, country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee (d. 2001)
• 1929-03-13 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2020)
• 1929-05-01 Sonny James [James Loden], country music singer-songwriter (Young Love), born in Hackelburg, Alabama (d. 2016)

• 1929-07-09 Lee Hazlewood, American country singer and songwriter (Summer Wine, These Boots Are Made For Walkin'), born in Mannford, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
• 1929-08-12 Buck Owens [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
• 1929-10-04 Leroy Van Dyke, American country singer (Walk on By), born in Mora, Missouri
• 1930-01-13 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), born in Roseau, Minnesota (d. 2011)
• 1930-09-28 Tommy Collins [Leonard Sipes], country singer (Don't Growl)
• 1930-11-11 Hank Garland, American country, rock and jazz guitar virtuoso ("Sugarfoot Rag"; "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame"; "Jingle Bell Rock"), born in Cowpens, South Carolina (d. 2004)
• 1931-04-27 Maxine Brown, American country music singer (Browns), born in Campti, Louisiana (d. 2019)
• 1931-05-27 Kenny Price, American country singer (Walking on New Grass, Happy Tracks), born in Florence, Kentucky (d. 1987)
• 1931-09-12 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1932-02-25 Faron Young, American country singer and actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1996)

• 1932-08-08 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), born in Pahokee, Florida (d. 2017)

• 1932-10-11 Dottie West, American country singer (Here Comes My Baby), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1991)
• 1932-11-06 Stonewall Jackson, American country music musician, born in Tabor City, North Carolina
• 1932-12-14 Charlie Rich, American country vocalist (Behind Closed Doors), born in Colt, Arkansas (d. 1995)
• 1933-01-11 Goldie Hill, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), born in Karnes County, Texas
• 1933-04-15 Roy Clark, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show), born in Meherrin, Virginia (d. 2018)

• 1933-08-15 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1997)
• 1933-09-01 Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin')
• 1933-10-27 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist (Last Date; On the Rebound), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1997)
• 1933-11-21 Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
• 1934-01-06 Bobby Lord, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Sanford, Florida (d. 2008)
• 1934-03-31 John D. Loudermilk, country singer and songwriter (Tobacco Road), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2016)
• 1934-04-01 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Sparkman, Arkansas
• 1934-05-05 John "Ace" Cannon, American pop, rock and country music saxophonist (Tuff Sax), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
• 1934-08-05 Vern Gosdin, American country singer (Set 'Em Up Joe), born in Woodland, Alabama (d. 2009)
• 1934-08-20 "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2007)
• 1935-01-12 William Lee Gloden, American country music singer (Oak Ridge Boys), born in Brewton, Alabama
• 1935-02-17 Johnny Bush, American country singer, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2020)
• 1935-04-07 Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
• 1935-08-20 Justin Tubb, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1998)

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Weddings in Music

• 1920-04-07 Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (22) weds Carrie Williamson

• 1952-10-17 Country music legend Hank Williams (29) weds Billie Jean Jones in Minden, Louisiana

• 1957-11-11 Country singer June Carter Cash (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix

• 1976-07-18 American country singer Tammy Wynette (34) weds real-estate mogul Michael Tomlin, divorced, later in 1976

• 1978-07-06 American country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds record producer George Richey (42) in Florida
• 1978-10-07 Country singer Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35)

• 1985-06-01 Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret

• 1988-08-12 Country singer John Denver (44) weds actress Cassandra Delaney
• 1989-06-03 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

• 1991-09-16 Country singer Willie Nelson (58) weds Annie D'Angelo in Nashville, Tennessee

• 1992-04-11 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)

• 1993-09-11 Country singer Merle Haggard (56) weds fifth wife Theresa Ann Lane at his ranch near Redding, California

• 1995-04-30 Country singer Rosanne Cash (39) weds record producer John Leventhal (42)

• 1996-11-16 "What Part of No" country singer Lorrie Morgan (37) weds singer Jon Randall (29) in Nashville
• 2005-05-07 Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee

• 2005-09-17 Country music singer Terri Clark (37) weds her tour manager Greg Kaczor at a resort on Lake Louise in Calgary, Canada
• 2005-09-26 Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver (66) weds Wanda Lynn Canady in Corsicana, Texas
• 2005-12-10 Country music artist Garth Brooks (43) weds singer Trisha Yearwood (41) in Claremore, Oklahoma
• 2005-12-17 "Modern Day Drifter" country singer Dierks Bentley (30) weds Cassidy Black in Mexico
• 2005-12-17 Australian country singer Kasey Chambers (29) weds singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson in Avoca, New South Wales
• 2006-02-04 Daughter of June Carter country singer Carlene Carter (50) weds Joe Brown began at Cinnamon Hill in Jamaica

• 2007-09-09 Country music artist Joe Nichols (30) weds Heather Singleton (30) at Whitfield Chapel in Savannah, Georgia
• 2008-06-14 Country singer Sara Evans (37) weds former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker (35) in Franklin, Tennessee
• 2009-03-11 Actress and singer Mandy Moore (28) weds alt-country/rock singer-songwriter Ryan Adams (37) in Savannah, Georgia
• 2011-01-01 Singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler (25) weds country music songwriter Kyle Jacobs (34) at the Jumby Bay Resort in Antigua

• 2011-05-20 Actor Doug Hutchison (51) weds country singer Courtney Stodden (16) in Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2012-06-10 Country music singer Wynonna Judd (48) weds "Highway 101" drummer Cactus Moser in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
• 2013-10-24 Country music singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe (27) weds MLB pitcher John Danks (28) at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee
• 2015-03-21 Country music singer Jason Aldean (38) weds former American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr (27) in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

• 2016-05-04 Country singer Randy Houser (39) weds Tatiana Starzynski in an intimate outdoor ceremony in Tennessee
• 2017-03-12 Country music singer-songwriter and guitarist Frankie Ballard (34) weds Old Smokey Boots owner Christina Murphy
• 2017-04-15 Country music singer and songwriter Sam Hunt (32) weds Hannah Lee Fowler in Cedartown, Georgia
• 2017-05-06 Country music singer Josh Gracin (36) weds partner Katie Weir in Nashville, Tennessee
• 2017-05-13 Country music vocalist Dan Smyers (29) weds longtime love Abby Law in Nashville, Tennessee

Divorces in Music

Deaths in Music

• 1960-11-05 Johnny Horton, American country and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans), dies in a car accident at 33
• 1963-03-05 Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee; "Lonesome 7-7203"), dies in a plane crash at 41

• 1963-03-05 Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, American country singer ("Candy Kisses"; "Alabam"), dies in a plane crash at 49
• 1964-07-31 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), dies in air crash at 39
• 1965-06-20 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41
• 1968-09-19 Red Foley, American country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
• 1972-06-23 Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
• 1973-09-19 Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III], American country-rock singer-songwriter (Byrds - Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Flying Burrito Brothers; "Grievous Angel"), dies of a drug overdose at 26
• 1973-11-10 Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
• 1974-01-02 Tex Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
• 1975-07-19 Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1977-10-08 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer, composer and lyricist, dies at 75
• 1978-01-10 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62
• 1978-04-21 Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37

• 1979-01-08 Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 81
• 1980-04-04 Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine, American country music singer, dies following a heart attack leading to a car crash at 62
• 1982-09-23 Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
• 1982-12-08 Marty Robbins, American country singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), dies of complications following cardiac surgery.at 57
• 1983-10-20 Merle Travis, American country singer, dies at 75
• 1983-11-13 Alvin "Junior" Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 57
• 1984-09-06 Ernest Tubb, American country musician (Walking the Floor Over You), dies of emphysema at 70
• 1985-10-11 Tex Williams, American country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer
• 1986-02-10 Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), dies at 96
• 1986-06-27 Joe Maphis, American country music guitarist dies aged 65
• 1987-06-25 Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter (Rocky Top, Love Hurts, Bye Bye Love), dies at 67
• 1987-08-04 Kenny Price, American country singer (Walking on New Grass, Happy Tracks), dies of a heart attack at 56
• 1987-08-29 Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914)
• 1987-09-23 O. B. McClinton, American country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47
• 1988-04-28 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, dies at 38
• 1989-02-04 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69
• 1989-05-09 Keith Whitley, American country music singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies of alcohol poisoning at 33
• 1989-10-03 Del Wool [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, dies at 69
• 1991-02-24 Webb Pierce, US country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64
• 1991-09-04 Dottie West, American country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
• 1991-10-17 Tennessee Ernie Ford, American country music singer and actor (Sixteen Tons), dies of liver disease at 72
• 1992-04-17 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure

• 1992-11-23 Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
• 1993-02-25 Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cocaine induced cardio-respiratory failure at 45
• 1993-11-30 David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), dies at 57
• 1995-04-02 Leo LeBlanc, American country musician and pianist who was legally blind, dies of cancer at 55
• 1995-07-25 Charlie Rich, American country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
• 1996-02-17 Gus Hardin [Carolyn Ann Blankenship], American country singer, dies at 50
• 1996-12-05 Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91
• 1996-12-10 Faron Young, American country singer and actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone), commits suicide at 64
• 1997-06-19 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
• 1997-12-21 Amie Comeaux, American country music singer, dies at 21
• 1997-12-31 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist ("Last Date"; "On the Rebound"), dies of cancer at 64
• 1998-01-24 Justin Tubb, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 62
• 1998-05-07 Eddie Rabbitt, American country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), dies at 56
• 1999-11-18 Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet; Texas Tornadoes), dies of a heart attack at 58
• 1999-12-20 [Clarence] Hank Snow, Canadian country singer (I'm Moving On, I Went to Your Wedding), dies of heart failure at 85
• 2001-12-03 Grady Martin, American country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), dies at 72
• 2002-02-13 Waylon Jennings, American country singer and guitarist (Ramblin' Man), dies of diabetic complications at 64
• 2002-03-03 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter, dies at 74
• 2003-02-19 Johnny Paycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer (Take This Job and Shove It), dies after contracting emphysema and asthma at 64

• 2003-09-19 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 76
• 2003-11-17 Don Gibson, American country musician (Sweet Dreams), dies at 75
• 2003-12-16 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck at 59
• 2003-12-22 Dave Dudley, American country singer (Six Days on the Road), dies at 75
• 2005-02-12 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies at 61
• 2005-03-09 Chris LeDoux, American country singer (Ridin' for a Fall), dies at 56
• 2006-03-23 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, dies at 87
• 2007-01-01 Del Reeves, American country singer, dies at 74
• 2007-01-06 Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), dies at 72
• 2007-08-04 Lee Hazlewood, American country singer and songwriter (Summer Wine, These Boots Are Made For Walkin'), dies of renal cancer at 78
• 2007-10-28 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come, "A Satisfied Mind"), dies of lung cancer at 80
• 2007-11-06 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), dies at 82
• 2008-04-12 Danny Davis [George Nowlan], American country musician (Nashville Brass), dies at 83
• 2008-05-08 Eddy Arnold, American Country music singer, dies at 89
• 2008-08-05 Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929)
• 2008-08-21 Buddy Harman, Country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79
• 2008-08-31 Jerry Reed, American country music singer (When You're Hot, You're Hot) and actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit), dies of complications from emphysema at 71
• 2009-04-28 Vern Gosdin, American country singer (Set 'Em Up Joe), dies after a stroke at 74
• 2010-06-13 Jimmy Dean, American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever), dies at 81
• 2011-03-17 Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone), dies at 85
• 2011-03-31 Mel McDaniel, American country singer (Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On) dies of lung cancer at 68
• 2011-09-27 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933)
• 2011-10-12 Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, American country-rock keyboardist (Charlie Daniels Band), killed in a car accident at 67 [1]
• 2011-10-31 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), dies of heart and lung disease at 81
• 2012-04-23 John Christopher "Chris" Ethridge, American country rock bass guitarist (International Submarine Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 65
• 2012-05-16 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards, Gene Clark, Dillard & Clark) and actor (Clem-Popeye), dies of a lung infection caused by a collapsed lung at 75
• 2012-07-16 Kitty Wells [Ellen Deason], American country singer (It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels), dies from complications after a stroke at 92
• 2013-02-17 Mindy McCready, American country singer, commits suicide by gunshot at 37
• 2013-03-07 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), dies at 90
• 2013-04-26 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
• 2013-06-19 Slim Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), dies from heart failure at 90
• 2013-08-13 Tompall Glaser, American country singer, dies at 79
• 2014-09-17 George Hamilton IV, American country musician, dies from complications from a heart attack at 77
• 2015-01-02 "Little" Jimmy Dickens, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 94
• 2015-06-11 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), dies at 81
• 2015-07-30 Lynn Anderson, American country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden), dies of a heart attack at 67
• 2016-02-22 Sonny James [James Loden], American country music singer-songwriter (Young Love), dies at 87

• 2016-05-17 Guy Clark, American country singer (Heartbroke), dies at 74

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