1929
Born on this day, was June Carter Cash, country singer, and wife of Johnny Cash. She had hits with Johnny Cash including, “Ring Of Fire”, “Jackson”, “If I Were A Carpenter”. She played the guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. Carter Cash won five Grammy Awards. She died 15th May 2003 aged 73.
1973
Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US country album chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song which gave the singer his first #1 hit.
2001
Lonestar began a six-week residence at #1 on the country chart with “I’m Already There”, the lead-off single to the band’s fifth album.
2010Willie nelson was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. The NRR is a list of sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”
