1951
During recording sessions at Castle Studio, Nashville, Hank Williams recorded “I Can’t Help It If I’m Still In Love With You” and “Hey Good Lookin'”. Since its original recording “Hey Good Lookin'” has been covered by a variety of artists including Ray Charles on his 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.
1971
“If I Were a Carpenter” won Johnny Cash a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group at the 13th annual awards, (Cash’s last Grammy for more than 15 years). Other Country music winners included; Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – Lynn Anderson for “Rose Garden”, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Ray Price for “For the Good Times.”
1974
The Grand Ole Opry moved from the Ryman Auditorium, its home of the past 41 years, to the newly built 4,400 Grand Ole Opry House, on the Opryland complex. President Richard Nixon was a guest at the Ryman’s last show.
1991The country music world was stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire’s band, her road manager and two pilots, were killed when their private plane crash in a mountain area near the Mexican border. The crash, occurred shortly after the Hawker Sidley aircraft had taken off from Brown Field, a private airport about 15 miles southeast of San Diego. The 35-year-old Miss McEntire, was left with only two members of the band. Those two, as well as several members of her road crew, were on another flight that had taken off before the one that crashed. McEntire recorded her album, For My Broken Heart in their memory.
