17 November

Wiley Walker of "Wiley & Gene" born Laurel Hill, FL 1911.


Bruce Hinton, MCA executive, born Tell City, IN 1936.

Gordon Lightfoot born Orilla, Ontario, Canada 1938.

Henry Whitter, rural folk music recording pioneer, died Morganton, NC 1941.

Gene Clark, singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Tipton, MO 1944.

Opry House Matinee, hosted by Eddy Arnold and Ernest Tubb, debuted on the Mutual Radio Network 1945.

Eva Overstake, age 33, a.k.a. Mrs. Red Foley, took her own life after learning her husband was having an affair with Sally Sweet 1951. Red Foley married Sally Sweet, a short time later.

Marty Robbins' "Singing The Blues," went to #1 in 1956.

Brenda Lee released "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," 1958.

Richard Adams Jr., of the Johnson Mountain Boys, born Gettysburg, PA 1958.

Waylon Jennings' "Yours Love," charted 1968.

Gary Stewart's "Ramblin Man" charted 1973.

CMH released Butch Baldassari's album "Evergreen" 1994.

Shania Twain's album "The Woman In Me" certified as having sold over ten million units 1997.

Garth Brooks released his two-disc concert set "Double Live," 1998. The album sold over fifteen million copies making it the best selling live album in history.

Blake Shelton and wife Kaynette were married 2003.

Don Gibson, age 75, died in Nashville, TN 2003.

Source : Country Calendar

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