Today In Country Music History ......December 9th Dec 9, 1932 Billy Edd Wheeler is born in Whitesville, West Virginia. He scores a novelty hit in 1964 with Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back. He also writes Jackson for Johnny Cash & June Carter, and Coward Of The County for Kenny Rogers Dec 9, 1935 Red Foley records Ole Shep for Conqueror Records Dec 9, 1935 David Houston is born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He wins a Grammy award for his 1966 recording of Almost Persuaded, and records with both Tammy Wynette and Barbara Mandrell while joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1972 Dec 9, 1945 Spade Cooley marries Ella Mae Evin in Las Vegas, three months after his divorce from his first wife Dec 9, 1946 Patti Page leaves Tulsa, Oklahoma, where shes a star on radio station KTUL, for Chicago. Within seven months, she has her first recording contract Dec 9, 1946 Columbia releases Gene Autrys Youre Not My Darlin Anymore Dec 9, 1957 Pop singer Donny Osmond is born in Provo, Utah. In 1976, he joins sister Marie Osmond, with whom he hosts a TV variety show, to win the American Music Award for Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group Dec 9, 1963 Decca releases Brenda Lees pop hit As Usual Dec 9, 1964 Webb Pierce records Here I Am Drunk Again. The song waits a dozen years to become a hit when its recorded by Moe Bandy Dec 9, 1966 Mel Tillis records Ruby, Dont Take Your Love Town. The song will come to prominence when it gets remade by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition Dec 9, 1968 Merle Haggard records Hungry Eyes and Silver Wings at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles Dec 9, 1968 Jimmie Davis marries Nashville singer Anna Gordon in Ringgold, Georgia Dec 9, 1968 Johnny Cash plays a benefit for Native Americans at the St. Francis Indian Mission in South Dakota. The set list includes the appropriate The Ballad Of Ira Hayes Dec 9, 1968 B.J. and Gloria Thomas are married at the Chapel Of The Bells in Las Vegas. She ends up writing one of his country hits, New Looks From An Old Lover Dec 9, 1971 Hank Williams Jr. records Eleven Roses in Nashville Dec 9, 1972 Hank Williams Jr. sings Prides Not Hard To Swallow and Arlene Harden adds Lovin Man (Oh Pretty Woman) on Hee Haw Dec 9, 1974 Dolly Parton records We Used To and The Seeker at RCA Studio B in Nashville Dec 9, 1976 Elvis Presleys father, Vernon, is hospitalized, fearful that hes had a heart attack Dec 9, 1977 Johnny Rodriguez records Baby, Youre Something. Two years later, a John Conlee recording of the song becomes a country hit Dec 9, 1979 Fiddler Tommy Jackson dies in Nashville. One of the most influential musicians to play the instrument, he took part in recordings by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Ray Price and Little Jimmy Dickens, among others Dec 9, 1980 MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys Beautiful You Dec 9, 1980 The Board of Commissioners in Hendersonville, Tennessee, passes an ordinance allowing Conway Twitty to begin building Twitty City. Mayor Pat Patterson opposes the ordinance, saying the commercial zone will open the door for tacky car washes Dec 9, 1980 The Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol Boys) earns a gold single for Waylon Jennings Dec 9, 1984 Larry Gatlin checks into a clinic in Orange County, California, for a cocaine addiction Dec 9, 1987 A TV special honors recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. Roy Acuff and the late Hank Williams are celebrated alongside Ray Charles, Isaac Stern, B.B. King, Fats Domino and Woody Herman, among others Dec 9, 1987 Reba McEntires Greatest Hits is certified gold Dec 9, 1989 A small fire causes $25,000 in damage at Gilleys nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. The local fire chief classifies the blaze as arson Dec 9, 1992 Harmonica player Terry McMillans house burns in Nashville, so Dolly Parton loans him her home for the holidays. McMillan played on Garth Brooks Aint Goin Down (Til The Sun Comes Up) Dec 9, 1992 Tanya Tuckers You Cant Run From Yourself earns a gold album Dec 9, 1995 The Mavericks Nick Kane marries Kim Parker at the drive-through at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas. The ceremony is attended by an Elvis impersonator, who serenades them with Love Me Tender Dec 9, 1996 Faron Young shoots himself in the head in Nashville, apparently distraught over his slumping career. He dies a day later Dec 9, 1997 Warner Bros. releases the Jackie Brown soundtrack, including Johnny Cashs version of Tennessee Stud. Others on the album include Bobby Womack, The Brothers Johnson, Randy Crawford, The Grass Roots and Bill Withers Dec 9, 1998 Shania Twains Come On Over is recognized for shipments of 7 million units Dec 9, 2004 Little Jimmy Dickens is released from a Nashville hospital, where hes been treated for five days for pneumonia Dec 9, 2004 Shania Twains Greatest Hits goes gold, platinum and double-platinum Dec 9, 2004 Toby Keiths Greatest Hits 2 is certified gold, platinum and double-platinum Dec 9, 2005 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood apply for a marriage license at the Rogers County Courthouse in Claremore, Oklahoma Dec 9, 2010 Sony unveils a new hybrid flower, the Loretta Lynn Van Lear rose And That My Friends Was December 9th In Bygone Years Record Of The day .......... https://youtube/watch?v=6URIHQXmPmY
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