This Day June 28 In Country Music

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In 1924 country singer George Morgan was born in Tennessee. He had a number one hit in 1949 with “Candy Kisses.” In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later he was the first to sing on stage at the venue. He passed on in 1975. In 1940 the movie “Grand Ole Opry” debuted at Nashville's Paramount Theater, starring Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys, Uncle Dave Macon and Opry founder George D. Hay. In 1947 songwriter Kim Williams was born. He wrote hits for Randy Travis, Joe Diffie, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and many others. Williams was named ASCAP's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1994, won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award (for "Three Wooden Crosses") in 2003, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. Williams passed on in 2016. In 1951 country music record producer, musician, and songwriter Lloyd Maines was born in Texas. He is best known as a pedal steel player, Maines is a multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded as a member of the Joe Ely Band. Maines won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2003 as producer of the Dixie Chicks' album, Home. As the father of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, he was instrumental in bringing the current lineup of band mates together in 1995. In 1966 Merle Haggard came out with “The Bottle Let Me Down” and the single went on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In 1966 singer and songwriter Bobby Bare Jr was born in Tennessee. In 1974, when Bobby was only eight, he and his father were both nominated for a Grammy for the song 'Daddy What If', which was written by Shel Silverstein. In 1986 country singer Kellie Pickler was born in North Carolina, She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol. Her debut album, Small Town Girl, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Red High Heels", "I Wonder" and "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind". In 1994 Alan Jackson came out with his fifth album Who I Am and it included his second number one hit. The album features the number on singles "Summertime Blues", "Gone Country", "Livin' on Love", and "I Don't Even Know Your Name." In 1999 Tim McGraw came out with “Something Like That” which became his tenth number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 2010 Miranda Lambert was at number one on the Country chart with "The House That Built Me". Written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, Lambert won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for song." Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song.