November 6th:
1932
Born on this day in Tabor City, North Carolina was Stonewall Jackson who achieved his greatest fame during country’s “golden” honky tonk era in the 1950s and early 1960s when he scored the #1 hits “Waterloo” and “B.J. the D.J.”
1941
Born on this day in Monahans, Texas, was Guy Clark, Grammy Award winning country musician, songwriter who has released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You. Clark died on May 17, 2016 aged 74.
1982
Special guests on this week’s syndicated US music television series The Glen Campbell Music Show included Roger Miller who performed “King of the Road” and then with Glen Campbell played “Southern Nights”, “Goin’ Back to Alabam”, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “It’s Your World (Boys and Girls)”.
2006
The Country Music Association awards aired for the first time on ABC. The awards show had been on CBS since 1972. Keith Urban, who won the Male Vocalist of the Year, was absent due to his rehab stint, and co-host Ronnie Dunn read Urban’s acceptance letter. Hall of Fame inductee Kris Kristofferson presented the inductions for 2006 inductees George Strait, Harold Bradley and Sonny James, each of whom gave brief acceptance speeches; Strait also performed his #1 hit “Give It Away.” Controversy reigned when Faith Hill appeared to react angrily after Carrie Underwood won the Female Vocalist of the Year award.
2007
Hank Thompson died from lung cancer, aged eighty-two. His career which spanned seven decades saw him sell over 60 million records worldwide. He was a leader in the music industry with accomplishments including the first music-based television show to be broadcast in color, the first artist to travel with sound and lighting systems and the first to record a live album.
2013
Winners of the 47th annual Country Music Association Awards held in Nashville included: Entertainer of the Year: George Strait, Album of the Year: Blake Shelton – Based on a True Story …, Song of the Year: Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary – “I Drive Your Truck”, Single of the Year: Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise”, Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton, Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert and Musical Event of the Year: Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care”.
