A Day in the Country

January 23rd: 1940 Born on this day in Moorhead, Mississippi, was Johnny Russell country singer, songwriter, and

January 22nd: 1949 Born on this day, was James Preston ‘J.P.’ Pennington, American musician, known

January 21st: 1942 Born on this day, was Mac Davis, country music singer, songwriter, and actor His early work

January 17th: 1945 Red Foley became the first country performer to record in Nashville, Tennessee. During the session

January 16th: 1943 Born on this day in Robbinsville, North Carolina, was Ronnie Milsap, country music singer and

January 15th: 1950 Born on this day in Bexar, Arkansas, was David Lynn Jones, country music singer-songwriter.

January 14th: 1929 Born on this day in Ralls, Texas, was William Marvin Walker, better known as Billy Walker the

January 11th: 1933 Born on this day in Karnes City, Texas, was Goldie Hill. She became one of the first women to

January 10th: 1948 Loretta Webb married Oliver Vanetta Lynn, commonly known as “Doolittle”,

January 9th: 1951 Born on this day in Paintsville, Kentucky was Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), country music