This Day January 26 In Country Music

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In 1932 country music singer, songwriter, and guitar picker Claude Gray was born in Texas. He's best known for his 1960 hit "Family Bible' In 1942 from the country music trio Dave & Sugar, Dave Rowland was born in 1942. He had three number one hits "The Door Is Always Open", "Tear Time" and "Golden Tears". In 1943 pastor, singer, songwriter, producer, and TV host Gary McSpadden was born in Oklahoma, He was a member of The Oak Ridge Boys and sang with Jake Hess and the Imperials. In 1979 he launched a solo career. He passed on in 2020. In 1953 rock, folk, blues, and country singer Lucinda Wiliams was born in Louisiana. She wrote the Grammy Award-winning song "Passionate Kisses" made famous by Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1993. In 1979 the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" aired on CBS. The show starred John Schneider, as Bo Duke; Tom Wopat, as Luke Duke; and Waylon Jennings, as The Balladeer. The show was inspired by the 1975 movie "The Moonrunners" and features Jennings singing the theme song. In 1995 Rolling Stone magazine named Johnny Cash - Best Country Artist and Comeback of the Year for American Recordings in their Critics' Picks issue. In 1997 country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter performed "Down At The Twist And Shout" with the Cajun group BeauSoleil during the pre-game show for Super Bowl XXXI at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2001 Reba McEntire took over the role of Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway in NYC at the Marquis Theater. In 2010 Lady Antebellum came out with their second studio album Need You Now. Later it won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. The singles from the album "Need You Now" won four awards among them Song of the Year and Record of the Year. In 2014 Country Music winners at this years Grammy Awards included: Best Country Album: Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves, Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne (songwriters), Kacey Musgraves, Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker, Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars, Best Americana Album: Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, and Best Bluegrass Album: The Streets of Baltimore, Del McCoury Band. In 2016 Thomas Rhett was at number one on the Country Airplay chart with "Die a Happy Man"