This Day May 31 In Country Music

Tweet

In 1938 country singer and Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Paycheck was born in Ohio. He is most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It", which was a US Country number one hit in 1978. Paycheck passed on in 2003. In 1943 country musician, songwriter, and record producer Wayne Carson was born in Colorado. He played percussion, piano, guitar, and bass. His most famous songs as a writer include "Neon Rainbow", "The Letter", and "Always on My Mind" (written with Mark James and Johnny Christopher). Carson passed on in 2015. In 1958 Johnny Cash appeared at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in downtown Nashville on November 28, 1925. In 1965 Del Reeves was at number one on the Country chart with "Girl on the Billboard". The novelty song was Reeves' fourth entry on the country chart and his only number one single. In 1978 Kenny Rogers and Dottie West were at number one on the Country chart with Every Time Two Fools Collide, the duo's first album together. The album included two big country hits: the title track went to number one followed up by another hit "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight". In 1994 Tim McGraw was at number one on the Country chart with "Don't Take The Girl". Written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson, the song was Tim's fifth single overall, and his first number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart, it was also a successful pop song. In 2017 Singer Naomi Martin passed on. She wrote several classic country number one hits, including "My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" for Charley Pride and "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World" for Ronnie Milsap. She won several BMI Awards and had songs recorded by artists like Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell and Conway Twitty.