Country Music Major Highlights 1944 ~ 1993 (1/2): Al Dexter & Del Reeves

Country Music Association (CMA), Hall of Fame (HOF), Country Music (CM), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

• 1944 - The first year that Billboard began charting country music
• 1944 - Al Dexter charts the year's biggest song, So Long Pal (No. 1)
•1945 - Tex Ritter charts the year's biggest song, You Two-Timed Me (No. 1)
•1946 - Al Dexter charts the year's biggest song, Guitar Polka No. 1)
•1947 - Eddy Arnold charts the year's biggest song, I'll Hold You in My Arms
•1947 - Tex Williams recorded "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (No. 1, 47)
•1948 - Eddy Arnold charts the 6th all-time biggest song, Bouquet of Roses
•1948 - Radio station KWKH airs the Louisiana Hayride for the first time
•1948 - Eddy Arnold charted five of the year's six new No. 1 songs
•1949 - Wakely & Whiting charts the year's biggest song, Slipping Around (No. 1)
•1949 - The first 45-rpm record was released by RCA
•1950 - Hank Snow charts country music's all-time biggest song, I'm Movin' On
•1951 - Pee Wee King charts the year's biggest song, Slow Pokel (No. 1)
•1952 - Hank Thompson charts the year's biggest song, Wild Side of Life (No. 1)
•1953 - Hank Williams charts the year's biggest song, Kaw-Liga (No. 1)
•1953 - Hank Williams (b. 9/17/1923) dies en-route to a show in Canton, Ohio
•1954 - Webb Pierce charts the 3rd all-time biggest song, In the Jailhouse Now
•1954 - Hank Snow charts the 5th biggest song in CM, I Don't Hurt Anymore
•1956 - Ray Price records CM's 4th all-time biggest chart song, Crazy Arms
•1957 - Jimmy Dean host's his TV series, The Jimmy Dean Show, on CBS
•1957 - Ferlin Husky's Gone, is the biggest song in country music
•1958 - Charlie Walker charts his biggest song, Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
•1958 - Red Foley begins a six year stint hosting the Ozark Jubilee
•1959 - Chart debut of Buck Owens and rise of trademark Bakersfield Sound
•1959 - National Barn Dance, broadcast by WLS, Chicago, IL, cancelled by ABC
•1959 - Johnny Horton charts the year's biggest song, Battle of New Orleans
•1960 - Jim Reeves' single He'll Have to Go was #1 on the country chart
•1960 - Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident, near Milano, Texas
•1960 - Hank Locklin charts the year's biggest song, Please Help Me, I'm Falling
•1961 - Patsy Cline is seriously injured in a car accident
•1962 - Spade Cooley murders his wife Ella Mae, after she asked for a divorce
•1961 - The CMA inducts Hank Williams & Jimmie Rodgers into the CM HOF
•1962 - The CMA inducts Roy Acuff into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1963 - The only year that the CMA did not have a Hall of Fame induction
•1963 - Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas & Hawkshaw Hawkins dies in a plane crash
•1964 - Buck Owens scored the year's biggest hit with Love's Gonna Live Here
•1964 - Jim Reeves is killed in the crash
•1964 - The CMA inducts Tex Ritter into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1964 - Connie Smith charts her only No. 1 single, Once a Day
•1965 - Del Reeves scores his only No. 1 single, Girl on the Billboard
•1965 - Jimmy Dickens charts his only No. 1 single, May the Bird of Paradise Fly..
•1965 - Ira Louvin dies when a drunken driver struck his car
•1965 -The CMA inducts Ernest Tubb into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1966 - The CMA inducts Eddy Arnold into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1966 - Roger Miller wins 5 Grammy Awards for his hit, King of the Road
•1967 - The CMA inducts Red Foley into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1967 - The CMA inducts Jim Reeves into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1967 - The CMA selects Jack Greene for Male Vocalist of the Year
•1967 - First Country Music Association awards
•1967 - The CMA selects There Goes My Everything for Song of the Year
•1967 - The CMA selects There Goes My Everything for Single of the Year
•1967 - The CMA selects There Goes My Everything for Album of the Year
•1967 - Jeannie Seely wins a Grammy for Don't Touch Me
•1967 - Sonny James charted 16 Consecutive No. singles from 1967 to 1971
•1967 - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Nashville
•1968 - Eddy Arnold scores his 28th #1 single (Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye)
•1968 - The CMA inducts Bob Wills into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1968 - The CMA selects Tammy Wynette for Female Vocalist of the Year
•1968 - Red Foley dies after appearing in two Opry shows in Fort Wayne, Indiana
•1969 - The CMA inducts Gene Autry into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1969 - The CMA selects Johnny Cash for Entertainer & male Vocalist of the Year
•1969 - The CMA selects Tammy Wynette for Female Vocalist of the Year
•1970 - The CMA inducts Bill Monroe into the Country Music Hall of Fame
•1970 - The CMA selects Tammy Wynette for Female Vocalist of the Year
• 1970 - The CMA names Merle Haggard Male Vocalist & Entertainer of the Year

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[FAUSTORICCARDO]

V nice sharing. Grazie Bell

[jtls8]

Two terrific old tunes & Thank you so much for posting!!!!!

[JEMCO2008]

Thank you