<h3>Today&#8217;s country music seems to have forgotten its roots, so I thought I&#8217;d take a moment to remind the fans.</h3>
<p><strong>Monday November 17th:</strong></p>
<p class="content">1938 &#8211; Gordon Lightfoot born in Orillia, Ontario. The pop singer-songwriter crosses into the country charts with his million-selling 1974 single &#8220;Sundown,&#8221; and writes Marty Robbins&#8217; &#8220;Ribbon Of Darkness&#8221; and George Hamilton IV&#8217;s &#8220;Early Morning Rain&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1989 &#8211; &#8220;Steel Magnolias,&#8221; starring Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts, opens at theaters nationally</p>
<p class="content">1997 -<a title="LeAnn Rimes" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/leann-rimes-concert-tour-dates/">LeAnn Rimes</a>&#8217; &#8220;Blue&#8221; album is certified quintuple-platinum, while her single &#8220;How Do I Live&#8221; is recognized as double-platinum</p>
<p class="content"><strong>Tuesday November 18th</strong></p>
<p class="content">1949 &#8211; MGM releases Hank Williams&#8217; &#8220;My Bucket&#8217;s Got A Hole In It.&#8221; Lurking on the B side: the classic &#8220;I&#8217;m So Lonesome I Could Cry&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1969 &#8211; Conway Twitty records &#8220;Hello Darlin'&#8221; in an afternoon session at Bradley&#8217;s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee</p>
<p class="content">1980 &#8211; Johnny Lee earns a gold single for &#8220;Lookin&#8217; For Love,&#8221; his best-known contribution to &#8220;Urban Cowboy&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1980 &#8211; &#8220;Barbara Mandrell And The Mandrell Sisters&#8221; debuts on NBC-TV, with guests Dolly Parton and John Schneider</p>
<p class="content"><strong>Wednesday November 19th</strong></p>
<p class="content">1994 -Mary Chapin Carpenters earns a #1 country single in Billboard with &#8220;Shut Up And Kiss Me&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1996 &#8211; American Recordings releases Johnny Cash&#8217;s &#8220;Unchained&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1997 &#8211; <a title="George Strait" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStrait/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fgeorge-strait-tickets%2F">George Strait</a>&#8217;s four-CD set, &#8220;Strait Out Of The Box,&#8221; is honored for shipments of 5 million units</p>
<p class="content"><strong>Thursday November 20th</strong></p>
<p class="content">1946 &#8211; Songwriter Roger Murrah born in Athens, Alabama. His credits include &#8220;I&#8217;m In A Hurry (And Don&#8217;t Know Why),&#8221; by Alabama; &#8220;It Takes A Little Rain (To Make Love Grow),&#8221; by The Oak Ridge Boys; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Rock The Jukebox,&#8221; by <a title="Alan Jackson" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbAJackson&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Falan-jackson-tickets%2Fartist%2F769574&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Alan Jackson</a></p>
<p class="content">1961 &#8211; At the top of this chart stands a big, big man: &#8220;Big Bad John&#8221; takes Jimmy Dean to #1 on the Billboard country chart</p>
<p class="content"><strong>Friday November 21st</strong></p>
<p class="content">1955 &#8211; In a deal engineered by Col. Tom Parker, RCA Records buys Elvis Presley&#8217;s contract and master tapes from Sam Phillips&#8217; Sun Records for $35,000. The papers are signed at the Sun Studios in Memphis</p>
<p class="content">1981 &#8211; <a title="Hank Williams Jr" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/hank-williams-jr-announces-2024-tour/">Hank Williams Jr</a>.&#8217;s &#8220;All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)&#8221; settles in at #1 on the Billboard country chart</p>
<p class="content">1986 &#8211; Lynn Anderson collects the only platinum album of her career, for &#8220;Rose Garden&#8221; which was later made famous again by <a title="Martina McBride" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/martina-mcbride-concert-tour-dates/">Martina McBride</a></p>
<p class="content"><strong>Saturday November 22nd</strong></p>
<p class="content">1946 -Gene Autry rides in the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, as do Roy Rogers, Jack Benny and Red Skelton. When Autry hears children shouting, &#8220;Here comes Santa Claus,&#8221; he&#8217;s inspired to write &#8220;Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1973 &#8211; George Jones &; Tammy Wynette sing &#8220;We&#8217;re Gonna Hold On&#8221; in the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade</p>
<p class="content">1980 &#8211; Kenny Rogers&#8217; &#8220;Lady&#8221; goes to #1 on the Billboard country chart</p>
<p class="content"><strong>Sunday November 23rd</strong></p>
<p class="content">1950 &#8211; Hank Williams writes &#8220;Cold, Cold Heart&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1967 &#8211; Jack Greene becomes the first country star to appear in the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade</p>
<p class="content">1968 &#8211; Tammy Wynette sits at #1 in Billboard with &#8220;Stand By Your Man&#8221;</p>
<p class="content">1992 -Roy Acuff dies from congestive heart failure in Nashville and is buried within eight hours. A Grand Ole Opry symbol for over 50 years, he was dubbed the &#8220;King Of Country Music,&#8221; and was the first living member inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame</p>
<p class="content">And that is your week in country music history.</p>
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