Samedi 18 Août 2007

1918 Hank Penny, born "Herbert Clayton Penny," Birmingham, AL

1920 Ray Cash married Carrie Rivers. Son J. R. "Johnny," would become their fourth, of seven children

1930 Le personnage de Pluto le chien fait sa première apparition dans un film d'animation de Disney

1938 Allen Reynolds, record company executive/songwriter/producer, born Little Rock, AR

1939 Molly Bee born "Molly Beachboard" Oklahoma City, OK

1939 Johnny Preston born

1939 Huelyn Duvall born Garner, TX

1940 Bryan Bowers, Bluegrass/Autoharp, born Yorktown, VA

1951 Hank Williams topped the charts with "Hey Good Lookin'

1952 Seven days after being fired from the Opry, at the exact time he should have been singing at the Ryman, Hank Williams was arrested for being drunk & disorderly in Alexander City, AL

1956 Marty Robbins released "Singin' The Blues"

1961 Jimmy Dean recorded "Big Bad John". The record went to #1 on the Pop, and Country charts.

1962 Bobby Bare's single "Shame On Me" debuted on the Billboard Top 40 Chart

1962 Une enquête fédérale détermine que Marilyn Monroe est morte d'un suicide par surdose de drogue

1963 The Louvin Brothers played their last show, as a duo in Watseka, IL

1977 Elvis Presley was buried beside his mother's grave in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee. Both bodies would be moved to Graceland later, after an attempt to steal Elvis' body from his grave. Attending the private ceremony at Graceland were Caroline Kennedy, Ann Margret, Burt Reynolds, John Wayne along with friends and family.

1992 Columbia/Legacy released "The Essential Gene Autry"

Ha la sainte Hélène
quand mes noix étaient pleines
elle me disait de tremper mon bigorneau