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On This Day in 1969, Bill Anderson Topped the Charts With a Song That Beat Out Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard

Bill Anderson topped the charts 57 years ago today with "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)", the top country song of 1969. ...

Bill Anderson Benefit Show to Help the Legendary Wrestler with his Medical Bills Announced for Azusa, California

For years, Bill Anderson was a key part of pro wrestling in the Southwestern United States. After a successful career in the ring including being accused of taking the "marijuana  ...

“I’ve Been There Longer Than Everybody”: 88-Year-Old Country Legend Reflects on His Record-Long Grand Ole Opry Milestone

Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images Bill Anderson is the longest tenured member of the Grand Ole Opry, and is gearing up to celebrate the 65th anniversary of his membership. The pos...

Bill Anderson Benefit Show is This Sunday in the Los Agneles, CA Area

Bill Anderson is a professional wrestling legend that likely best slides into the "unsung hero" category. He is the man who trained the likes of the Ultimate Warrior, Sting, "Calif...

Born 79 Years Ago Today in Kentucky, the Country Singer Best Known for Her Duets With This Grand Ole Opry Legend

Mary Lou Turner, best known for a string of hit duets with Bill Anderson in the late 1970s, t...

Born in Virginia 101 Years Ago Today, the “Voice With a Heart” and Bill Monroe’s Sideman Who Co-Founded the Country Musi...

On The Charts 47 Years Ago, Waylon Jennings Ruled With a Somber Ballad Written as an Apology to Bob McDill’s Wife

American country and western singer and guitarist Waylon Jennings (1937 - 2002) wears a cowboy hat and leather vest as he sings with his eyes closed in front of a microphone, April...

How Grand Ole Opry Announcer Bill Cody Got His Name

Bill Cody would have become famous under any name, but the change didn't hurt. Continue reading…

Born on This Day in 1938, the Nashville Legend Who Played on the Biggest Hits From Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, and...

William Henry Everly

William Henry “Bill” Everly, 86, of Kingwood, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Kingwood Healthcare Center surrounded by love.He was born in Preston County June 6, 1940, a so...

Good News in History, June 1

100 years ago today, the great American television personality Andy Griffith was born in North Carolina. He is fondly remembered today for 9-year productions The Andy Griffith Show...

Born in Kentucky on This Day in 1944, the King of Honky Tonk and the Most “Outlaw” Country Singer of the 1970s

How Grand Ole Opry Announcer Bill Cody Got His Name

Bill Cody would have become famous under any name, but the change didn't hurt. Continue reading…

Bill Cody, Grand Ole Opry and WSM Host, Dead at 67

Bill Cody spent more than three decades as one of country music's most recognizable radio voices and Opry personalities. Continue reading…

Born 111 Years Ago Today in the Big Easy, the Unsung Musical Genius Behind Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and Countless Na...

Bill McElhiney, one of Nashville's most prominent musical arrangers in the 1960s and 1970s, was born May 20, 1915, in New Orleans. The post

Born in the DMV 75 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind One of Country Music’s Most Timeless Love Songs and Hits for Don Will...

Bill Cody, Grand Ole Opry and WSM Host, Dead at 67

Bill Cody spent more than three decades as one of country music's most recognizable radio voices and Opry personalities. Continue reading…

Born on This Day in 1948, the Author and Tenor Singer Who Completed the Classic Oak Ridge Boys Lineup

Born on This Day in 1948, the Author and Tenor Singer Who Completed the Classic Oak Ridge Boys Lineup

Grand Ole Opry Hosts Public Funeral for Late Announcer Bill Cody

Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images Bill Cody is being remembered. One week after the longtime Grand Ole Opry announcer died, the iconic venue hosted a public funeral for him. Accor...

3 Country Songs From 1975 That Every Small-Town Kid Still Knows by Heart

(Original Caption) Charlie Daniels (3rd from left), the entertainer who dedicated his last album to "gun-rotting whiskey and hellatious fights" says he will not play gentle music j...

Born in South Carolina 89 Years Ago Today, the World-Class Banjo Player and ‘Hee Haw’ Star Who Recorded With Johnny Cash...

Bobby Thompson, July 5, 1937 - May 18, 2005 (Photo courtesy of The Sieker Band) Bobby Thompson, whose innovative style of banjo picking influenced generations, would have turned 89...

Born 82 Years Ago Today in Wisconsin, the Legendary Country Crooner Whose Signature Song Was Covered by Loretta Lynn and...

Country singer-songwriter Bobby G. Rice. (Photo courtesy of Bobby G. Rice via Facebook) Country music fans may know that power duo Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn covered the song “...

Anniversary Cheers: Don Williams “Epilogue – The Cellar Tapes”

Recordings from more than 40 years ago are unearthed by country music icon’s son, cleaned up and remastered. Well, I do hope AUK readers will forgive this foray into mainstream cou...