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Country songwriter Charlie Black is born in Cheverly, Maryland. His co-writing credits include Anne Murray’s “A Little Good News” and Alan Jackson’s “Right on the Money.”
Source: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
November 23 – This Day in Country Music History
Births, deaths, album and single releases, No. 1 records and Gold & Platinum milestones in country music.
Births
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Country songwriter Ed Hill is born in Hanford, California. His co-writing credits include Faith Hill’s “It Matters to Me” and Reba McEntire’s “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.”
Source: RolandNote.
Deaths
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Western swing bandleader and fiddler Spade Cooley dies after playing a benefit concert in Oakland, California.
Source: Wikipedia.
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Louisiana singer Al Terry, best known for his 1954 country hit “Good Deal, Lucille,” dies.
Source: RolandNote.
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Grand Ole Opry star and Acuff-Rose co-founder Roy Acuff dies in Nashville at 89. In 1962, he became the first living performer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Album Releases
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Warner Bros. releases Emmylou Harris’ album Cimarron.
Source: RolandNote.
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MCA releases George Jones’ High-Tech Redneck.
Source: AllMusic.
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Capitol releases Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas, a collection of holiday standards arranged in a big-band style.
Source: AllMusic.
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MCA releases Reba McEntire’s album So Good Together.
Source: Reba McEntire official discography.
No. 1 Albums
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Jeannie C. Riley’s Harper Valley PTA holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart.
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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John Denver’s Back Home Again holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart.
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Ronnie Milsap’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s country albums chart.
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Garth Brooks’ Ropin’ the Wind holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for a ninth week.
Source: Billboard — November 23, 1991.
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Alan Jackson’s Everything I Love holds at No. 1 for a second week on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.
Source: Billboard — November 23, 1996.
Gold & Platinum Albums
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The RIAA certifies Linda Ronstadt’s Get Closer Gold.
Source: RolandNote.
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The RIAA certifies George Strait’s Easy Come Easy Go 2× Platinum.
Source: BestSellingAlbums.org.
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The RIAA certifies Kathy Mattea’s Lonesome Standard Time Gold.
Source: CMA Close Up.
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The RIAA certifies Mark Chesnutt’s Longnecks & Short Stories Platinum.
Source: CMA Close Up.
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The RIAA certifies Mark Chesnutt’s debut album Too Cold at Home Platinum.
Source: CMA Close Up.
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The RIAA certifies Reba McEntire’s Greatest Hits Volume Two 3× Platinum.
Source: CMA Close Up.
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The RIAA certifies Reba McEntire’s Read My Mind 2× Platinum.
Source: CMA Close Up.
Song Recordings & Releases
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Old-time musician Clarence “Tom” Ashley records “The Coo-Coo Bird” in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Source: RolandNote.
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Tex Ritter records “I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You” and “There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder” in Los Angeles.
Source: RolandNote.
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MGM releases Hank Williams’ single “Baby, We’re Really in Love.”
Source: RolandNote.
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Porter Wagoner records “Your Old Love Letters” at RCA Studio B in Nashville.
Source: RolandNote.
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The Kendalls record “Sweet Desire” and “Pittsburgh Stealers” at LSI Sound Studio in Nashville.
Source: RolandNote.
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RCA releases Alabama’s “Face to Face,” featuring K.T. Oslin.
Source: RolandNote.
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Keith Whitley records “Don’t Close Your Eyes” at the Sound Emporium in Nashville.
Source: RolandNote.
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RCA releases Alabama’s “Keepin’ Up” from the compilation For the Record.
Source: Wikipedia.
No. 1 Songs
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Buck Owens holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Love’s Gonna Live Here.”
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Tammy Wynette reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Stand by Your Man,” beginning a three-week run.
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Loretta Lynn reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Trouble in Paradise.”
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Gary Morris reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “I’ll Never Stop Loving You.”
Source: Billboard chart archive.
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Garth Brooks holds at No. 1 for a second week on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart with his recording of Billy Joel’s “Shameless.”
Source: Billboard — November 23, 1991.
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Deana Carter reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart with “Strawberry Wine.”
Source: Billboard — November 23, 1996.
Traditional Country News
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The western Come On, Rangers, starring Roy Rogers, opens in theaters.
Source: AFI Catalog.
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Patsy Cline opens a 35-day engagement at the Mint Casino’s Merri-Mint Theater in Las Vegas, with Tompall & the Glaser Brothers on backing vocals.
Source: Patsy Cline chronology.
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Jack Greene sings “There Goes My Everything” aboard a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
Source: RolandNote.
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Trace Adkins makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, performing “Every Light in the House” and proposing to Rhonda Forlaw onstage.
Source: Grand Ole Opry.
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CBS airs a 75th anniversary celebration of the Grand Ole Opry, hosted by Vince Gill and Dolly Parton.
Source: RolandNote.
This historical date is reused each year. Only verified events are included.