Your daily look at this day in country history, from classic Opry nights to the newest No. 1 hits.
On June 2, 1990, Banjo picker and funnyman Mike Snider joined the Grand Ole Opry. In 2011, Shania Twain got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s also Carl Butler’s birthday.
Banjo picker and funnyman Mike Snider joined the Grand Ole Opry. Minnie Pearl did the honors. Folks laugh at his stories, but he is just as respected for his banjo playing.
Carl Butler was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. With his wife, Pearl, he sang as Carl Butler and Pearl, and their very first single, "Don't Let Me Cross Over," went to No. 1 in 1962.
Craig Strickland, lead singer of the Arkansas band Backroad Anthem, was born on this day. He was lost at age 29 after a duck hunting trip in Oklahoma during a winter storm in December 2015.
Source: famousbirthdays.comGlen Campbell's album Galveston was No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song, written by Jimmy Webb, tells of a soldier who misses his sweetheart and his Texas hometown.
Shania Twain got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It sits on Hollywood Boulevard in the recording category and was the 2,442nd star on the Walk.
Source: walkoffame.comRandy Travis released his first studio album, Storms of Life, on Warner Bros. It climbed to No. 1 on the country albums chart and gave fans "On the Other Hand," "1982" and "Diggin' Up Bones."
Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett released "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere." The song spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the country chart and won the CMA Award for Vocal Event of the Year.
Luke Combs released This One's for You. The album opened at No. 1 on the country albums chart and kept coming back, finally logging 50 weeks on top. That matched Shania Twain's Come On Over for the longest run ever.
Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw opened their Brothers of the Sun Tour at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The two shared top billing on the summer stadium run, with Grace Potter and Jake Owen opening.
Helen Carter, oldest daughter of Mother Maybelle Carter, died at 70. She sang with her mother and sisters June and Anita in the Carter Sisters, a trailblazing family group later billed as The Carter Family.
Steel guitar great Weldon Myrick died at 76. He helped form Area Code 615 with Charlie McCoy and Bobby Thompson, and as a member of the Nashville A-Team he played on records for many top country stars.
Wayne Secrest, bass player and founding member of Confederate Railroad, died at 68 in Lexington, Kentucky. Poor health had led him to step away from the band the year before.
Source: musicrow.comGuitarist Jimmy Capps died at 81. A longtime player in the Grand Ole Opry house band and the Nashville A-Team, he played on classics like "Stand By Your Man," "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "Amarillo By Morning."
Source: obits.gazette.comCarl Butler (1927) was born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1969, Glen Campbell's album Galveston was No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart.
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