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On March 18, 1965, Buck Owens was No. 1 on the country singles chart with "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," one of the songs that defined the Bakersfield sound. In 1971, Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden was No. 1 on the country album chart. Charley Pride and Dennis Linde share this birthday.
Buck Owens was No. 1 on the country singles chart with "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," one of the songs that defined the Bakersfield sound.
Charley Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi. He scored 30 No. 1 country hits and was a top seller for RCA. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993. He died in 2020 at 86.
Margie Bowes was born in Roxboro, North Carolina. She reached the country Top 10 in 1959 with "Poor Old Heartsick Me." She died in 2020 at 79.
Dennis Linde was born in Abilene, Texas. He wrote "Burning Love" for Elvis Presley and many country songs over the years. He died in 2006 at 63.
Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden was No. 1 on the country album chart. It spent 14 weeks at the top, a record for a female country singer until Shania Twain came along in 1995.
Willie Nelson was No. 1 on the country singles chart with "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys," from the movie The Electric Horseman.
Randy Travis was No. 1 on the country singles chart with "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" from No Holdin' Back. It stayed on top for four weeks.
Taylor Swift's debut album, Taylor Swift, was back at No. 1 on the country album chart. Big Machine Records put it out in 2006 when she was 16.
Taylor Swift played the first of two Fearless Tour nights at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
Ned Miller died at 90 in Medford, Oregon. He wrote and sang "From a Jack to a King," a 1962 hit on both the country and pop charts.
Charley Pride (1934), Margie Bowes (1941) and Dennis Linde (1943) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1965, Buck Owens was No. 1 on the country singles chart with "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," one of the songs that defined the Bakersfield sound. In 1971, Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden was No. 1 on the country album chart.
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