On This Day in Country Music: September 27

Josh Graves

Josh Graves was born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Known as "Uncle Josh," he joined Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1955 and made the Dobro a key sound in bluegrass. He died on September 30, 2006.

Hank Snow held the top spot on Billboard's country charts with "I'm Movin' On." The train song spent 21 weeks at No. 1 on the best sellers chart, one of the longest runs the country charts have ever seen.

John Denver reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "I'm Sorry." It was his second pop chart-topper that year after "Thank God I'm a Country Boy." The song later went to No. 1 on the country chart too.

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Tim McGraw's second album, Not a Moment Too Soon, was riding high at No. 1 on the country albums chart. It held the top spot for 26 straight weeks and was named Album of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.

Brooks & Dunn put out Waitin' on Sundown, their third studio album. It gave them three No. 1 songs, including "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind," and became the duo's first album to top the country chart.

LeAnn Rimes released Lady & Gentlemen, her twelfth studio album. She sang songs made famous by male country stars like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, and Vince Gill helped produce it.

Texas band Whiskey Myers released a self-titled album. It opened at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart a couple of weeks later.

Flatt & Scruggs opened a run of shows at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The bluegrass legends brought banjo and fiddle music to a hall better known for rock bands and wild light shows.

Roy Orbison and Creedence Clearwater Revival stopped by Johnny Cash's ABC variety show. Orbison sang "Cryin'" and joined Cash on "Pretty Woman," while Creedence played "Bad Moon Rising."