Big D Country

06/09/2026

Born on this day 1963 in Beaumont, Texas, Mark Chesnutt, country music singer who scored the 1991 US Country #1 single with his version of "Brother Jukebox", (which Don Everley had recorded in 1977).🎶

05/09/2026

Born on this day 1939, in Akron, Ohio, was David Allan Coe songwriter, outlaw country music singer and guitarist. His best-known compositions are the #1 successes "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)," which was covered by Tanya Tucker; and "Take This Job and Shove It," which was later covered by Johnny Paycheck.🎶

04/09/2026

Great News! New album from Randy Travis ! 🎶

Ever since we lost the voice of Randy Travis in 2013, the wish and the hope has been that somewhere out there might be a trove of material the world has never heard before from this one-in-a-million voice in country music.

04/09/2026

This day 1991, Dottie West, country music singer and songwriter died in hospital on the operating table aged 58. West had been involved in a car crash a few days earlier when she was on her way to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Along with Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, West is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Her career started in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again," which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965.🎶

03/09/2026

This day 1974, "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" a song written by Kris Kristofferson, and recorded by Ronnie Milsap was at #1 on the Country chart...🎶

01/09/2026

Born on this day 1933,in Friars Point, Mississippi, was Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins). Conway held the record for the most #1 singles of any act with 55 #1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006. He scored his first #1 in 1958 with "It's Only Make Believe" sadly he died on June 5, 1993...🎶

01/09/2026

Born on this day 1931 in Sterrett, Texas, was American country music singer Boxcar Willie. "Boxcar Willie" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name. He died on April 12, 1999, interstate 35E and Farm to Market Road 664 in Red Oak, Texas was renamed Boxcar Willie Memorial Overpass.🎶

31/08/2026

This day 1974, Dolly Parton released "Love Is Like a Butterfly" as the first single and title track from the album of the same name. The song became her fourth #1 on the country chart as a solo artist (and her third consecutive #1). Dolly used the song as the opening theme for her 1976–77 TV variety show Dolly!🎶

29/08/2026

On this day 1994, Alan Jackson released "Livin' on Love" which became his ninth #1 single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The track was the second single from his album Who I Am.🎶

28/08/2026

Born on this day 1965, in Windsor, Ontario, was Shania Twain, Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. Shania has won 5 Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards and is sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Pop", she is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time, having sold over 80 million albums.🎶