Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy

Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Classic Country Weekend Saturdays 7:00-10:00 AM on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM I grew up listening to the music I now get to play for you each week.

A lifelong country music fan, I first started in radio 40 years ago. My experience includes being a disc jockey at stations whose formats included Country, Top 40, and Oldies. Other broadcasting experience includes news, sports and traffic. In addition to radio I have worked the night club scene, operated a private DJ business, and have emceed special events for entertainers including Josie Waverl

y and Terry Lee Goffey. Now, I have the privilege to take that experience and put together a show for you each week that features the very best in classic country. Each week, my goal is to entertain you with great music interspersed with occasional stories about the artists and their music. My objective is to give YOU a reason to WANT to tune in to Classic Country Weekend by providing a unique show that isn't quite like anything else.

Be sure to tune in this morning for 3 hours of the greatest country hits from the 60's 70's 80's and more. Broadcasting ...
05/30/2026

Be sure to tune in this morning for 3 hours of the greatest country hits from the 60's 70's 80's and more. Broadcasting on Rochester Free Radio 106.3 FM. Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and on the free Radio Garden App.

05/25/2026

Congratulations to our 3 weekly winners
Kim Schwartz of Jamestown
David Addley of Ontario and
Lisa Ewano of Greece

Each winner is receiving a pair of tickets for the 2026 Finger Lakes Country Music Festival starring Lee Brice.

Thanks to all who listened and entered!

Here is one final chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2026 Finger Lakes Country Music Festival one week from today at...
05/23/2026

Here is one final chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2026 Finger Lakes Country Music Festival one week from today at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Palmyra, N.Y. starring Lee Brice with Special Guest - 2026 ACM New Artist of the Year - Avery Anna!

Just Like and comment on this post for your chance to win. One person will be chosen at random on Monday morning. Courtesy of Classic Country Weekend, Shaking up Rochester and Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM.

David from Ontario NY is this weeks winner. Also, congrats to last weeks winner (which I forgot to post) - Kim of Jamest...
05/20/2026

David from Ontario NY is this weeks winner. Also, congrats to last weeks winner (which I forgot to post) - Kim of Jamestown, NY who streams CCW at www.rochesterfreeradio.com

We'll have one more chance for you and a guest to go see Lee Brice at the Finger Lakes Country Music Festival Saturday May 30th at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Palmyra, NY along with Special Guest 2026 ACM New Artist of the Year Avery Anna!

Be sure to listen this Saturday morning from 7-10 AND come back to this page for your chance to win courtesy of Classic Country Weekend with special thanks to Shaking up Rochester 106.3FM

On this date (5/8) in country music history...1956 - Johnny Cash records "Train Of Love". The song peaked at #7 on the ...
05/08/2026

On this date (5/8) in country music history...

1956 - Johnny Cash records "Train Of Love". The song peaked at #7 on the country singles chart and #1 on the Billboard Most Played Country & Western Jukebox chart.

1961 - Faron Young tops the country charts with the Willie Nelson penned "Hello Walls". Ralph Emery recorded a parody of the song called "Hello Fool".

1968 - "The Solemn Old Judge" George D. Hay, who founded the Grand Ole Opry passes away at the age of 72.

1971 - Conway Twitty returns to the top of the country charts with "How Much More Can She Stand".

1976 - Charley Pride's "My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" reaches the top of Billboard's country singles chart.

1976 - Five years after relinquishing his membership, George Hamilton IV rejoins the Grand Ole Opry.

1982 - Willie Nelson scores his 8th #1 country single with his cover of "Always On My Mind". The song would also earn him a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

On this date (5/7) in country music history...1949 - Hank Williams "Lovesick Blues" tops the country singles chart to be...
05/07/2026

On this date (5/7) in country music history...

1949 - Hank Williams "Lovesick Blues" tops the country singles chart to become his very first #1 hit.

1958 - Seven years before he would turn his attention to country music, Conway Twitty scores a #1 hit on Billboards Hot 100 with "It's Only Make Believe", which he cowrote with Jack Nance.

1977 - Conway Twitty makes his 20th appearance at the top of the country charts with "Play, Guitar Plat".

1983 Shelly West takes "Jose Cuervo" to #1 on the country singles chart. It is her only appearance at the top as a solo artist. (She had shared the top spot 2 years prior with David Frizzell and their duet "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma".)

1994 - Clint Black makes his 8th appearance at the top of the country charts with "Good Run Of Bad Luck", which he cowrote with Hayden Nichols.

Be sure to listen to Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday morning in the 8 o'clock hour to find out how you c...
05/06/2026

Be sure to listen to Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday morning in the 8 o'clock hour to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the 2026 Finger Lakes Country Music Festival featuring Lee Brice along with special guest - 2026 ACM New Artist Of The Year Anna Avery!

On this date (5/6) in country music history...1958 - Ray Price records the Roger Miller penned "Invitation To The Blues"...
05/06/2026

On this date (5/6) in country music history...

1958 - Ray Price records the Roger Miller penned "Invitation To The Blues". The song spent 19 weeks on the country charts, peaking at #3.

1970- Sammi Smith records "Help Me Make It Through The Night". Written by Kris Kristofferson, not only was it her first (and only) #1 single, it was a crossover hit, peaking a #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. It was named the 1971 CMA Single Of The Year, and earned her the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

1978 - Dolly Parton tops the country charts with "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right".

1985 MCA Records releases George Strait's "The Fireman" as the 3rd and final single from his album "Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind". It would go on to peak at #5.

On this date (5/4) in country music history...1959 - Randy (Traywick) Travis is born in Monroe, North Carolina1959 - Col...
05/04/2026

On this date (5/4) in country music history...

1959 - Randy (Traywick) Travis is born in Monroe, North Carolina

1959 - Columbia Records releases Stonewall Jackson's "Waterloo". The song would become the biggest hit of his career, spending 5 weeks at #1.

1963 - Hawkshaw Hawkins scores a posthumous #1 single with "Lonesome-77203".

1974 - "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" becomes the 17th #1 single of Merle Haggard's career.

1977 - Warner Brothers releases Emmylou Harris' cover of the 1955 Kitty Wells hit "Making Believe", written by Jimmy Work

1985 - Alabama charts their 16th #1 single with "There's No Way".

On this date (5/3) in Country Music History...1928 - Dave Dudley was born Spencer Wisconsin. He was a professional baseb...
05/03/2026

On this date (5/3) in Country Music History...

1928 - Dave Dudley was born Spencer Wisconsin. He was a professional baseball player with the Chicago White Sox's farm team before an arm injury ended his pitching career. He's best remembered for his 1963 hit "Six Days On the Road".

1947 - The Ernest Tubb Record Shop opens in Nashville.

1952 - Kitty Wells records "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels".

1952 - Eddy Arnold is at the top of the country singles chart with "Easy On The Eyes".

1954 - Little Jimmy Dickens' "Out Behind the Barn" is released to radio.

1971 - Willie Nelson first records "Yesterday's Wine" at RCA Studio B. 11 years later, it would become a #1 hit for Merle Haggard and George Jones.

1975 - Joe Stampley scores a #1 hit with the truck driving classic "Roll On Big Mama".

1977 - The Oak Ridge Boys record "Y'All Come Back Saloon" for their upcoming album by the same name. Released in July of that same year, it would peak at #3.

1980 - Debby Boone sits atop the Billboard Country Singles chart with "Are You On The Road To Loving Me Again".

1984 - President Ronald Reagan honors Roy Acuff at the Kennedy Center, celebrating his over 50 years in country music. In 1991 he would become the first country artist bestowed the Kennedy Centers Lifetime Achievement Award.

1986 - Earl Thomas Conley scores his 11th #1 single with "Once In A Blue Moon".

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