April 2: On This Day
1938 – Singer/songwriter Warner Mack is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1942 – Musician/songwriter Leon Russell is born in Lawton, Oklahoma.
1947 – Singer/songwriter/musician EmmyLou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
1956 – Johnny Cash records his classic song, I Walk the Line, which became his first #1 Billboard country hit.
1961 – Nashville Star Buddy Jewell is born in Lepanto, Arkansas.
1962 – Country singer/songwriter Billy Dean is born in Quincy, Florida.
1995 – Trisha Yearwood is #1 on the Country Singles Chart with Thinkin’ About You.
2002 – Marty Stuart receives a DUI following an arrest in Hendersonville, Tennessee.