Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Thursday, Sept. 12) Advertisement George Jones born near Saratoga, Texas, 1931. Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton's "Both To Each Other" hit No. 1 in Radio & Records, 1986. 13-year-old Elvis Presley moved with his parents from Tupelo, Miss. to Memphis, 1948. George Strait's "Greatest Hits" album certified double platinum, 1991. Lefty Frizzell recorded "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues," 1958. MUSIC AND MORE COUNTRY STARS MARK SEPT. 11 While many country music artists did not perform on the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, others used their talent to help remember that day and honor those who died. Those performing included Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels and Toby Keith, each of whom wrote songs in the aftermath of the attacks. Williams and Daniels joined the Washington Symphony for a noon-hour concert outside the nation's Capitol and Keith played at a county fair in Michigan. Martina McBride sang the national anthem Wednesday night during a ceremony at Centennial Park in Nashville. Advertisement Lonestar and Phil Vassar also performed at the park, where McBride and Vassar sang during a candlelight vigil on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the attacks. WILLIE CALLS OFF OPRY SHOW A ruptured blood vessel in Willie Nelson's nose has forced him to call off his Grand Old Opry performance scheduled for this Saturday. Nelson was hospitalized for treatment of the problem last week and needs more rest to recuperate. He plans to resume his tour on Sept. 20 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and perform at Farm Aid 2002 near Pittsburgh Sept. 21. LIGHTFOOT HAS SERIOUS BLOOD VESSEL PROBLEM Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot remains hospitalized in serious condition with a weakness in an abdominal artery. The chief surgeon at a Hamilton, Ontario, hospital says the 63-year-old Lightfoot's good physical condition may have saved his life. Lightfoot was airlifted to the hospital Sunday after becoming ill prior to a performance in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario. He was found to have internal bleeding triggered by the rare blood vessel disorder. Doctors say they cannot predict how long Lightfoot will be hospitalized and declined to give a prognosis. Lightfoot, whose career has spanned more than four decades, is best known for "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Advertisement
