Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Friday, Jan. 31) Advertisement C.W. McCall's "Convoy" ends six-week run at No. 1, 1976. Alabama's "Southern Star" album goes gold, 1989. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton record Top Ten single "Holding on to Nothin'," 1968. Merle Haggard records No. 1 single "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde," 1968. Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart hit No. 1 with "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," 1992. (Saturday, Feb. 1) Don Everly born in Brownie, Ky., 1937. Del McCoury born in Bakersville, N.C., 1939. Janis Gill of Sweethearts of the Rodeo born, 1954. Mickey Gilley tops the charts with "City Lights," 1975. Ricky Van Shelton earns sixth gold album with "A Bridge I Didn't Burn," 1994. "Best of Vince Gill" certifies platinum, 1995. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash married, 1968. Then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan pardons Merle Haggard, 1972. (Sunday, Feb. 2) Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers born, 1946. Advertisement Rusty Kershaw was born, 1946 Alabama's "My Home's in Alabama" hits charts, the group's first Top 20 single, 1980. The Judds "Heartland" album goes gold, 1987. MUSIC AND MORE MARK WILLS SINGLE NO. 1 FOR FIFTH WEEK Mark Wills' single "19 Somethin'" is at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the fifth consecutive week, ahead of No. 2 "The Baby" by Blake Shelton. "I Just Wanna Be Mad" by Terri Clark jumped from fifth to third, while Emerson Drive's "Fall Into Me" slipped to No. 4 and "You Can't Hide Beautiful" by Aaron Lines rose from No. 5 from sixth. Big gainers include "Travelin' Soldier" by the Dixie Chicks, which rose from No. 21 to 15th, Jennifer Hanson's "Beautiful Goodbye," from 24th to No. 18, and "That'd Be Alright," 25th to 19th. CHICKS' 'HOME' STILL NO. 1 COUNTRY ALBUM The Dixie Chicks "Home" album remains No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums and held onto the fourth position on the all-genre Billboard 200. Shania Twain's "Up!" and "Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors" stay Nos. 2-3, while "Elvis: 30 #1 Hits" is fourth and "Cry" by Faith Hill is No. 5. Advertisement OPRY, ELVIS AND OTHERS IN NATIONAL REGISTRY The Grand Ole Opry, bluegrass legend Bill Monroe, Elvis Presley and other artists represent country music in the inaugural picks for the National Recording Registry. Fifty recordings that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" are to be chosen each year for the registry, maintained by the Library of Congress. The country music selections include: - "Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" (1922) by master fiddler Eck Robertson, recognized as the first performer to make country music recordings; - Victor Talking Machine Co. sessions in Bristol, Tenn. (1927), with the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Stoneman, and others; - The Grand Ole Opry's first network radio broadcast (1939), featuring Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff and others; - "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (1947) by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys; - Elvis Presley's Sun Records sessions (1954-1955).
