Today is my final day guest hosting Number 1’s at 1. Colin Lovequist is back in the #1 chair for Friday’s edition of the show. We’ll celebrate the life and legacy of Jim Reeves to kick off the show. His album “Distant Drums” reached number 1 on the country albums chart on this day in 1966. […]
Coming up on today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1: Emmylou Harris will kick start the show in style today. She reached number one on June 17th, 1978 with “Two More Bottles of Wine.” Willie Nelson started his second week of an 11 week ride at number 1 on the Billboard country albums chart on this […]
Here on the Friday edition of Number 1’s at 1 we’ll look at today’s country music milestones and celebrate the country music hits of Saturday and Sunday! Ferlin Husky joined the Grande Ole Opry on this day in 1954. A year earlier he had with Jean Sheppard on “A Dear John Letter,” which would go […]
Colin Lovequist is away this week which means I’ll have today’s edition of number 1’s at 1 and we’re going to celebrate the life of Ray Charles. Ray Charles passed away on this day in 2004 from liver failure. He helped bring country music to mainstream thanks to his ground breaking album “Modern Sounds of […]
Coming up on today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1: Buck Owens was in the middle of a two week ride at number one on this day in 1964 with “Together Again.” It’s said the steel guitar solo inspired Jerry Garcia to learn how to play the instrument. Garcia would then go on to co-found The […]
Coming up on today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1 we’ll take a look at today’s milestones in country music history and look ahead to the weekend. Country music fans mourned the loss of Conway Twitty 27 years ago today. He passed away at the age of 59 from an abdominal aneurysm. T.G. Sheppard landed his 10th number […]
Coming up on today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1 “Ol’ Waylon” kicked off a 13 week ride at number 1 on this day in 1977. It was Waylon Jennings’ fourth album in a row to go number 1 thanks to its hit song “Luckenbach, Texas. Speaking of Waylon Jennings, he landed his 12th number […]
Cody will have today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1. Coming up on the show: One of the pioneers of the Bakersfield sound and a fella who inspired the likes of Buck Owens, Nick Lowe, and Merle Haggard scored a number 1 on this day in 1967. “Such a Pretty World Today” would become a […]
Colin Lovequist is on the road to Kipling today as part of Country Cookout delivery #11. I’ll have today’s edition of Number 1’s at 1 and here’s what’s coming up: Buddy Holly released “That’ll be the Day” on May 27th, 1957. The song would go on to become Holly’s first number one hit. Conway Twitty […]
This past weekend was an incredibly busy one around the Glydon bachelor pad thanks to nice weather and the itch to get out and do some gardening. While preparing the flower beds I noticed that creeping bellflower is a real problem in many yards, not just mine. What a terrible weed to try and deal with. […]
