Jack Greene born in Maryville, Tenn.
1943 Leona Williams born in Vienna, Mo.
1949 Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman born in
Spartanburg, S.C.
1959 David Lee Murphy born in Herrin, Ill.
1949 Gene Autry scored a No. 1 hit with a new song,
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," now a Christmas
classic
1978 "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck
began two weeks as the No. 1 single on the country
chart
1998 Producer and Country Music Hall of Fame member
Owen Bradley died
2004 Josh Turner's debut album, Long Black Train,
certified gold
1950 Hank Snow debuted on the Grand Ole Opry
1967 Charley Pride debuted on the Grand Ole Opry
1998 Alan Jackson's Honky Tonk Christmas album certified
platinum
1998 LeAnn Rimes' You Light Up My Life album certified
quadruple platinum
1933 WWVA Wheeling Jamboree began
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