This date in 1981, the #1 country song was “Texas Woman,” by Hank Williams Jr. was at #1 on the US country singles chart with “Texas Women.”
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Tuesday, April 3 1928 – Today would have been the 90th birthday of Don Gibson, who had a string of hits in the 60’s and wrote many country standards including “Sweet Dreams,” for Patsy Cline. He died from natural causes on November 17, 2003.
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