Today In Country Music History

The John Wayne film “Rio Bravo” opens, RCA goes stereo, Kenny Rogers picks a fine time to get his first Number One, George Strait sells some Arizona real estate, The Judds get a gold record, Garth auditions for Capitol, Tracy Lawrence does something dumb, Charlie Daniels gets mad at Guitar Hero, and to be a fly on the wall today in 1978, when Jones and Paycheck record a Chuck Berry classic.