September 18
We honor country music's greatest voice on Hank Williams' birthday today in 1923, the Alabama songwriter whose lonesome sound and classics like "Your Cheatin' Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" defined honky-tonk music before his tragic death at 29… Nashville lost a masterful songwriter on this date in 2024 when JD Souther passed away, ending the life of the Eagles collaborator and solo artist who penned classics like "Best of My Love" and "Heartache Tonight" while epitomizing the California country-rock sound… Music technology took a revolutionary leap today in 1931 when RCA-Victor demonstrated the first long-playing 33⅓ rpm record in New York, laying the groundwork for the LP format that would transform how artists conceived and presented their work… Television censorship collided with rock rebellion on this day in 1967 when The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show for refusing to change the ly...
