1960s Timeline

Mar. 30, 1963 - Country western bandleader George Jones (pictured) and six of his musicians suffered injuries in a traffic accident near...

Mar. 29, 1963 - Mrs. Ruby Fox (right in 1944), known as “Texas Ruby” to Grand Ole Opry audiences, burned to death in a house trailer fire...

Mar. 6, 1963 - The shattered bodies of Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Cowboy Copas — all top country singers — were found today in...

Aug. 6, 1962 - On sale today is Patsy Cline’s new LP, “Sentimentally Yours,” released by Decca Records. It is Miss Cline’s third studio...

July 24, 1961 - Jack Elliott (pictured with his wife June), a vagabond minstrel whose theme has been the song of the open road for nearly...

July 16, 1961 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (right), who recently left nighttime TV after five years on NBC, has seen his way to daylight on...