Electric Willie – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]
December 21st, 1979
Willie Nelson makes his film debut with the opening of "The Electric Horseman," also starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. The soundtrack would include several Nelson's contributions: "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys", "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", "So You Think You're a Cowboy", "Hands on the Wheel" and "Midnight Rider".
The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson, and then runs away on a $12 million electric-lit horse and costume he is given to promote it in Las Vegas. Nelson plays Wendell Hickson, a veteran rodeo rider.
2001
Josh Turner makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, performing "Long Black Train"
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2013 – Parmalee – “Carolina”
2002 – Toby Keith – “Whose Your Daddy”
1996 – Alan Jackson – “Little Bitty”
1991 – Brooks & Dunn – “My Next Broken Heart”
1985 – George Strait – “The Chair”
1974 – Billy Swan – “I Can Help”
1968 – Glen Campbell – “Wichita Lineman”
1963 – Buck Owens – “Love’s Gonna Live Here”
1959 – Marty Robbins – “El Paso”
1946 – Merle Travis – “Divorce Me C.O.D.”
ALBUMS
2013 – Garth Brooks – Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences
2002 – Shania Twain – Up!
1996 – LeAnn Rimes – Blue
1991 – Garth Brooks – Ropin’ The Wind
1985 – Gary Morris – Anything Goes
1974 – John Denver – Back Home Again
1968 – Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Birthdays
Singer Freddie Hart is 88
Singer-slide guitarist Lee Roy Parnell is 58
Songwriter/guitarist Brad Warren (The Warren Brothers) is 46
Singer/songwriter Eric Gunderson (Love And Theft) is 30