American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With One of the Biggest Hits in Country Music History—a Song That Held a 49-Year Record

Sixty-two years ago today, Buck Owens was in the middle of a historic run at the top of the country chart with a record-breaking hit.
Texarkana Gazette

Buck Owens hit started out as a joke

This month in 1963: The lives of all 129 men aboard the atomic submarine Thresher were lost when the nuclear attack submarine sank in the Atlantic, some 200 miles east of Boston; The National Football ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With a Song That Outperformed Every Country Single for the Next Five Decades

On this day (October 31) in 1963, Buck Owens was at No. 1 with “Love’s Gonna Live Here.” The single stayed atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 17 non-consecutive weeks. In doing so, the ...