Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy

07/19/2025

Coming up this morning on this weeks edition of Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy...

You can never go wrong when you start off the day with George Jones, and we will do just that with a Top 10 hit from 1981 off of his "I Am What I Am" album. We'll have a big hit from 1963 by a gentleman who would have turned 88 years old today, plus we will take time to remember a country music legend who passed away 50 years ago today.

Early on in the second hour we'll have a song that spent 32 weeks on the country charts including 12 consecutive weeks at #1. Later in the hour we will remember a true pioneer in country music who passed away 13 years ago this week, and we'll also pay honor to a gentleman who holds the distinction of being the longest standing member of the Grand Ole Opry. (Hint... he celebrated his 64th anniversary as a member of the Opry family this past Thursday).

Aaron Neville will welcome you to our 3rd and final hour as he invites you to "step right up" to his cover of a George Jones classic. We'll also feature a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame who turned 71 years young yesterday, and we'll have music from Mickey Gilley with a song that reached the top of the country singles chart on this very date back in 1980.

So pour that cup of wake me up, settle in to your favorite chair and get ready for 3 hours of solid gold country classics. It's Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy this morning from 7:00 - 10:00 A.M. EDT on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 - Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and available on your tablet or smartphone with the free Radio Garden App.

06/21/2025

Tune in this morning starting at 7:00 A.M. WRFZ 106.3 FM, streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com or on your tablet, Chromebook, or smartphone with the free Radio Garden App!

06/18/2025

05/24/2025

Coming up this morning on Classic Country Weekend, your chance to win a pair of tickets to the fourth annual Finger Lakes Country Music Festival Saturday June 14th in Palmyra, N.Y. featuring Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch along with Special Guest Rae Lynn.

Be sure to be listening in the 8 O'clock hour for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the show.

Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday mornings from 7-10 on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and on the free Radio Garden App.

05/17/2025

Coming up this morning on Classic Country Weekend, your chance to win a pair of tickets to the fourth annual Finger Lakes Country Music Festival Saturday June 14th in Palmyra, N.Y. featuring Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch along with Special Guest Rae Lynn.

Be sure to be listening in the 8 O'clock hour for instructions on how to enter to win a pair of tickets to the show. HINT: You will need to come back to THIS post to enter.

Classic Country Weekend with Tom Tracy Saturday mornings from 7-10 on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 FM Streaming online at www.rochesterfreeradio.com and on the free Radio Garden App.

05/10/2025

Remembering Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez December 10, 1951 - May 9, 2025

04/24/2025

Stay tuned to Classic Country Weekend on Rochester Free Radio WRFZ 106.3 Starting May 10 we'll be giving away tickets to see Nashville recording artist Dustin Lynch with special guest Rae Lynn Saturday June 14th in Palmyra!

04/05/2025

Grab your coffee (or something stronger, I don't judge) and get ready to join me for 3 hours of REAL country music!

04/03/2025

Today in country music history:

Apr 3, 1990 MCA releases Marty Stuart's single "Hillbilly Rock"

Apr 3, 1989 MCA releases Conway Twitty's single "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind", Universal releases Eddy Raven's "In A Letter To You", and MCA releases George Strait's "What's Going On In Your World".

Apr 3, 1982 The Oak Ridge Boys hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Bobbie Sue"

Apr 3, 1976 Freddy Fender reaches the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "You'll Lose A Good Thing"

Apr 3, 196 Roy Clark makes the first of several guest appearances on "The Beverly Hillbillies," playing Cousin Roy and Mother Myrtle

Apr 3, 1961 Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime.

Apr 3, 1948 Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to Hank Williams begging him to straighten out his life: "Forget the fire water and let me take care of your business"

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Apr 3, 1928 Singer/songwriter Don Gibson is born in Shelby, North Carolina.

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04/02/2025

On this date in country music history:

Apr 2, 1992 Wynonna Judd performs her first solo concert in Midland, Texas

Apr 2, 1990 Diamond Rio signs its first recording contract, with Arista Records

Apr 2, 1980 Anne Murray wins four of Canada's Juno awards, including Best Single, for "I Just Fall In Love Again"

Apr 2, 1977 "Lucille" brings Kenny Rogers his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine

Apr 2, 1962 Billy Dean is born in Quincy, Florida.

Apr 2, 1956 Johnny Cash records "I Walk The Line" and "Get Rhythm" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis

Apr 2, 1950 WSM announcer David Cobb refers to Nashville as "Music City U.S.A.," unwittingly coining a nickname for the Tennessee capital.

Apr 2, 1949 George Morgan's "Candy Kisses" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart

Apr 2, 1947 Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama.

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03/28/2025

On this date in country music history...

Mar 28, 1992 Reba McEntire takes the #1 spot on the country singles chart with "Is There Life Out There"

Mar 28, 1986 A Pl***oy poll names Alabama the Best Band for 1985

Mar 28, 1980 Tom T. Hall and Conway Twitty are both inducted in to the Grand Ole Opry

Mar 28, 1970 "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" hits the top of the Billboard country albums chart for the first of four straight weeks

Mar 28, 1964 Persuaded by Bill Anderson, Connie Smith visits Nashville for the first time to appear on "The Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree"

Mar 28, 1957 Patsy Cline's divorce from Gerald Cline is finalized

Mar 28, 1950 Hank Snow records "I'm Moving On" at Brown Radio Productions on Fourth Avenue North during his first Nashville session

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