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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1929-08-12 | Born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. |
| 1932 or 1933-0-0 | Renames himself "Buck" after the family mule |
| 1937-11-0 | Moves to Mesa, Arizona (suburb of Phoenix) |
| 1942-08-00 | Quits school after eighth grade Begins working as Western Union messenger boy, washed and polished cars, and loaded and unloaded fruit |
| 1942-12-25 | Receives mandolin as Christmas gift from parents |
| 1943-00-00 - 1945-00-00 | Receives first guitar (Regal) from father Teaches himself to play guitar |
| 1945-00-00 | Teams with 19-year-old guitarist Theryl Ray Britten "Buck and Britt" radio show KTYL in Mesa, Arizona Plays local honky-tonks with Britt |
| 1945-00-00 - 1950-00-00 | Plays Phoenix-area honky-tonks with trumpeter named Kelly Begins playing electric steel guitar Meets Mac MacAtee and joined Mac's Skillet Lickers playing electric steel guitar Meets Bonnie Campbell (a singer for Mac's Skillet Lickers) Plays music and drove trucks to make a living Meets Marty Robinson (a.k.a. Robins) who occasionally sat in with Buck. Marty played electric steel guitar while Buck sang Hank Williams |
| 1948-01-13 | Marries Bonnie Campbell |
| 1948-05-22 | Alan Edgar Owens ("Buddy") born |
| 1950-00-00 (During the decade) | Records Country Girl (Leavin' Dirty Tracks)/? for Chesterfield label |
| 1950-03-08 | Michael Lynn Owens born |
| 1951-05-00 | Moves to Bakersfield, California Buck's parents moved there later in 1951 Joins Dusty Rhodes' band |
| 1951-09-0 | Joins Bill Woods & The Orange Blossom Playboys, house band at the Blackboard in Bakersfield |
| 1951-09-00 - 1958-5-0 | Plays with the Orange Blossom Playboys at the Blackboard Demands of new music leads to change of guitar: changes from electrified Gibson L-7 archtop to Fender Telecaster paid $35.00 for first Tele - previously owned by Lewis Talley |
| 1953-00-00 | Buck and Bonnie divorce, remaining friends and sharing custody of Buddy and Michael Performances with Bill Woods at the Blackboard inspire Town Hall Party guitarist Joe Maphis to write Dim Light, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) |
| 1953-09-08 | Records lead guitar for Tommy Collins' You Better Not Do That at Capitol's Melrose Avenue Studios (song peaks at #2 nationwide) |
| 1954-00-00 | Plays lead guitar for Tommy Collins at the Grand Ole Opry works temporarily as Tommy Collins' guitarist, but later returns to the Blackboard and Bill Woods' band Records lead guitar and vocal harmonies for Terry Fell's Truck Driving Man for RCA's "X" label at Lu-Tal Recording Studios on Bakersfield (owned by Lewis Tally). Fell tries unsuccessfully to get "X" interested in Buck, but does get Pico Rivera and Claude Caviness at the Pep label interested |
| 1954-00-00 - 1958-00-00 | Works as studio musician and gofer for Ken Nelson at Capitol in addition to his Blackboard gigs. Records for Stan Freberg, Del Reeves, Gene Vincent, Tommy Sands, Wanda Jackson, Sonny James, Faron Young and others |
| 1956-00-00 | Buck marries Phyllis Buford |
| 1956-00-00 | Buck's first release Down on the Corner of Love/It Don't Show on Me recorded in Los Angeles on PEP label. Four more records recorded for Pep at Lu-Tal in Bakersfield (all were released as singles):
Meets Harlan Howard begins writing songs with Harlan. Together, they found Blue Book Music to publish their songs Terry Fell and Claude Caviness begin trying to convince Ken Nelson at Capitol Records to sign Buck. Ken Nelson believes Buck lacks vocal style |
| 1956-05-09 | Johnny Dale Owens born |
| 1957-00-00 | Town Hall Party performers Johnny Bond and Joe Maphis, both Columbia recording artists, send demo of Buck to Don Law (legendary A&R man). Law wires Bond and Maphis to "hold Buck for me" until Law could travel to California to sign Buck Buck visited by the Farmer Boys, Bobby Adamson and Woody Wayne Murray, who request songs for their February 21, 1957 recording session. Buck gives them four songs. Buck later discovers that Ken Nelson had also given them four songs. The Farmer Boys choose Buck's songs |
| 1957-02-21 | Buck plays on the Farmer Boys' session. After hearing Buck's songs, Ken Nelson compliments Buck on the song quality and mentions possibility of Capitol recording contract. Buck tells Ken of the pending Columbia recording contract. Ken produces Capitol recording contract and Buck signs |
| 1957-08-30 | First Capitol recording session. Buck records two singles. Both fizzle |
| 1957-10-21 | Come Back/I Know What It Means released |
| 1958-01-00 | Moves to Puyallup, Washington (Tacoma suburb). Takes over 1/3 interest in 250-watt KAYE (1450 on the dial) radio station. Begins working as disc jockey, selling ads for the station and performing in the area |
| 1958-04-07 | Sweet Thing/I Only Know that I Love You released |
| 1958-10-09 | Records four ballads at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, including Second Fiddle, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1958-11-10 | I'll Take A Chance On Loving You/Walk The Floor released |
| 1959-00-00 | Dusty Rhodes introduces Buck to teenaged fiddle player from Tumwater, Washington, Donald Eugene Ulrich (a.k.a. Don Rich) Begins hosting his own live television show on KTNT in Tacoma, Washington. Among local talent featured was Loretta Lynn |
| 1959-03-23 | Second Fiddle released as single. Peaks at #24 on Billboard |
| 1959-06-16 | Records Under Your Spell Again at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1959-07-13 | Under Your Spell Again/Tired Of Livin' released as single. Peaks at #4 |
| 1959-12-23 | Records Above And Beyond, composed by Harlan Howard, at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache), composed by Buck and Harlan Howard, at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1960-00-00 | Takes over the old Fresno Barn dance hall, Bob Wills' old stomping grounds, playing there himself and booking other bands |
| 1960-02-01 | Above And Beyond/Till These Dreams Come True released as single. Peaks at #3 |
| 1960-06-0 | Divests his Washington holdings and returns to Bakersfield |
| 1960-08-01 | Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)/I've Got A Right To Know released as single. Peaks at #2 on both Billboard and Cashbox |
| 1960-12-0 | Don Rich drops out of college and moves to Bakersfield, lives with Buck for awhile, then marries his hometown girlfriend, Marlene, bringing her to Bakersfield |
| 1960-12-03 | Records Foolin' Around, composed by Buck and Harlan Howard, at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1961-00-00 | Harlan Howard moves to Nashville, giving Buck all rights to Blue Book Music |
| 1961-00-00 - 1962-00-00 | Buck and Don travel around the country in an old Ford playing whatever honky tonk they could. The bar's house band would back them |
| 1961-01-02 | Foolin' Around/High As The Mountains released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1961-01-16 | Records Loose Talk with Rose Maddox at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records Mental Cruelty with Rose Maddox at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1961-01-30 | First album, Buck Owens, is released. Contains Second Fiddle, Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) and Above and Beyond Wins Billboard's "Most Promising Country and Western Singer of the Year" award for 1960 |
| 1961-04-10 | Loose Talk released as single. Peaks at #4 Mental Cruelty, the flipside, peaks at #8 |
| 1961-05-24 | Records Under The Influence Of Love at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records Nobody's Fool But Yours at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1961-07-24 | Under The Influence of Love/Bad Bad Dream released as single. Peaks at #2. These appeared on Your For Me |
| 1961-08-28 | Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard LP released. Produced Buck's first #1 single, Foolin' Around, which spent eight weeks at #2 on Billboard and one week at #1 on Cashbox |
| 1961-09-26 | Records You're For Me at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1961-12-05 | Records Kickin' Our Hearts Around at Capitol Recording Studios, in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1962-01-01 | Nobody's Fool But Yours/Mirror Mirror On The Wall released as single. Peaks at #11 |
| 1962-04-18 | Records Save The Last Dance For Me at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1962-05-21 | Save The Last Dance For Me/King Of Fools released as single. Peaks at #11 |
| 1962-08-20 | Kickin' Our Hearts Around/I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You) released as single. Peaks at #8 |
| 1962-10-01 | You're For Me LP released |
| 1962-11-05 | You're For Me/House Down The Block released as single. Peaks at #10. This record represented a change in musical style, moving away from the conventional shuffle and introducing the "freight train" sound, a churning, upbeat 2/4 rhythm |
| 1963-00-00 | Appears on ABC's Jimmy Dean Show |
| 1963-00-00 | Adds a drummer, pedal steel player and bass player to the band trades the Ford for a Chevrolet camper Merle Haggard, playing bass for a three week stint, suggests the name "Buckaroos" for the band Meets Jack McFadden McFadden becomes Buck's manager, and remained his manager until Buck quit the road in 1980 |
| 1963-02-12 | Records Act Naturally at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1963-03-11 | Act Naturally/Over and Over Again released as single. Peaks at #1. Remained at #1 for four weeks |
| 1963-04-29 | On The Bandstand LP released |
| 1963-07-11 | Records Love's Gonna Live Here at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1963-08-19 | Love's Gonna Live Here/Getting Used To Losing You released as single. Peaks at #1. Remained at #1 for 16 weeks (Billboard) 8 week (Cashbox), becoming Buck's biggest hit ever |
| 1964-00-00 | Appears on NBC's Kraft Music Hall Susan Raye begins working with Buck's shows |
| 1964-01-28 | Records My Heart Skips A Beat at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records Close Up The Honky Tonks at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1964-02-24 | My Heart Skips A Beat released as single. Peaks at #1. Remained at #1 for 7 weeks (Cashbox) until Together Again pushed it to #2 Together Again release as the flipside to My Heart Skips A Beat. Peaks at #1. Was #2 behind My Heart Skips A Beat until moving into the #1 spot |
| 1964-06-01 | The Best of Buck Owens LP released |
| 1964-06-10 | Records Hello Trouble at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records A-11 at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1964-07-08 | Records I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records "Buck's Polka" at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1964-07-20 | Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat LP released |
| 1964-08-03 | I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)/Don't Let Her Know released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1964-11-02 | I Don't Care LP released |
| 1964-12-01 | Records I've Got A Tiger By The Tail at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records Cryin' Time at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1964-12-28 | I've Got A Tiger By The Tail released as single. Peaks at #1 Cryin' Time released as flipside, but had no chart activity Records Memphis at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1964-12-29 | Records Gonna Have Love at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-00-00 | Buck and McFadden found OMAC Artists Corporation, a booking agency Spends 302 days on the road touring |
| 1965-03-01 | I've Got A Tiger By The Tail LP released Music City News carries Buck's Pledge to Country Music |
| 1965-03-25 | Records Before You Go at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-04-19 | Before You Go/(I Want) No One But You released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1965-05-04 | Records Only You (Can Break My Heart) at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-05-05 | Records Buckaroo at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-06-14 | Four By Buck EP released |
| 1965-07-05 | Only You (Can Break My Heart) released as single. Peaks at #1 Gonna Have Love released as flipside. Peaks at #10 |
| 1965-07-26 | Before You Go/No One But You LP released The Instrumental Hits Of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos LP released |
| 1965-08-23 | Records Sam's Place at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-08-24 | Records Waitin' In Your Welfare Line at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1965-10-11 | Buckaroo/If You Want A Love released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1965-11-08 | Santa Looked A lot Like Daddy/All I Want For Christmas Dear Is You released as single for Capitol |
| 1965-11-11 | Records Dust On Mother's Bible at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1966-00-00 | Buck Owen's Ranch premieres - eventually playing in over 100 markets Paints guitar red, white and blue |
| 1966-00-00 - 1970-00-00 | Buck Owen's shows consist of performances by Susan Raye, Freddy Hart, Tommy Collins, Sheb Wooley, and Rose and Carl Maddox |
| 1966-01-03 | Waitin' In Your Welfare Line/In The Palm Of Your Hand released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1966-02-15 | Records Think of Me at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1966-03-00 | Purchases radio station KUZZ-AM in Bakersfield and starts KBBY, later changed to KKXX radio. KUZZ was and is the #1 country radio station in Bakersfield. KKXX was the #1 rock-n-roll station for ten years |
| 1966-03-25 | Plays to a sold-out Carnegie Hall Trades the Chevrolet camper for a bus |
| 1966-04-06 | Records Open Up Your Heart at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1966-05-02 | Dust On Mother's Bible LP released Think of Me/Heart of Glass released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1966-08-15 | Open Up Your Heart/No More Me And You released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1966-11-08 | Records Your Tender Loving Care at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1966-12-26 | Where Does The Good Times Go/The Way That I Love You released as single for Capitol |
| 1966-12-27 | Open Up Your Heart LP released |
| 1967-00-00 | Purchases KTUF-AM in Phoenix, Arizona Buck and the Buckaroos begin traveling by air Meets Jennifer Smith at the Cotillion Ballroom in Wichita, Kansas |
| 1967-03-13 | Sam's Place/Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1967-06-08 | Records It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1967-06-26 | Your Tender Loving Care/What A Liar I Am released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1967-08-07 | Your Tender Loving Care LP released |
| 1967-08-28 | Records How Long Will My Baby Be Gone at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1967-09-25 | It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)/Left Her Lonely Too Long released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1967-12-05 | Records Sweet Rosie Jones at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1968-00-00 | Purchases KNIX-FM in Phoenix, Arizona Tapes pilot for Hee Haw for CBS |
| 1968-01-02 | It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me LP released |
| 1968-01-08 | How Long Will My Baby Be Gone/Everybody Needs Somebody released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1968-03-30 | Buck and the Buckaroos perform for President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House |
| 1968-04-01 | Sweet Rosie Jones/Happy Times Are Here Again released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1968-05-27 | Records Let The World Keep On A Turnin' with Buddy Alan at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1968-07-01 | Sweet Rosie Jones LP Released |
| 1968-07-08 | Let The World Keep On A Turnin'/I'll Love Your Forever and Ever released as single. Peaks at #7 |
| 1968-08-07 | Records I've Got You On My Mind Again at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1968-09-30 | I've Got You On My Mind Again/That's All Right With Me (If It's All Right With You) released as single. Peaks at #5 |
| 1968-10-11 | Plays Fillmore Hall, the premiere rock concert hall of the late 1960's |
| 1968-10-12 | Plays Fillmore Hall, the premiere rock concert hall of the late 1960's |
| 1968-11-04 | Christmas Shopping/One Of Everything You Got released as single for Capitol Things I Saw Happening At The Fountain When I Was Visiting Rome or Amore/Turkish Holiday released as single for Capitol |
| 1968-12-04 | Records Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson Records We're Gonna Get Together with Susan Raye at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1968-12-30 | I've Got You On My Mind Again LP released |
| 1969-01-08 | Records Tall Dark Stranger at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1969-01-13 | Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass/There's Gotta Be Some Changes Made released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1969-03-0 | Opens Buck Owens Studios in an old movie theater in downtown Bakersfield |
| 1969-03-09 | Performs at London Palladium, London, England performance is recorded for a live album, produced by Ken Nelson Records Johnny B. Goode at the London Palladium, London, England, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1969-05-05 | Johnny B. Goode/Maybe If I Close My Eyes (It'll Go Away) released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1969-06-02 | Buck Owens In London LP released |
| 1969-06-15 | Hee Haw premieres |
| 1969-06-28 | Prominently featured in Rolling Stone article about California country music Media begins referring to Bakersfield as "Buckersfield" |
| 1969-07-21 | Tall Dark Stranger/Sing That Kind Of Song released as single. Peaks at #1 |
| 1969-08-19 | Records Big In Vegas at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1969-09-29 | Tall Dark Stranger LP released |
| 1969-10-20 | Big In Vegas/White Satin Bed released as single. Peaks at #5 |
| 1970-00-00 (Early) | Doyle Holly leaves for a solo career Doyle Curtsinger joins as Buckaroo bassist |
| 1970-00-00 (Late) | Films what may be the first country videos on 35mm:
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| 1970-02-02 | We're Gonna Get Together/Everybody Needs Somebody with Susan Raye released as single. Peaks at #13 Records The Kansas City Song at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1970-04-06 | We're Gonna Get Together LP released Togetherness/Fallin' For You with Susan Raye released as single for Capitol |
| 1970-05-18 | The Kansas City Song/I'd Love To Be Your Man released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1970-07-03 | Records The Great White Horse with Susan Raye at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1970-07-06 | The Kansas City Song LP released |
| 1970-07-27 | The Great White Horse/Your Tender Loving Care with Susan Raye released as single. Peaks at #8 |
| 1970-08-14 | Records I Wouldn't Live In New York City (If They Gave Me The Whole Dang Town) at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California, produced by Ken Nelson |
| 1970-09-08 | The Great White Horse LP released |
| 1970-10-05 | I Wouldn't Live In New York City (If They Gave Me The Whole Dang Town)/No Milk And Honey In Baltimore released as single. Peaks at #9 |
| 1970-11-02 | I Wouldn't Live In New York City LP released |
| 1970-12-0 | Records Bridge Over Troubled Water at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1971-00-00 | Signs his final four year contract with Capitol part of the deal is that Buck retains ownership rights of all of his Capitol recordings Capitol would have five years to sell his records after the end of the contract and Buck would assume ownership in 1980 CBS drops Hee Haw and the show moves into syndication enjoying more popularity than ever Adds five-string banjoist Ronnie Jackson to the Buckaroos |
| 1971-01-11 | Bridge Over Troubled Water/(I'm Goin') Home released as single. Peaks at #9 |
| 1971-02-15 | Bridge Over Troubled Water LP released |
| 1971-02-27 | Records Ruby (Are You Mad) at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1971-03-18 | Records I'll Still Be Waiting For You at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1971-04-05 | Records Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1971-04-12 | Ruby (Are You Mad)/Heartbreak Mountain released as single. Peaks at #3 |
| 1971-06-21 | Buck Owens' Ruby LP released |
| 1971-08-16 | Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms/Corn Likker released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1971-10-04 | The Best Of Buck Owens, Vol. 4 LP released |
| 1971-11-08 | Too Old To Cut The Mustard/Wham Bam with Buddy Alan released as single for Capitol |
| 1971-11-22 | Santa's Gonna Come In A StageCoach/One Of Everything You Got with Susan Raye released as single for Capitol |
| 1972-00-00 - 1973-00-00 | Tours, tapes Hee Haw twice per year and works in his studio |
| 1972-01-17 | I'll Still Be Waiting For You/Full Time Daddy released as single. Peaks at #8 |
| 1972-03-07 | Records Made In Japan at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1972-04-03 | Made In Japan/Black Texas Dirt released as single. Peaks at #1 This is Buck's last #1 hit as a solo artist. |
| 1972-04-26 | Records Ain't It Amazing, Gracie at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1972-06-19 | Looking Back To See/Cryin' Time with Susan Raye released as single |
| 1972-06-20 | Records You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1972-08-28 | You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More/I Love You So Much It Hurts released as single. Peaks at #2 |
| 1972-11-06 | Records Streets of Bakersfield at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1972-12-04 | In The Palm Of Your Hand/Get Out Of Town Before Sundown released as single |
| 1973-00-00 | Buck Owen's Ranch comes to an end because Hee Haw was in syndication, the two show were competing against each other in certain markets. Hee Haw producers arranged with Buck to end the Ranch. Buck still owns all 400 Ranch shows |
| 1973-01-08 | In The Palm Of Your Hand LP released |
| 1973-03-05 | Ain't It Amazing, Gracie/The Good Ol' Days (Are Here Again) released as single. Peaks at #14 |
| 1973-05-14 | Ain't It Amazing, Gracie LP released |
| 1973-05-21 | The Good Ol' Days (Are Here Again)/When You Get To Heaven (I'll Be There) with Susan Raye released as single for Capitol |
| 1973-07-30 | Arms Full Of Empty/Songwriter's Lament released as single for Capitol |
| 1973-10-08 | Records Big Game Hunter at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1973-10-30 | Records (It's A) Monster's Holiday at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1973-11-05 | Big Game Hunter/That Loving Feeling released as single. Peaks at #8 |
| 1974-02-00 | Best Of Buck Owens, Vol. 5 LP released |
| 1974-02-06 | Records On The Cover Of The Music City News at Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California |
| 1974-02-25 | On The Cover Of The Music City News/Stony Mountain West Virginia released as single. Peaks at #9 |
| 1974-06-24 | (It's A) Monster's Holiday/Great Expectations released as single. Peaks at #6 |
| 1974-07-17 | Don Rich dies in a motorcycle accident while travelling from the Bakersfield studio to meet his wife and children in Morro Bay. Buck's son Michael informed his father. Buck informed Don's wife. |
| 1974-09-00 | (It's A) Monster's Holiday LP released |
| 1974-11-04 | Great Expectations/Let The Fun Begin released as single for Capitol |
| 1975-00-00 | Andy Wickham, a long-time fan, convinces Buck to sign with Warner Bros. Records Records in Nashville for the first time |
| 1975-03-10 | Weekend Daddy/41st Street Lonely Hearts' Club released as single |
| 1975-03-21 | Records Play Together Again Again with Emmylou Harris at The Enactron Truck, Los Angeles, California (Warner Bros.), produced by Norro Wilson |
| 1975-06-16 | Sweethearts In Heaven/Love Is Strange with Susan Raye released as single for Capitol |
| 1975-09-08 | Battle Of New Orleans/Run Him To The Roundhouse Nellie released as single for Capitol |
| 1975-11-10 | Country Singer's Prayer/Meanwhile Back At The Ranch released as single for Capitol |
| 1979-04-18 | Play Together Again Again released as single. Peaks at #11 |
| 1979-06-21 | Marries Jennifer Smith |
| 1980-00-00 | Buck's contract with Warner Bros. Records ends Assumes ownership of all of his Capitol recordings Buck retires from touring |
| 1986-00-00 | Leaves Hee Haw |
| 1987-00-00 | Traditionalist backlash against the Urban Cowboy fad Dwight Yoakam begins appearing in print media accusing country music of forgetting Buck Owens |
| 1987-00-00 (Summer) | Tours with Dwight Yoakam |
| 1987-09-23 | Dwight Yoakam comes to Buck's office, just before five in the afternoon, to meet Buck Buck performs a medley of his hits with Dwight at the Fair that evening Buck's first time to ever appear at the Fair with another artist |
| 1988-00-00 | CBS-TV special: Buck and Dwight perform Street of Bakersfield Buck convinces Dwight to record Streets of Bakersfield, and Dwight agrees if Buck will sing with him Buck signs recording contract with Capitol Tours occasionally with Dwight Yoakam |
| 1988-04-04 | Records Streets Of Bakersfield with Dwight Yoakam at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, produced by Pete Anderson |
| 1988-06-17 | Streets Of Bakersfield released as single. Peaks at #1. This is Bucks first #1 since 1972 (sixteen years) |
| 1988-08-02 | Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room, Dwight Yoakam LP, released |
| 1988-08-03 | Re-records Hot Dog at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, produced by Jim Shaw Ken Nelson had retired by this time |
| 1988-09-28 | Hot Dog released as single. Peaks at #46 |
| 1988-11-16 | Hot Dog! LP released |
| 1989-03-00 | Invited to the Bammy Awards (Bay Area Music). Neil Young, Sammy Hagar, Chris Isaac and John Fogerty confess to being fans. (Fogerty mentioned Buck in a 1970 Credence Clearwater Revival song "Lookin' Out My Back Door") |
| 1989-03-27 | Re-records Act Naturally with Ringo Starr at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, produced by Jerry Crutchfield and Jim Shaw |
| 1989-06-21 | Act Naturally released as single. Peaks at #27. This song is nominated for Grammy Award. Buck and Ringo also shot a video for the song |
| 1989-10-04 | Act Naturally LP released |
| 1996-00-00 | Named to the Country Music Hall of Fame Named to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Opens the $6.7 million dollar Crystal Palace in Bakersfield |
| 1998-00-00 | Buck and Dwight Yoakam film a live special at The Crystal Palace |
| 1999-06-00 | Buck appears live at the Kern County Fair with Dwight Yoakam and Merle Haggard |
| 1999-12-31 | Buck and Dwight Yoakam perform live at the Crystal Palace |
| 2001-06-28 | Receives Country Radio Broadcasters' Career Achievement award in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Paisley, Billy Yates, Sherrie Austin and Tammy Cochran perform some of his hits at the ceremony. |
| 2006-03-24 | Buck has chicken-fried steak for dinner at the Crystal Palace then, not feeling well, informs the Buckaroos that he will not be playing that night. He leaves for his car to head home and is approached by some fans. When Buck learns that they have traveled from Oregan to see him, he returns to the club and plays the first set. He closes the set with Big in Vegas then leaves for home. |
| 2006-03-25 | Sometime after 4:30AM, Buck is rushed to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. He could not be revived. It is believed he died in his sleep of heart failure. |
| 2006-04-24 | Bonnie Owens passes away at 4:28PM from complications due to Alzheimer's. |
| 2007-01-13 | Doyle Holly passes away at 2:30AM from prostrate cancer. |