Ricky Lynn Gregg 

Ricky Lynn Gregg’s self-titled debut album peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on this date in 1993.

 Gregg was born in Henderson and raised in Longview. 

 The album produced the top 40 country hit “If I Had a Cheatin’ Heart.” 

 In the Spotlight

— 2019: Jacksonville native Margo Martindale is a guest on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “Live! With Kelly.”

— 2016: Marshall native George Foreman appears on the reality TV series “Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight.”

— 2015: Marshall native Brea Grant appears in “Pitch Perfect 2.”

— 2015: Lindale native Miranda Lambert performs on the TV special “ACM Presents: Superstar Duets!”

— 2014:  Dustin Ybarra, who lived in Daingerfield as a youth, is a roundtable guest on “Chelsea Lately” talk show.

— 2007: Whitewright native Julie Johnson voices Baby Bop in the video “Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail.”

— 2004: At the Daytime Emmy Awards, Ron Raines, a graduate of Nacogdoches High School, is a nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Alan Spaulding on “Guiding Light.” 

— 2002: Irma P. Hall, a graduate of Texas College in Tyler, has a guest role on “The Bernie Mac Show.”

— 1999: “Please Remember Me,” a song co-written by Rodney Crowell, who attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, and Will Jennings, who grew up in Tyler, and recorded by Tim McGraw, hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

— 1997: Donna Bullock, who attended Tyler Junior College, appears in an episode of “Columbo.” 

— 1985: Edwin Neal, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, stars in the horror film “Future-Kill.” 

— 1985: Groesbeck native Joe Don Baker stars in “Final Justice.”

— 1978: Marshall native George Foreman is a guest on “Good Morning America.”

— 1973: Tommy Tune, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, is a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

— 1972: Gilmer native Johnny Mathis is a celebrity panelist on “Hollywood Squares.”

— 1971: Wood County native Ray Price’s “I Won’t Mention It Again” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 

–1971: Panola County native Jim Reeves’s “Gypsy Feet” peaks at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

— 1969: Gilmer native Johnny Mathis is a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

— 1966: Audie Murphy, who grew up near Greenville, stars in “Gunpoint.” 

— 1961: Johnny Horton, who grew up in Rusk, has the No. 9 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “Sleepy-Eyed John.”

— 1956: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin appears in an episode of “Big Town.”

— 1953: Tyler native Jo-Carroll Dennison, the 1942 Miss America, is a guest on “The Abbott & Costello Show.”

— 1945: Wills Point native Lee “Lasseus” White appears in “The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico.”

— 1939: Whitewright native Guy Wilkerson appears in “Man of Conquest.”

— 1930: Corsicana native Jacqueline Logan appears in “Sombras Habaneras.”

— 1928: Marshall native Henry Roquemore appears in “The Branded Man.”