April 1: Atlanta’s Tracy Lawrence launches career with big hit ‘Sticks and Stones’

Published 12:17 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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“Sticks and Stones,” the first single from the debut album of the same name by Atlanta native Tracy Lawrence, hit No. on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on this date in 1992.

It also was a No. 1 country song in Canada.

When he was still a child, his family moved from East Texas to Arkansas, where he began as a teenager singing country music.

During the peak of his career in 1990s and 2000s, Lawrence had 22 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. His biggest hits included “Alibis,” “If the Good Die Young” and “Texas Tornado.”

In the Spotlight

— 2019: Patrick Mahomes, a NFL quarterback from Whitehouse, is a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

— 2017: Rodney Crowell, who attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, is a guest on “CBS This Morning.”

— 2017: Alan Tudyk, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, is on “Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition.”

— 2012: At the Academy of Country Music Awards, Lindale native MIranda Lambert wins Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year (“Four the Record”).

— 2011: Lindale native Miranda Lambert is a guest on “The Early Show.”

— 2011: Dustin Ybarra, who lived in Daingerfield as a youth, voices a character in the animated movie “Hop.”

— 2009: Brady Smith, who attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, appears in the movie “Pedro.”

— 2010: Rusk native Caroline Williams has a guest role on “Grey’s Anatomy.”

— 2008: Longview native Forest Whitaker is a guest on “The Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”

— 2008: Edwin Neal, who attended Lor Morris College in Jacksonville, appears in “Murder-Set-Pieces.”

— 2006: “Rise” by Building 429, featuring former Mount Pleasant resident Jason Roy, peaks at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

— 2000: Atlanta native Tracy Lawrence’s “Lessons Learned” peaks at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

— 2001: Groesbeck native Joe Don Baker is in “Vegas, City of Dreams.”

— 1993: Dallas Holm of Lindale wins a Gospel Music Association Dove Award for his contributions to the album “Generation 2 Generation.”

— 1972: “When You Say Love” by Cherokee County native Bob Luman, peaks at No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

— 1970: DeKalb native Dan Blocker stars in the comedy “Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County.”

— 1970: Anjanette Comer, a native of Navarro County, has a guest role on “Then Came Bronson.”

— 1951: Whitewright native Guy Wilkerson appears in “Santa Fe” starring Randolph Scott.

— 1948: Palestine native Smith Ballew appears in “Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains.”

— 1947: As a member of the country band Cass County Boys, Mount Pleasant native Jerry Scoggins performs in “Twilight on the Rio Grande.”

— 1945: Clarence Lung, who spend the final part of his life in Quitman, is seen in “Song of the Sarong.”

— 1944: Jacksonville native Al Dexter’s “Too Late to Worry” hits No. 1 on the Most Played Jukebox Folk Records chart.

— 1938: Marshall native Henry Roquemore appears in “Goodbye Broadway.

— 1935: Marshall native Henry Roquemore appears in “On Probation.”

— 1931: Corsicana native Maston Williams appears in “Clearing the Range.”