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Today in Country Music History
Topic Started: Aug 29 2008, 04:07 PM (28 Views)
Keltie	Aug 29 2008, 04:07 PM Post #1
Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: Aug 27, 2008	1927 Jimmy C. Newman born in High Point, Louisiana. He becomes the rare Cajun artist to achieve commercial success in country music, with more than 10 Top 10 hits from 1954-1966, leading to his entry into the Grand Ole Opry 1952 Songwriter Don Schlitz born in Durham, North Carolina. His hits include "The Gambler," "Forever And Ever, Amen," "On The Other Hand," "Strong Enough To Bend," "When You Say Nothing At All" and "I Feel Lucky," among many others 1956 Keyboard player Dan Truman born in St. George, Utah. He joins Diamond Rio, whose tight harmonies and positive values combine in a series of hits, including"Meet In The Middle," "I Believe" and "One More Day" 1966 Singer-songwriter Shawn Camp born in Little Rock, Arkansas. After scoring a recording contract with Reprise in the 1990s, he nets hits as a songwriter with Brooks & Dunn's "How Long Gone," Garth Brooks' "Two Pina Coladas" and Josh Turner's "Would You Go With Me" 1981 "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" takes Ronnie Milsap to #1 on the Billboard country chart 1995 Warner Bros. releases the Faith Hill album "It Matters To Me" 1995 K.T. Oslin undergoes quadruple-bypass heart surgery at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital 1996 Billy Ray Cyrus performs the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, as Bill Clinton is nominated for re-election 2002 Alan Jackson collects a whopping 10 nominations for the 36th annual Country Music Association awards, breaking a 32-year-old record held by Merle Haggard 2005 Alabama, Glen Campbell and DeFord Bailey are announced by the Country Music Association as the latest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame
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Keltie	Aug 31 2008, 12:56 PM Post #2
Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: Aug 27, 2008	1959 The Browns claim a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with "The Three Bells" 1968 Merle Haggard's prison-themed "Mama Tried" does time at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart 1968 Jeannie C. Riley makes her Grand Ole Opry debut 1974 "Step right up..." to #1: George Jones tops the Billboard country singles list with "The Grand Tour" 1993 Tracy Lawrence scores his first platinum album, with "Alibis" 1994 Clay Walker earns his first platinum album with his self-titled debut 1997 Alabama, Reba McEntire and Pam Tillis join Jerry Lewis for his Labor Day telethon 1999 Monument releases The Dixie Chicks' "Fly" album 2006 CMT debuts Toby Keith's "Crash Here Tonight" video, featuring Heather Locklear 2007 Trisha Yearwood is joined by R&B balladeer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds to shoot an installment of "CMT Crossroads" at Belmont University's Curb Entertainment Center in Nashville 2007 Jack Ingram and Miranda Lambert are teamed in an episode of "CMT Cross Country," which first appears on TV. Among the songs on tap: "Love You," "Kerosene" and a version of Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
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Keltie	Sep 1 2008, 11:58 AM Post #3
Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: Aug 27, 2008	1933 Harold Jenkins born in Friars Point, Mississippi. As Conway Twitty, he leaves a pop-rock career in 1965 to pursue country music, racking up hits consistently for more than 20 years. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame posthumously in 1999 1950 Drummer Steve Goetzman born in Louisville, Kentucky. He joins Exile, whose mix of country, rock and gospel nets hook-filled 1980s hits such as "Woke Up In Love," "She's A Miracle" and "Crazy For Your Love" 1951 Lefty Frizzell's "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" ascends to #1 in Billboard magazine 1962 Marty Robbins' "Devil Woman" begins a sinful eight-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart 1964 Charlie Robison born in Bandera, Texas. A noted alternative country singer-songwriter who first finds an audience in the late-1990s, he also marries Dixie Chick Emily Erwin 1965 "The Return Of Roger Miller" becomes the first gold album for the singer 1979 Willie Nelson & Leon Russell share the top spot on the Billboard country chart with their remake of "Heartbreak Hotel" 1998 Lonestar vocalist Richie McDonald and his wife, Lorie, have a daughter, Mollie Ann McDonald, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. The youngster inspires a line about a "blue-eyed blonde with her shoes on wrong" in "My Front Porch Looking In" 2000 Certification of "Wide Open Spaces" makes The Dixie Chicks the first country group in history to have an album ship 10 million units 2004 Sara Evans performs "Born To Fly" on the third night of the Republican National Convention, at New York's Madison Square Garden, prior to a speech by incumbent vice president Dick Cheney. Brooks & Dunn sing "Only In America" after Cheney's address 2005 Little Big Town's "Boondocks" video debuts on CMT 2006 Taylor Swift performs "Tim McGraw" in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
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Keltie	Sep 10 2008, 01:06 PM Post #4
Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: Aug 27, 2008	1970 Lynn Anderson records "Rose Garden" in the evening hours at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville 1982 Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' "Highways & Heartaches" album 1988 Highway 101 posts a #1 country single in Billboard with "(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes" 1990 Capitol releases Billy Dean's debut album, "Young Man" 1992 MCA releases George Jones' "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," with vocal guests Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Mark Chesnutt, Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Alan Jackson, T. Graham Brown, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Pam Tillis 1994 Trisha Yearwood tops the Billboard country singles chart with "XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl)" 1997 Trace Adkins' video for "The Rest Of Mine" debuts on CMT 1998 Mac Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2002 Travis Tritt and Ray Charles tape an installment of "CMT Crossroads" in Nashville 2005 The MTV stations air "ReAct Now: Music & Relief," a Hurricane Katrina benefit featuring Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Paul McCartney, Big & Rich, Hank Williams Jr., The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Sugarland and Emmylou Harris
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Keltie	Sep 12 2008, 12:49 PM Post #5
Posts: 23 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: Aug 27, 2008	1927 Helen Carter born in Maces Spring, Virginia. The daughter of The Carter Family's Maybelle Carter, she begins performing with the group in 1938, and eventually tours with her mother and sisters June and Anita, playing accordion for the group 1931 George Jones born in Saratoga, Texas. Widely regarded as one of the most gifted singers in country music history, he gains hits in five different decades, despite a lengthy battle with chemicals. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992 1974 Jennifer Nettles born in Douglas, Georgia. She becomes the soulful lead singer of Sugarland, which upends Brooks & Dunn's stranglehold on Vocal Duo trophies beginning in 2007 1975 Emmylou Harris records "Together Again" 1975 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam II in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with special guests The Marshall Tucker Band, Billy Joe Shaver, Jimmy Hall and The Allman Brothers Band's Dickey Betts 1990 Alan Jackson collects his first gold album, for "Here In The Real World" 1994 George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery on his 63rd birthday at Nashville's Baptist Hospital 1998 Brooks & Dunn sew up the top spot on the Billboard country chart with "How Long Gone" 2003 Johnny Cash dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, of complications from diabetes, four months after the death of his wife, June Carter. The Man In Black was a member of both the Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame 2007 Brad Paisley grinds out a gold album for "5th Gear"
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