- Today in 1951, Johnny Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, Texas. He became country’s first mainstream star of Hispanic descent, emerging out of Tom T. Hall’s band in 1972. He recorded numerous songs in Spanglish, with a line of hits that stretch from 1972-1983.
- Today in 1973, Charlie Rich picked up his second gold single for “The Most Beautiful Girl.”
- Today in 1988, George Strait went to #1 in Billboard with a remake of an old Faron Young hit, “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’).”
- Today in 2004, Keith Urban’s “You’re My Better Half” video first public aired on CMT.
- Today in 2005, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood married at their home in Owasso, Oklahoma.
- Today in 2010, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” debuted in theaters with Carrie Underwood singing the end theme, “There’s A Place For Us.”
- Today in 2011, Lady Antebellum owned #1 position on the “Billboard” country singles chart with “We Owned The Night.”
- Today in 2012, Luke Bryan claimed nine trophies to top the winners list in the American Country Awards, aired by Fox from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay.
- Today in 2016, Maren Morris was the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” performing “My Church” and “80s Mercedes.”
- Today in 2017, Eric Church performed a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee at a home in Franklin, Tennessee. Mr. Lee is now Governor-elect Lee.
- Today in 2018, three Luke Bryan singles were certified multi-platinum by the RIAA: “Do I” reaches triple-platinum, “Play It Again” hits quintuple-platinum and “Country Girl (Shake It From Me)” goes six-times platinum.
- Today in 2019, Blake Shelton’s single, “God’s Country,” was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.
- Today in 2019, Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber picked up a timely gold single for “10,000 Hours.”
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