- Today in 1961, Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John” became the first country song to go gold.
- Today in 1973, Lorrie Morgan gave her first performance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing “Paper Roses” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
- Today in 1974, Billy Swan scored the only #1 country single of his career with “I Can Help.”
- Today in 1999, Montgomery Gentry’s Troy Gentry married Angie McClure in Maui.
- Today in 2001, Kid Rock performed with Hank Williams Jr. at a Grand Ole Opry House TV studio in Nashville for the genre-mixing “CMT Crossroads.” The set list included “Midnight Rider,” “Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound” and “Family Tradition.”
- Today in 2002, Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut.
- Today in 2005, Dierks Bentley married his high school sweetheart, Cassidy Black, in Mexico.
- Today in 2006, Brooks & Dunn’s “Hillbilly Deluxe” video debuted on CMT.
- Today in 2012, Kelly Clarkson got engaged to her manager, Brandon Blackstock.
- Today in 2013, Brad Paisley received the Harmony Award at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. After accepting the trophy, he plays “Southern Comfort Zone” with the orchestra.
- Today in 2015, Cole Swindell’s “You Should Be Here” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2015, Frankie Ballard’s “Sunshine & Whiskey” went platinum.
- Today in 2016, Gary Allan, Maren Morris, Big & Rich and Trent Harmon raised $59-thousand for a children’s hospital with the Concert for the Kids at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in South Carolina.
- Today in 2017, Brett Eldredge performed a fundraiser for his foundation at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. John Oates and Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard attended the event as well.
- Today in 2017, Kelsea Ballerini, Linda Davis and the wives of her Lady Antebellum band mates joined Hillary Scott at the baby shower in Nashville for her impending twins.
- Today in 2017, Brothers Osborne played a pop-up concert for truck drivers at Whiskey Pete’s in Primm, Nevada. The show includes acoustic versions of “It Ain’t My Fault” and “Stay A Little Longer.”
- Today in 2017, the single, “Craving You,” by Thomas Rhett and featuring Maren Morris, went platinum.
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