- Today in 1975, “Austin City Limits” premiered on PBS with Willie Nelson as the first featured guest. The set list included “Good Hearted Woman,” “Whiskey River,” “Okie From Muskogee” and “Will The Circle Be Unbroken.”
- Today in 1997, Faith Hill went double-platinum for the second time, with the album “It Matters To Me.”
- Today in 2006, LeAnn Rimes performed “Something’s Gotta Give” at the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California.
- Today in 2010, Eli Young Band performed the national anthem before the Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Ole Miss Rebels slam the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the NCAA game, 21-7.
- Today in 2013, Florida Georgia Line’s “Get Your Shine On” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2015, Little Jimmy Dickens died at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville of cardiac arrest, eight days after suffering a stroke. Born James Cecil Dickens, he was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was also a 1983 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- Today in 2017, Carrie Underwood surprised the 50,000 participants at Passion 2017 (a conference for evangelical college students at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta) with a performance of “Something In The Water.”
- Today in 2017, news broke that Sam Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler were engaged. The couple married the following April.
- Today in 2018, Luke Bryan’s single, “Most People Are Good,” hit the airwaves.
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