• Today in 1986, “Alabama’s Greatest Video Hits” was certified platinum.
• Today in 1987, the album, “Love Me Like You Used To,” album by Tanya Tucker was released.
• Today in 1992, Travis Tritt’s album, “It’s All About To Change,” was certified double platinum.
• Today in 1994, Joe Diffie’s “Third Rock From The Sun” album was released.
• Today in 1995, Aaron Tippin and his wife, Thea, were married.
• Today in 1997, Sherrié Austin’s album, “Words,” arrived in stores.
• Today in 1998, Alan Jackson debuted his first video in over a year on CMT with “I’ll Go On Loving You.”
• Today in 1998, Diamond Rio’s “Greatest Hits” album arrived in stores.
• Today in 1998, Brooks and Dunn and Reba McEntire kicked off their second tour together in Jacksonville, Florida.
• Today in 1998, Brooks and Dunn’s “If You See Her” album and LeAnn Rimes’ “Sittin’ on Top of the World” CD were both certified platinum.
• Today in 2002, Toby Keith was tapped for a special honor. His song, “My List,” struck such a powerful chord that the NYPD asked if they could incorporate the tune into their training video and sessions.
• Today in 2003, Brooks & Dunn’s “Red Dirt Road” album arrived in stores.
• Today in 2004, legendary Loretta Lynn and newcomer Mindy Smith each earned triple nominations for the annual Americana Music Awards.
• Today in 2005, the movie “Wedding Crashers,” starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, debuted in theaters. Why do you care? Dwight Yoakam was featured in the opening scene being chewed out by an ex as a “hillbilly” in a divorce negotiation.
• Today in 2010, songwriter Hank Cochran died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among his compositions: Patsy Cline’s “I Fall To Pieces,” Eddy Arnold’s “Make The World Go Away,” Vern Gosdin’s “Set ‘Em Up Joe” and George Strait’s “Ocean Front Property.” He was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
• Today in 2011, Jason Aldean’s singles, “Dirt Road Anthem” and “My Kinda Party,” went platinum.
• Today in 2013, Frankie Ballard’s single, “Helluva Life,” was released.
• Today in 2016, Willie Nelson made an unscheduled appearance with Neil Young and Promise Of The Real at Temre Di Caracalla in Rome, Italy. Nelson does two songs, including “On The Road Again.”
• Today in 2016, Ronnie Milsap was hospitalized in Georgia with dehydration and nausea.
• Today in 2017, The Eagles played their first full concert since the death of Glenn Frey, appearing at the Classic West Festival at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, with Vince Gill and Dylan Frey taking Frey’s part.

• Today in 1967, the “I Walk The Line” album by Johnny Cash was certified gold.
• Today in 1981, Ronnie Milsap’s “Greatest Hits” album was certified platinum.
• Today in 1981, the album, “My Home’s In Alabama,” was certified gold.
• Today in 1987, the “Always & Forever” album by Randy Travis was certified gold and platinum.
• Today in 1987, the “Trio” album, which featured Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, was certified gold and platinum.
• Today in 1992, Tracy Lawrence’s “Sticks And Stones” album was certified gold.
• Today in 1992, Clint Black’s album, “The Hard Way,” was released.
• Today in 1995, Vince Gill scored a #1 hit with the single, “You Better Think Twice.”
• Today in 1998, Deana Carter’s “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” album was certified quadruple platinum.
• Today in 1998, the album, “Where Your Road Leads,” by Trisha Yearwood was released.
• Today in 1998, a Nashville radio station announced that it wanted to dispel rumors that Elvis Presley was still alive and offered $1-million to anyone who could produce him. The money has gone unclaimed.
• Today in 1999, Lonestar’s “Crazy Nights” album was certified gold. On the same day, their “Lonely Grill” was also certified gold.
• Today in 1999, Alabama’s “Super Hits” collection by Alabama was certified gold while their “Dancin’ On The Boulevard” CD was certified platinum.
• Today in 1999, Clint Black’s “Nothin’ But The Tailights” album was certified platinum and his “Greatest Hits” collection was certified double platinum.
• Today in 1999, the album, “Ten Thousand Angels” by Mindy McCready was certified double platinum.
• Yesterday in 2000, Brad Paisley played for 40,000 folks in his hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia at the 24^th “Jamboree in the Hills.” Brad played his heart out for the crowd of what Brad joked was about “10% relatives.”
• Today in 2000, Toby Keith’s “How Do You Like Me Now?!” album was certified gold.
• Today in 2002, Travis Tritt brought his “Down the Road I Go” tour to Lake Placid’s Olympic Center. The concert took place after the third annual ESPN Great Outdoor Games wrapped up at various Lake Placid venues.
• Today in 2005, the Montgomery Gentry video “Something To Be Proud Of” premiered on CMT.
• Today in 2009, Sara Evans sang “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch during the Major League All-Star Game at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Sheryl Crow performed the national anthem. The American League defeats the National League, 4-3.
• Today in 2012, Kenny Chesney’s concert at Angels Stadium in Anaheim featured a surprise guest: actor Ashton Kutcher, who joined him on “Back Where I Come From.” Also appearing were Tim McGraw, Jake Owen and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
• Today in 2014, Justin Moore and wife Kate welcomed a daughter, Rebecca Klein Moore.
• Today in 2015, Kelsea Ballerini earned her first gold single from the RIAA for her debut, “Love Me Like You Mean It.”
• Today in 2018, Emmylou Harris was celebrated along with Neil Diamond, Louis Jordan, Queen and drummer Hal Blaine as PBS shoots a “Grammy Salute To Music Legends” at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

• Today in 1992, the single, “Love’s Got A Hold On You,” by Alan Jackson is released.
• Today in 1993, the Statler Brothers’ “Christmas Card” album was certified platinum.
• Today in 1993, Clint Black’s “No Time To Kill” album was released.
• Today in 1993, The Statler Brothers’ “The Best Of The Statler Brothers” album was certified double platinum.
• Today in 1993, a stretch of Tennessee Highway 56 near McMinnville was named for the late Dottie West.
• Today in 1994, Travis Tritt’s “Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof” album was certified gold.
• Today in 1995, Charlie Daniels’ “Million Mile Reflection” album was certified triple platinum.
• Today in 1996, the first “CountryFest” was held in Atlanta, Georgia with headliners Alan Jackson, Alabama, and Pam Tillis. The show drew 275,000 fans.
• Today in 1998, Trisha Yearwood performed “There Goes My Baby” on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
• Today in 1999, Willie Nelson released, “Night and Day,” an album featuring jazz instrumental versions of old standards.
• Today in 1999, the “Return of the Grievous Angel” album was released. The album served as a tribute to country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, and featured versions of his songs by Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and more.
• Today in 2000, LeAnn Rimes kicked off her 30-city “2000 Tour” at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
• Today in 2000, the Dixie Chicks “Fly” album entered the record books as having spent the most weeks at the # 1 spot for a group on “Billboard’s” Country Albums Chart. The follow-up to the group’s debut album, “Wide Open Spaces,” spent a record 32 weeks at the coveted top spot on the albums chart. With its record-setting reign at the chart’s top position, the Dixie Chicks surpassed the previously held record of 28 weeks set by Alabama’s “Feels So Right” and “Mountain Music” albums.
• Today in 2001, Reba and Martina McBride top the biggest all-female lineup in country music history as “Girls Night Out Tour” debuted in Las Vegas.
• Today in 2010, Jerrod Niemann’s debut album, “Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury,” was released.
• Today in 2014, Tim McGraw swatted a female fan in the middle of “Truck Yeah” at Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Atlanta when she clawed at his leg. She ripped his jeans and was escorted out of the venue. The moment became a viral topic when video was posted online.
• Today in 2016, Trace Adkins fans leave his Seaside Heights, New Jersey concert due to his poor performance. Audience members accuse him of being drunk, saying he mumbled through his set and forgot the words to his songs
• Today in 2016, Craig Morgan canceled 10 shows in nine following the death of his son in a boating accident
• Today in 2017, Scotty McCreery is charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to pass a loaded gun through security at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina.
• Today in 2017, Dolly Parton’s “Christmas Of Many Colors – Circle Of Love” earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie.
• Today in 2018, Tucker Beathard welcomed a daughter, Sage, in Seattle.
• Today in 2018, Blake Shelton’s single, “I’ll Name The Dogs,” went gold.
• Today in 2019, Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up” hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
• Today in 2021, Toby Keith and Rhett Akins were announced as 2021 inductees in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with Amy Grant and songwriters Buddy Cannon and John Scott Sherill.
• Today in 2021, the Discovery Channel aired “Brad Paisley’s Shark Country,” featuring comedian J.B. Smoove. Sharks in the wild responded positively to Paisley’s recording of “River Bank” and his band’s live performance of “Water.” They’re agitated by Smoove playing cowbell.

• Today in 1943, Roy Rogers appeared on the cover of Life magazine.
• Today in 1972, Tom T. Hall records “(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine” around noon at Mercury Custom Recording Studio in Nashville
• Today in 1988, the “Old 8X10” album by Randy Travis arrived in stores.
• Today in 1994, Alan Jackson’s single, “Summertime Blues,” hit #1.
• Today in 1998, Tim McGraw was named an honorary zookeeper of the Nashville Zoo.
• Today in 2000, as Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s new video, “Let’s Make Love,” debuted on CMT in the morning, the couple was in Atlanta gearing up for their first concert date on their “Soul 2 Soul” tour. The shows marked the first time that Tim and Faith toured on a bill together since the 1996 “Spontaneous Combustion” tour – where they fell in love.
• Today in 2001, Alan Jackson was honored at a “block party” in Nashville for career record sales totaling more than 35-million albums worldwide.
• Today in 2002, Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” hits the top of “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart.
• Today in 2007, Fruit Of The Loom debuts an ad campaign featuring Vince Gill singing “Daddy Was The Apple Of My Eye” with various fruits from the company’s logo playing in the band.
• Today in 2011, Warner Bros. releases the Blake Shelton album “Red River Blue.”
• Today in 2013, Jason Aldean became the first country artist to headline at Boston’s Fenway Park, kicking off his show with “Crazy Town.” Also filling out the bill are Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
• Today in 2014, “Somethin’ Bad,” by Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood, was all good at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
• Today in 2015, Justin Moore and Cole Swindell took part in the MLB Legends & Celebrity Softball Game two days before the All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Among the participants: Macklemore, Snoop Dogg and Nick Lachey.
• Today in 2016, Taylor Swift visited pediatric patients at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Today in 2017, Reba McEntire, Lee Ann Womack and Brandy Clark raised $50,000 for the Alzheimer’s Foundation at City Winery in Nashville. The show included surprise appearances by Martina McBride, William Michael Morgan and Hunter Hayes.
• Today in 2017, Loretta Lynn canceled the remainder of her 2017 concerts as she continued to recover from a stroke.
• Today in 2018, the Eric Church single, “Desperate Man,” was released.
• Today in 2019, Chuck Wicks married Kasi Williams at the Cabo Azul Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Their first dance? “Can’t Help Falling In Love.”
• Today in 2019, Florida Georgia Line presented an all-terrain wheelchair to a retired veteran during a concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
• Today in 2019, Kenny Chesney’s “Tip Of My Tongue,” which was co-written with pop singer Ed Sheeran, hit the airwaves.

• Today in 1967, Kenny Rogers formed The First Edition, just one day after he and members Thelma Camacho, Mike Settle and Terry Williams left the New Christy Minstrels. The group went on to host a syndicated TV variety show in 1972.
• Today in 1981, Earl Thomas Conley’s single, “Fire and Smoke,” topped the charts.
• Today in 1983, Merle Haggard’s album, “Big City,” and the album, “Pancho and Lefty,” by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson were both certified gold.
• Today in 1990, Reba McEntire’s album, “Reba McEntire Live,” was certified gold.
• Today in 1996, the “Alabama Christmas” album was certified double platinum.
• Today in 2000, Billy Gilman made his “Tonight Show” debut.
• Today in 2000, Daryle Singletary’s album, “Now and Again,” arrived in stores.
• Today in 2001, the Everly Brothers, Waylon Jennings and singer/songwriter (and Grand Ole Opry member) Bill Anderson were announced as being among the latest artists to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• Today in 2002, the film soundtrack of the animated film, “Lilo and Stitch,” which featured Wynonna, was certified gold.
• Today in 2002, Joe Nichols’ debut single, “The Impossible,” claimed the #1 position on “Billboard’s” National Top 75 Country Singles Sales Chart. He snagged the spot, which had been held by LeAnn Rimes for the previous 23 weeks.
• Today in 2006, Carrie Underwood performed the national anthem prior to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. The American League beat the National League, 3-2.
• Today in 2009, Dierks Bentley’s “Sideways” was straight at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
• Today in 2015, Luke Bryan sold out Nashville’s Dudley Field in the first country show at the Vanderbilt University football stadium. He bookended his set with “Kick The Dust Up” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” The bill includes Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch and Florida Georgia Line, who join Bryan on “Mountain Music.”
• Today in 2017, Garth Brooks ranks is Forbes the Top Country Cash King, earning $60 million the previous year.

Today in 2017, The House of Representatives votes unanimously to rename the mail center in downtown Bakersfield as the Merle Haggard Post Office Building.