- Today in 1975, J. Thomas found his way to the top of the Billboard country chart with one of country music’s longest song titles: “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.”
- Today in 1983, Bill Monroe was a guest at the White House, along with Frank Sinatra, as president Ronald Reagan recognized Monroe as the only living American credited with originating an American music form.
- Today in 1992, the album, “No Fences,” by Garth Brooks was certified for multi-platinum sales of 8-million.
- Today in 1993, Johnny Cash began four days of recording in producer Rick Rubin’s living room in Los Angeles, backed only by his own guitar. It marked the start of work on Cash’s “American Recordings” album.
- Today in 1997, Lonestar’s “Crazy Nights” album was released.
- Today in 1997, Ricochet released “Blink of An Eye” and Lila McCann released her debut album, “Lila.”
- Today in 2000, the Grand Ole Opry radio show, carried since 1925 on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, began webcasting the Opry program.
- Today in 2001, the new $37-million Country Music Hall of Fame opened in downtown Nashville. On hand were Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Diamond Rio, Martina McBride, Bill Anderson and ribbon-cutters Charley Pride, Brenda Lee and Kitty Wells.
- Today in 2002, Elvis Presley was back at #1 on the U.K. singles chart for the first time since shortly after his death in 1977. That means he broken the quarter-century-long stalemate with the Beatles for the most chart-topping singles in British history. The remix of his 1968 song, “A Little Less Conversation,” was also the first remix of any Elvis recording, which was sanctioned by his estate.
- Today in 2005, Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” which was written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, won Single Record and Song of the Year during the 40th annual Academy of Country Music awards.
- Today in 2006, Kenny Chesney kicked off a five-week run at Billboard #1 with his song, “Summertime.”
- Today in 2010, Taylor Swift received the Hal David Starlight Award as the Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted David Foster, Jackie DeShannon, Leonard Cohen and Sunny Skylar.
- Today in 2013, Thomas Rhett’s “It Goes Like This” video debuted on CMT, as did Zac Brown Band’s “Jump Right In.”
- Today in 2015, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn began a Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace.
- Today in 2016, Garth Brooks attended the Tennessee funeral of Mike Chapman, who played bass on many of his hits, including “Shameless,” “Friends In Low Places,” “The Thunder Rolls” and, appropriately, “The Dance.”
- Today in 2016, Jon Pardi’s album, “California Sunrise,” was released.
- Today in 2016, Garth Brooks’ 2007 album, “The Ultimate Hits,” was certified nine-times platinum by the RIAA.
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Toby Keith Kicking Off Tour This Week
Toby Keith is ready to go back on the road. The singer is set to launch his “Country Comes to Town Tour,” this weekend
The 25-city tour, with special guests Colt Ford, Jackson Dean, Matt Stell, Clay Walker and more on select dates, kicks off June 20th in Prescott, Arizona, wrapping December 3rd in Estero, Florida, with more dates expected to be announced.
October 14th, Toby Keith will perform at the Xstream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1981, the Oak Ridge Boys’ single, “Elvira,” was certified gold.
- Today in 1989, Ricky Skaggs topped the country charts with “Lovin’ Only Me.”
- Today in 1992, Pam Tillis’ “Put Yourself In My Place” album was certified Gold, her first.
- Today in 1993, the “It’s Your Call” album by Reba McEntire was certified double platinum.
- Today in 1995, Tracy Lawrence’s “Texas Tornado” topped the charts.
- Today in 1997, Alan Jackson made a little history by becoming the first artist ever to win six times as Male Vocalist of the Year at the TNN/Music City News Country Awards.
- Today in 1998, Shania Twain’s “Come On Over” album was certified quadruple platinum.
- Today in 1999, Travis Tritt, his wife, Theresa, and their 1-year-old daughter, Tyler, welcomed new son, Tristan James into the family at a Nashville hospital.
- Today in 2000, the Country Music Association announced Charley Pride and Faron Young as the year’s inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame. They were the final members to be installed before the Hall moved into a new building in downtown Nashville.
- Today in 2000, Lee Ann Womack’s album, “I Hope You Dance,” was certified gold just 3 weeks after its release.
- Today in 2001, Tim McGraw’s “Grown Men Don’t Cry” moved in to the top spot on the “Billboard” country singles list.
- Today in 2002, it was confirmed that Tim McGraw had inked a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster for an estimated $1.5-million.
- Today in 2002, Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow appeared on “CMT Crossroads,” which was taped the previous month on the Sony Pictures lot in Los Angeles. In addition to their own material, they offer a duet on the Johnny Cash & June Carter classic, “Jackson.”
- Today in 2011, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, author Allen Toussaint and composer John Bettis are added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
- Today in 2013, Darius Rucker sang the national anthem at the AT&T Center in San Antonio during the NBA finals. The Spurs defeated the Miami Heat, 114-104.
- Today in 2014, Miranda Lambert appears on the cover of Us Weekly magazine, where she details the diet and exercise changes she made in losing 45 pounds.
- Today in 2015, Kacey Musgraves took part as brand ambassador as Zodiac vodka throws a launch party at Acme Feed and Seed in Nashville.
- Today in 2015, Cam’s “Burning House” hit the airwaves.
Carrie Underwood Releasing DVD Of “My Savior” Ryman Show
Earlier this year Carrie Underwood headlined a special Easter concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, performing songs from her gospel album “My Savior.” Well, folks who couldn’t make it to Nashville, or didn’t catch the livestream, now have another chance to check it out.
Carrie is set to release her first-ever gospel live performance DVD, “My Savior: LIVE From The Ryman,” on July 23rd. The special features gust appearances by Cece Winans and Bear Rinehart, frontman of the rock band, NEEDTOBREATHE.
In addition, on release day a TV special featuring performances from the DVD will air on PBS, DIRECTV, DISH TV, Circle TV and more, and it will be available on the Gaither TV YouTube Channel for a limited time.
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1969, “Hee Haw” with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premiered on CBS TV. Despite its popularity, the show was soon canceled, but thrived in syndication for over 20 more years.
- Today in 1974, “Annie’s Song” by John Denver entered the Top 40 chart.
- Today in 1982, the albums, “Always On My Mind” and “Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be),” by Willie Nelson were certified platinum.
- Today in 1983, Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1984, the “Deliver” album by the Oak Ridge Boys was certified gold.
- Today in 1986, Exiles’ “Greatest Hits” album was released.
- Today in 1990, the “Full Access” video by Hank Williams Jr. was certified gold.
- Today in 1991, Minnie Pearl performed in Joliet, Illinois, in what turned out to be her final show. She suffered a stroke two days later.
- Today in 1993, Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might Be A Redneck If …” album was released.
- Today in 1998, Billy Ray Cyrus crushed the competition in balloting for the 32nd Annual TNN/Music City News Awards. He took home five awards including male artist of the year, album of the year (“Cover to Cover”), single of the year and song of the year (“It’s All the Same to Me”) and video of the year (“Three Little Words”). Neal McCoy was named Entertainer of the Year.
- Today in 2001, Jamie O’Neal made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
- Today in 2004, Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” video debuted on CMT.com
- Today in 2010, Kellie Pickler got engaged to Kyle Jacobs – they married New Year’s Day, 2011.
- Today in 2012, Blake Shelton’s video for “Over” first aired on CMT.
- Today in 2013, Dwight Yoakam performed “Streets Of Bakersfield,” “Fast As You” and “Act Naturally,” adding a country thread to the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
Garth Brooks On Returning To Stadiums
“What I hope is the week after the shows, people go, “Hey look man, we mass-assembled and we sang and we had fun like it was 2019 — and we’re not worse off for it,’” he tells “Billboard,” adding, “for me, the most important thing is what happens after that in that city. Did everyone come out of it OK? And if so, then, thank you, God,” noting, “That’s what you’re hoping for more than anything.”
As for precautions that will be taken, Garth says, ”you do all you can do,” noting venues are hiring more ticket staff, and will be handing out masks to those who want one. “We’re all taking our steps toward recovery at our own pace and let’s all be family,” he says. “Let’s all have a good time, and let’s respect each individual’s way of how they’re handling this and coming out of it.”
- And Garth is anticipating his first time back on stage is going to be a great night. “My voice is going to be gone after two songs. I think I’m just so excited, I’m going to wear myself out the first 10 minutes,” he says. I’m like a little kid. I just can’t wait to get back to the playground and hear those people sing.”
- ONE MORE THING! Tickets went on sale over the weekend for Garth’s August 7th show at Kansas City’s GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium and broke another record. Garth sold over 74,500 tickets in just one hour, a record for ticket sales for an entertainment show at the stadium.
Source: Billboard
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1961, Patsy Cline sustained serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident in Madison, Tennessee.
- Today in 1975 Linda Ronstadt’s remake of The Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved” tops the Billboard country chart
- Today in 1977, the “Ol’ Waylon” album by Waylon Jennings was certified gold.
- Today in 1980, Alabama’s first hit, “My Home’s In Alabama,” made its chart debut.
- Today in 1983, John Anderson’s single, “Swingin’,” was certified gold.
- Today in 1994, the “Greatest Hits” album by John Anderson was certified gold.
- Today in 1996, Toby Keith hit #1 with “Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You.”
- Today in 1996, Jeff Foxworthy’s album, “You Might Be A Redneck If…,” was certified triple platinum.
- Today in 1997, Hank Williams Jr. welcomed a surprise guest, five-year-old Hunter Hayes, to play for 200,000 people at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Hayes lugs an accordion on stage to sing “Jambalaya (On The Bayou).”
- Today in 2001, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson joined the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Emmylou Harris performed for Dolly’s induction, and Willie sang the song, “Rainbow Connection,” in honor of fellow inductee Paul Williams. Diane Warren and Eric Clapton also became members during the 32nd annual awards ceremony at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers.
- Today in 2003, Josh Turner (“Long Black Train”) tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer (a former Miss Georgia runner-up), in northern Georgia.
- Today in 2003, Trace Adkins was invited to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The occasion was marked by a “sizable” sight gag: Little Jimmy Dickens came out onstage during Trace’s set with a step stool. He then climbed atop the stool to look 6-foor, 6-inch Trace in the eye to make the offer of membership.
- Today in 2008, Sara Evans married sports radio host Jay Barker on a farm in Tennessee. Songwriter Marcus Hummon sang “Bless The Broken Road” at the ceremony, where the guests included Sheryl Crow.
- Today in 2011, Alabama hosted “Bama Rising,” a benefit at Birmingham’s BJCC Arena that raises $2 million for tornado relief. Also on board: Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Jake Owen and David Nail.
- Today in 2017, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd filed suit against former drummer Artimus Pyle and Cleopatra Records in New York, attempting to block production of a movie, “Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash.” The band held that it violates an agreement not to capitalize on the tragedy. They won a permanent injunction the following August.
Kane Brown’s Daughter Has Started Talking
Kane Brown’s daughter Kingsley is 19 months old now, and he says he’s amazed at all the changes he sees in her.
“She’s getting a personality on her,” Kane tells “People.” “She’s about to be 2 so she’s just running around the place.”
Kane adds that he and wife Katelyn are just “waiting for [Kingsley] to talk,” but she’s getting there. He notes, “She said ‘wow’ today or ‘woah.’ She says ‘Dada,’ perfectly.”
Source: People
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1949, Hank Williams, Sr. made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He sang “Lovesick Blues” and got an unprecedented six encores. Ironically, Opry bigwigs had been reluctant to book him at first, because his wild lifestyle was at odds with the Opry’s clean and wholesome image.
- Today in 1988, Patty Loveless became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, where she sings “If My Heart Had Windows” and “A Little Bit In Love.”
- Today in 1993, Patty Loveless topped the country charts with “Blame It On Your Heart.”
- Today in 1994, “That Ain’t No Way To Go” to go brought Brooks & Dunn to the top of the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 1996, Paul Brandt’s debut album, “Calm Before the Storm,” and Mark Wills’ self-titled debut album arrived in stores.
- Today in 1996, Carl Perkins was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk in Los Angeles
- Today in 1996, Garth Brooks set a Fan Fair (Fan Fair is now called CMA Music Fest) record by signing autographs for 23 hours straight.
- Today in 1999, the Dixie Chicks album, “Wide Open Spaces,” was certified for sales of 6-million, making it the best selling album by a duo or group in country music history. A year later, it was certified for sales in excess of 11-million. When the critically acclaimed disc surpassed 10-million, the trio became the only group in the history of country music to receive a prestigious RIAA Diamond Award.
- Today in 2000, Lila McCann became a high school graduate.
- Today in 2002, Lonestar were honored with the 2002 Fatherhood Award at the National Fatherhood Initiative’s 5th Annual Awards Gala Dinner in San Antonio.
- Today in 2002, lots of new albums arrived in stores. They included Sawyer Brown’s “Can You Hear Me Now?,” Aaron Tippin’s “RCA Country Legends,” Conway Twitty’s “The Late Great Conway Twitty” and the Marie Sisters’ self-titled debut album.
- Today in 2004, “The Stepford Wives” opens in movie theaters, with Faith Hill in her acting debut.
- Today in 2012, Jason Aldean is ticketed and fined $100 for swimming in prohibited waters on a visit to the beach in Destin, Florida
- Today in 2013, Carrie Underwood recorded NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” theme, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night” – it officially debuted the following September.
- Today in 2016, Garth Brooks coached about 100 kids on life and teamwork during a one-day camp at the Hank Ruys Soccer Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- Today in 2016, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band received plaques from the Tennessee Department of Tourism Development honoring the group’s 50th anniversary as it prepared to play Nissan Stadium in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival.
- Today in 2016, Cassadee Pope made a surprise appearance at Nissan Stadium in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival to sing “Think Of You” with Chris Young. The night also featured Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, The Oak Ridge Boys, Steven Tyler and Martina McBride.
- Today in 2017, Justin Moore and his wife, Kate, welcomed their son, Thomas South Moore, in Little Rock.
Another CMT Music Awards Is In The Books
The 2021 CMT Music Awards are in the books, with Carrie Underwood once again walking away with the top award, Video of the Year, for her John Legend collaboration “Hallelujah.” The win is Carrie’s ninth in the category, and her third in a row. It also extends her record as the most awarded artist in CMT history with 23 wins.
The night was also a very good one for the show’s two hosts, Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini. Kane won two awards, Male Video of the Year for “Worship You” and Collaborative Video of the Year for his Chris Young collab “Famous Friends.” Meanwhile, Kelsea won CMT Performance of the Year for her 2020 CMT Music Awards performance of “The Other Girl” with Halsey. She used her acceptance speech to call out haters who criticized the performance as not being country enough noting the win shows fans know “where my roots are.”
Other winners include: Gabby Barrett, Female Video of the Year for “The Good Ones,” Little Big Town, Duo/Group Video of the Year for “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” and Dylan Scott, Breakthrough Video of the Year for “Nobody.” Taylor Swift even won an award for Best Family Feature for her video for “The Best Day (Taylor’s Version),” tweeting “I Love You Mom” after her win.
- The show also honored Linda Martell with the second annual CMT Equal Play Award. Linda is the only black woman to ever make the Top 20 Country Airplay charts (in 1969) and the very first black woman to play the Grand Ole Opry. In a video clip she talked about her career and the discrimination she faced throughout it. Her contribution to music was celebrated by such artists as Mickey Guyton, Rissi Palmer, Rhiannon Giddens, Jennifer Nettles (the first recipient of the award), Darius Rucker, and Carrie Underwood.
As usual, the CMT Music Awards were filled with a whole bunch of great performances, which once again took place at various locations across Nashville. Performances included:
- Lady A opened the show with their latest single “Like A Lady,” and was joined by Carly Pearce, and Lindsay Ell on guitar.
- Chris Stapleton performed a roaring rendition of “Arkansas” outdoors at the Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee. He later returned in studio for a show-stopping collaboration with H.E.R. on her song “Hold On.”
- Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall performed “Tequila Does” sitting around a campfire strumming their guitars.
- Kelsea Ballerini and Paul Klein from LANY gave fans the world premiere of their brand new song “I Quit Drinking,” which ended with them singing in a downpour.
- Tenille Townes, at the White Limousine rooftop bar in Nashville, performed “Lady Like” surrounded by flowers, and then was joined by JP Saxe, for his song “Like That.”
- Breland and Mickey Guyton performed the perfect country road trip song “Cross Country.” Gladys Knight then joined them for a joyous performance of “Friendship Train.”
- Carrie Underwood teamed with NEEDTOBREATHE for the band’s brand new song “I Wanna Remember” from the Bonnaroo Farm.
- Kane Brown and Chris Young closed the show with their CMT Award winning song “Famous Friends,” complete with plenty of pyro, and quite an entrance from Kane, who popped out from behind some huge cardboard faces of big country stars.
- And that wasn’t all. Other performances included: Luke Combs singing “Cold As You,” Thomas Rhett performed “Country Again,” Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi performed their collab “Getting Over Him,” Brothers Osborne and Dierks Bentley teamed for “Lighten Up” from Bonnaroo Farm and Luke Bryan performed “Down To One,” with fireworks going off in the background.
- The show also highlighted rising stars on the Ram Truck Stage, with performances from Blanco Brown (making his first performance since his motorcycle accident), who performed “Nobody’s More Country,” Dylan Scott, who played his number one hit “Nobody,” Hailey Whitters, who sang “Fillin’ My Cup,” Lainey Wilson, who performed her new single “Things A Man Oughta Know,” Niko Moon, who performed “Good Time,” and Tenille Arts who sang “Somebody Like That.”
2021 CMT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS LIST
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Carrie Underwood & John Legend – “Hallelujah” – WINNER
- Kane Brown – “Worldwide Beautiful”
- Keith Urban with P!nk – “One Too Many”
- Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Carly Pearce – “Next Girl”
- Gabby Barrett – “The Good Ones” – WINNER
- Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle”
- Maren Morris – “To Hell & Back”
- Mickey Guyton – “Heaven Down Here”
- Miranda Lambert – “Settling Down”
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Chris Stapleton – “Starting Over”
- Darius Rucker – “Beers and Sunshine”
- Kane Brown – “Worship You” – WINNER
- Luke Bryan – “Down To One”
- Luke Combs – “Lovin’ On You”
- Thomas Rhett – “What’s Your Country Song”
DUO/GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Brothers Osborne – “All Night”
- Lady A – “Like A Lady”
- Little Big Town – “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” – WINNER
- Old Dominion – “Never Be Sorry”
- Parmalee and Blanco Brown – “Just The Way”
- Runaway June – “We Were Rich”
BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Dylan Scott – “Nobody” – WINNER
- Hailey Whitters feat. Little Big Town – “Fillin’ My Cup”
- HARDY – “Give Heaven Some Hell”
- Lainey Wilson – “Things a Man Oughta Know”
- Mickey Guyton – “Black Like Me”
- Niko Moon – “GOOD TIME (Ride Along Video)”
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Carrie Underwood with John Legend – “Hallelujah”
- Chris Young and Kane Brown – “Famous Friends” – WINNER
- Elle King and Miranda Lambert – “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
- Keith Urban with P!nk – “One Too Many”
- Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris – “Chasing After You”
- Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard – “Undivided”
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
- From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs “1, 2 Many”
- From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Dan + Shay “I Should Probably Go To Bed”
- From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus “This Is Us”
- From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey “The Other Girl” – WINNER
- From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Little Big Town “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
- From CMT Crossroads – Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price “Twinkle Twinkle”
BEST FAMILY FEATURE
- Brooke Eden – “Sunroof”
- Kane Brown – “Worship You”
- Luke Combs – “Forever After All”
- Miranda Lambert – “Settling Down”
- Russell Dickerson – “Home Sweet”
- Taylor Swift – “The Best Day (Taylor’s Version)”
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