- Today in 1963, Buck Owens recorded “Act Naturally,” and made a first pass at “My Heart Skips a Beat.”
- Today in 1981, the “Greatest Hits” album by Ronnie Milsap was certified Gold.
- Today in 1983, the single “You And I” by Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle peaked at number seven on the pop singles chart.
- Today in 1983, Crystal Gayle’s “’Til I Can Gain Control Again” was a #1 Billboard single.
- Today in 1986, “Rockin’ With the Rhythm” became the Judds second gold album.
- Today in 1993, Toby Keith released “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”
- Today in 1993, Diamond Rio hit number one with their single, “In A Week or Two.”
- Today in 1994, Rhett Akins’ daughter Kasey Lee was born.
- Today in 1996, BlackHawk released the single “Like There Ain’t No Yesterday.”
- Today in 1997, Kevin Sharp’s debut album, “Measure of a Man,” was certified Gold.
- Today in 1998, Alabama’s “Mountain Music” became quintuple-platinum, “Roll On” quadruple-platinum, and “Greatest Hits, Volume III” double-platinum.
- Today in 2002, Faith Hill’s work was among the songs up in the Best Original Song category for the 74th annual Academy Awards. Her soaring ballad, “There You’ll Be,” which was written by Diane Warren for the “Pearl Harbor” soundtrack, joined tracks from Paul McCartney, Sting, Enya and Randy Newman in the category.
- Today in 2004, Buddy Jewell’s self-titled debut album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
- Today in 2005, Sammi Smith died in Oklahoma City. She was 61. Smith is perhaps best remembered for her hit rendition of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through The Night.”
- Today in 2005, longtime RCA recording artist Eddy Arnold was honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a pre-Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
- Today in 2005, Rascal Flatts’ “Bless the Broken Road” became a #1 hit on the Billboard.
- Today in 2007, Montgomery Gentry’s Eddie Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood, and Steve Azar helped launch Country Week on the game show “Wheel of Fortune.”
- Today in 2008, The Statler Brothers, Tom T. Hall, Emmylou Harris, and the late Pop Stoneman were named as the 2008 inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- Today in 2008, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, T.G. Sheppard, and Ronnie McDowell joined Pat Boone, B.J. Thomas, and Elvis Presley’s former girlfriend, rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson for the tribute concert “Belmont University Presents: Nashville Celebrates Elvis!”
- Today in 2010, Taylor Swift made her feature film debut with the opening of the movie “Valentine’s Day.”
- Today in 2010, The all-star remake of the charity single “We Are The World,” renamed “We Are The World 25 for Haiti,” was unveiled during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles was among the soloists on the song, which was a fundraiser for earthquake relief in Haiti, while Zac Brown, Julianne Hough, and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush are also among the 85 stars featured on the track.
- Today in 2010, Rascal Flatts released their special “Unstoppable (Olympics Mix)” digitally via iTunes. The song was also incorporated into the TV coverage of the Winter Olympic Games, which were getting under way in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Today in 2010, Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” was released to radio.
- Today in 2011, CMT’s “40 Greatest Love Songs” featured Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” in the top spot.
- Today in 2011, Dolly Parton was honored as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner at a special event in Los Angeles.
- Today in 2012, at the GRAMMYs, Taylor Swift’s “Mean” won both Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. The Civil Wars, Lady Antebellum, Alison Krauss, and Union Station were also among the winners. In addition, Blake Shelton and The Band Perry took part in a special Lifetime Achievement salute to Glen Campbell. George Jones was also a Lifetime Achievement honoree.
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MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “CICI”
This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Cici”. Cici is a beautiful one year old Siberian Husky, who is playful, energetic, and affectionate. Cici is looking for her forever home and would love to meet you!
If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Cici or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.
Check out our visit about with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:
Brad Paisley Drops New Song “Off Road”
Brad Paisley is back with new music. The singer just dropped the new tune “Off Road.”
“It’s about every girl who won’t stay in her lane, every girl that busts through roadblocks to get where she wants to go,” Brad shares. “You know who you are.”
The song is the first new single from Brad since the release of “No I In Beer” this past summer.
ONE MORE THING! Brad stopped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” yesterday, where he talked about his love of pranks. Brad admits he can be “brutal” and believe it or not he says it started when he was just five year’s old. He says his grandfather was watching him for New Year’s Eve and he wanted to stay up, so when at one point his grandfather had asked if his mother ever drank, Brad decided he was going to use that as a way to stay up. Brad notes, “I basically had him convinced that my mother, who never drinks, was a total alcoholic.”
When his parents came home and he was still awake they couldn’t understand why and Brad said it was “because of you,” and then grandpa started to come down on his mom for her drinking, who pleaded with Brad to tell him it wasn’t true, but all he said was “I wish I could.”
Brad admits the whole thing was “terrible,” and says, “I got in so much trouble, but I learned a valuable less that day, and it’s stick with a joke for as long as you possibly can.”
Source: Brad Paisley
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This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1967, “Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” got Loretta Lynn her first #1 Billboard single.
- Today in 1975, Alabama’s Randy Owen married his wife, Kelly.
- Today in 1982, “Always on My Mind” by Willie Nelson was released.
- Today in 1984, Vince Gill debuted on the charts with “Victim of Life’s Circumstances.”
- Today in 1984, a federal grand jury in Memphis indicted Jerry Lee Lewis on tax evasion charges. He was acquitted the following October.
- Today in 1989, “Song of the South” by Alabama, hit #1 on the Billboard country chart.
- Today in 1992, new releases included Reba McEntire’s video “For My Broken Heart” and John Anderson’s album “Seminole Wind.”
- Today in 1994, George Strait hit number one with “I’d Like To Have That One Back.”
- Today in 1999, tornadoes earlier in the week forced a CD manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois, to shut down production, causing a possible delay for Steve Wariner’s single “Two Teardrops.” But his record label persuaded two manufacturing plants to press 400 copies of the single while volunteers addressed and stuffed envelopes to get the single shipped to radio stations on time.
- Today in 2002, “The Essential Johnny Cash” album arrived in stores.
- Today in 2003, Terri Clark’s single “I Just Wanna Be Mad” hit number one on the “Radio & Records” Country Top 50 chart. It also marked a milestone — it was the first time in 46 weeks that a solo female artist grabbed the top spot on the “Radio & Records” chart.
- Today in 2003, new album releases included Vince Gill’s “Next Big Thing,” George Strait’s live effort “For The Last Time – Live from the Astrodome,” and the Dixie Chicks’ DVD/video “Home.”
- Today in 2004, Kenny Chesney’s album “When The Sun Goes Down” debuted at the top of the “Billboard” album charts.
- Today in 2006, Trisha Yearwood sang with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra at the Grand Ole Opry house. Raul Malo was the host.
- Today in 2006, weeks after the departure of Kristen Hall, Sugarland performed their first concert as a duo.
- Today in 2007, the Dixie Chicks won five trophies at the GRAMMYs: Record and Song of the Year for “Not Ready to Make Nice,” Best Country Performance by a Duo of Group, and Album of the Year and Best Country Album for “Taking The Long Way.” Other country winners included Carrie Underwood, who was named Best New Artist, as well as Vince Gill, Randy Travis, Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, who got the nod for her collaboration with Bon Jovi on the group’s hit “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” Bob Wills was acknowledged as a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
- Today in 2007, Trent Willmon and Lorrie Morgan were among the judges for The Corner Pub’s 3rd Annual Chili Cookoff in Nashville.
- Today is 2008, on a new episode of “CMT Crossroads,” Alison Krauss and Robert Plant performed a list which included “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” “Black Dog,” and When the Levee Breaks.”
- Today in 2009, Brad Paisley led the pack of nominees for the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Other multiple nominees included George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, and Heidi Newfield. LeAnn Rimes was tapped to receive the ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award.
- Today in 2009, Dierks Bentley’s “Feel That Fire” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, ending Taylor Swift’s 12-week run in the top spot with “Fearless.” In addition, the title track to Bentley’s CD was at number one on the Country Singles chart.
- Today in 2009, Pat Green and Clay Walker were among those taking part in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am charity golf tournament.
- Today in 2009, the Trace Adkins-voiced ad campaign promoting the Grand Ole Opry began its media run.
- Today in 2010, Justin Moore became a dad with the birth of his first child, Ella Kole.
- Today in 2010, Carrie Underwood’s “Sesame Street” character made her debut on the long-running PBS children’s series. “Carrie Underworm” is an orange worm with long blonde hair who sings. On the show, Carrie’s invertebrate alter-ego performed “The Worm Anthem.”
- Today in 2011, Kenny Chesney was officially honored as the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame’s “Tennessean of the Year” at an event in Nashville.
- Today in 2011, LeAnn Rimes was among the performers at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Barbra Streisand.
- Today in 2011, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley recorded “Remind Me.”
- Today in 2012, Dierks Bentley served as the Honorary Chairman of the Arizona Centennial Motorcycle Ride, which took place in his hometown of Phoenix as part of the state’s 100th anniversary celebration. Bentley’s hit “Home” was the official song of the event.
- Today in 2014, Trick Pony announced their reunion.
- Today is 2014, Eric Church’s album, “The Outsiders,” was released.
Tim McGraw’s Best Marriage Advice Comes From Harrison Ford
With 24 years of marriage under their belt, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill seem to be experts on the subject, so it’s understandable that folks are always asking him their secret. While Tim will often offer up typical things like being respectful and honest, he also admits that he some of the “best advice” he’s heard actually comes from Harrison Ford.
“They were talkin’ about being married to Callista Flockhart for so long,” Tim shares, “And he said, ‘Well, I’ve learned to say the least amount of words that you can possibly say to keep yourself out of trouble.’” Tim adds, “I’d probably go along with that advice.”
Source: Tim McGraw
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1978, Ronnie Milsap’s album, “It Was Almost Like A Song,” was certified gold.
- Today in 1979, Eddie Rabbitt topped the country singles chart with “Every Which Way But Loose.”
- Today in 1984, Alabama topped the country charts with “Roll On [18 Wheeler].”
- Today in 1986, “The Highwayman” album by Waylon, Willie, Johnny, Kris Kristofferson was certified gold.
- Today in 1986, Reba McEntire’s album, “Whoever’s In New England,” was released.
- Today in 1987, Randy Travis’ first album, “Storms of Life,” was certified platinum.
- Today in 1995, Patty Loveless hit #1 with the single, “Here I Am.”
- Today in 1998, Sammy Kershaw earned a gold certification for his album, “Labor of Love.”
- Today in 1998, “How Do I Live,” by Diane Warren got an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, as it appeared in the film, “Con Air.” The song had been recorded by both Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes that year – Trisha’s version was the one included in the film (and nominated for the Oscar). And while LeAnn’s version had been more successful in charting, Trisha’s version (which was also successful) was the first of the two to be released – and for the first time in history, the GRAMMY Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following LeAnn’s performance of the song, Trisha took home GRAMMY Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. What happened with the Oscar nod? It lost out to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” from “Titanic.”
- Today in 2000, the book, “The Great Canadian Book of Lists,” dubbed Shania Twain as “Canada’s Sexiest Woman.”
- Today in 2000, Jim Varney, one of America’s most beloved comedic actors, died of lung cancer at his home in White House, Tennessee. He was 50 years old. Starring in nine “Ernest” movies and as Jed Clampett in the movie “Beverly Hillbillies,” he was also the voice of “Slinky Dog.” He also performed in many other film and television productions. His burial was in Lexington, Kentucky with a public memorial service in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Today in 2000, Reba McEntire’s video for “We’re All Alone,” her duet with Jose y Durval, topped the charts on CMT Brazil. The song is from Reba’s album, “So Good Together.”
- Today in 2002, Joe Diffie hosted his 10th annual Country Steps In For the First Steps concert. The Judds, Trace Adkins, Ricky Skaggs, Cyndi Thomson, and comedian Cledus T. Judd all performed.
- Today in 2005, the video to “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry premiered on CMT.
- Today in 2008, at the 50th annual GRAMMYs, “Before He Cheats” won two awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Carrie Underwood, and Best Country Song for Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins.
- Today in 2011, “Crazy Girl,” by The Eli Young Band, was released.
- Today in 2013, at the 55th annual GRAMMYs, Carrie Underwood and writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins won the same awards again, but this time for “Blown Away.”
- Today in 2014, Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins began writing the future Florida Georgia Line hit, “Dirt,” at the Big Loud Shirt building in Nashville.
Luke Bryan Says Socially Distanced “American Idol” Still Emotional
Luke Bryan and his fellow judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie return to “American Idol” Sunday and while things will look decidedly different due to the pandemic, with the contestants and judges social distancing from each other, Luke says that won’t take away from the emotion of the show.
“The most important part is when you’re in the room with a great contestant, we feel the greatness far beyond doing it virtually,” Luke tells E! News. “Even in the room we can’t walk up and put our arms around these kids right now, we have to keep our distance. But we’ve had some pretty emotional moments already.”
Luke added, “This is the first time in four years that just someone’s singing made me cry.”
And while the judges have to sit far apart from each other, it doesn’t get in the way of their fun banter. During the interview Katy joked that while she has missed Lionel since last season, she can’t say the same for Luke, who then chimed in “Hey, you’re the one that didn’t put deodorant on today!” “I’m a mom, I forget things now!” Katy argued. “And also I’m too busy.” And when it comes to being apart from Luke, she added, “But now I don’t get flicked by his boogers anymore.”
Source: E! Online
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1975, Willie Nelson recorded “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.”
- Today in 1980, the Oak Ridge Boys hit #1 with “Leavin’ Louisiana In The Broad Daylight.”
- Today in 1991, “Brother Jukebox” by Mark Chesnutt was #1.
- Today in 1996, Joe Diffie hit #1 with “Bigger Than the Beatles.”
- Today in 1998, Lee Roy Parnell released the single, “All That Matters Anymore.”
- Today in 1998, Oprah Winfrey announced that Garth Brooks had agreed to donate his earnings from sales of his latest album, “Sevens,” for a seven-day period to her charity, “Oprah’s Angel Network.” The organization uses the donations to fund college scholarships for underprivileged students.
- Today in 2001, the soundtrack to “O Brother, Where Art Though?” featuring Alison Krauss, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, Harry, McClintock, The Whites, and Normal Blake went gold.
- Today in 2006, Brad Paisley’s “Alcohol” went gold.
- Today in 2009, “It Happens” by Sugarland was released.
- Today in 2011, Taylor Swift performed in Singapore for the first time to kick off her international tour.
- Today in 2014, Keith Urban performed “Don’t Let Me Down” with John Mayer and Brad Paisley teams with Pharrell Williams on “Here Comes The Sun” as CBS airs “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles.” The telecast also features John Legend, Alicia Keys and The Eurythmics.
- Today in 2015, Big & Rich performed “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)” on ABC-TV’s “The Bachelor.”
- Today in 2015, Dan + Shay’s “Nothin’ Like You” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2016, Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.
- Today in 2017, Old Dominion was featured on the PBS music series “Soundstage.” On the same date in 2019, the band earned a trio of gold singles from the RIAA, for “Written In The Sand,” “Song For Another Time” and “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart.”
- Today in 2018, Scotty McCreery scored an RIAA-certified gold single for “Five More Minutes.”
- Today in 2019, Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha performed “Meant To Be” for Clive Davis’ annual pre-GRAMMY party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Their audience included Maren Morris, Ryan Hurd, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Julianne Hough, Alice Cooper, Joni Mitchell, Julia Michaels and Tori Kelly.
- Today in 2019, John Prine was honored in a concert at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Dwight Yoakam lead the closing round of “Paradise” with the entire cast, including Margo Price, Anderson East, Boz Scaggs, Bob Weir, Ashley McBryde and John Paul White.
Miranda Lambert & Hubby’s Airstream Hit While On Road Trip
Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin took their 2020 Airstream Globetrotter on a road trip, but the end of the trip did not go off without a hitch.
“Unfortunately on the way home going through ATL, a driver in a small car w/ temp plates was driving erratically & tried to squeeze between us & a semi truck going 70 on I-20W,” Miranda shared on social media. “It hit the airstream & sent us into the left lane.”
She said their vehicle “fishtailed pretty good,” but luckily “nobody was hurt.” Unfortunately “nobody stopped either and the car sped away.”
Miranda expects the airstream to be repaired soon so they can be “back to our vagabond ways.” And the accident didn’t damper her experience, with Miranda sharing, “overall it was an amazing trip and we learned we have a lot to see and a lot to be grateful for.”
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1960, “He’ll Have To Go” by Jim Reeves got a number one spot in Billboard magazine.
- Today in 1996, Travis Tritt proposed to Theresa Nelson.
- Today in 1997, “It’s A Little Too Late” by Mark Chesnutt hit the top of the Billboard country chart.
- Today in 2002, the album “Burn” by Joe Dee Messina became her second platinum album.
- Today in 2004, Alison Krauss won three awards at the GRAMMYs, for Best Bluegrass Album, Best Country Instrumental Performance, and Best Country Collaboration (with James Taylor.)
- Today in 2005, the album, “There’s More Where That Came From,” by Lee Ann Womack was released.
- Today in 2006, Alison Krauss won three GRAMMY awards again, for Best Country Album, Best Country Vocal by a Duo or Group, and Best Country Instrumental.
- Today in 2009, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won five trophies at the GRAMMYS: Album of the Year, Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, Record of the Year, Pop Collaboration, and Country Collaboration.
- Today in 2011, Thompson Square’s self-titled debut album was released.
- Today in 2015, two songs from the documentary “Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me” won during the 57th annual Grammy awards at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The Band Perry’s “Gentle On My Mind” takes Best Country Duo/Group Performance; “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” written by Campbell with Julian Raymond, earned Best Country Song.
- Today in 2017, a tribute concert honoring Randy Travis took place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Guests included Garth Brooks, Alabama, Chris Janson, Josh Turner, Kenny Rogers, Montgomery Gentry and Jamey Johnson.
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