COUNTRY HISTORY

In 1977 - Taken from his album Ol' Waylon, Waylon Jennings started a six week run at #1 on the US Country charts with "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)."

In 1974, Freddy Fender was at #1 on the Country music album chart with his first album Before The Next Teardrop Falls. The album includes the #1 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and…

Today in 1980, the single, "Bar Room Buddies," Merle Haggard and actor/director Clint Eastwood debuted on the charts. The song would become Clint’s first and only #1 and Merle’s 25th of 38 number ones. It…

This day in 1986, Johnny Paycheck was found guilty of shooting and wounding a man after an argument in an Ohio bar. Paycheck walked into the North High Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio. The bar was…

This day in 2003: June Carter Cash died in Nashville at the age of 73. She had been in the hospital for eight days following heart surgery. She had developed complications following the operation, and…

This day in 2011: Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton were married at the Don Strange Ranch near Boerne, Texas, in front of Reba McEntire, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride and The Bellamy Brothers. Fast forward to…

This day in 2011: Tim McGraw was sued for breach of contract by Curb Records, which claimed that he recorded his "Emotional Traffic" album too soon after the previous release. Tim had also filed a…

This day in 1994: Willie Nelson was arrested on drug possession charges in Hewitt, Texas, after a police officer found him asleep in his car with a marijuana cigarette in the ashtray. The case was later…

This day in 1989, Keith Whitley was found dead of alcohol poisoning in his Nashville home. Sadly, his career had just hit an all time high. He was survived by his wife, Lorrie Morgan. On the…

This day in 1999: Martina McBride played herself in a cameo appearance on CBS-TV's "Early Edition."The show was about a guy named Gary, who magically gets tomorrow's paper a day early so he can prevent…