COUNTRY HISTORY

Today in 2013, George Jones died at the age of 81. The legendary “Possum” was as known for his turbulent marriage to Tammy Wynette and struggle with drugs and alcohol as he was for his…

This day in 2012: Brad Paisley appeared in the Season Sixteen episode, "Cartman Finds Love", where he sings the national anthem before the L.A. Clippers and Denver Nuggets basketball game. He also performed "I Swear" in a duet with Eric Cartman.…

On this day in 1993, Willie Nelson held Farm Aid 5 in Ames. All of America watched as the Flood of ’93 left thousands of Midwest families homeless. Heavy rains caused the Mississippi and Missouri…

On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), played the first night of a two-week engagement (playing 2 shows a day) at the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas – and bombed! It…

In 2011 - Pistol Annies made their debut on the Academy of Country Music's Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country on CBS, performing "Hell on Heels". The women gave themselves the nicknames "Lonestar Annie" (Miranda Lambert),…

Today in 1998, country music’s reigning super-couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, were the big winners at the 33rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. They nabbed four awards (for Single, Song, Video and Top Vocal…

Today in 2000, the British paper, “The Weekly News,”reported that Shania was responsible for helping a 14-year-old boy come out of a coma. In October 1999, the child was struck by a car and left in…

In 2010 - Lady Antebellum won in three categories, Top Vocal Group, Single Record and Song of the Year, for "Need You Now", at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards from the MGM Grand Garden Arena…

In 1970 - Johnny Cash played at the White House with June Carter and The Statler Brothers for President Nixon, who requested that he played "A Boy Named Sue." Cash declined Nixon's request to do…

In 2010 - Country singer Alan Jackson was awarded his own star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.