COUNTRY HISTORY

This day in 2001, Shania Twain and then-husband/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange welcomed their first child, a son named Eja (pronounced like Asia) into the world. The news wasn't revealed to the world until August…

This day in 1991, Tanya Tucker was shaken, but unhurt when her tour bus strangely ended up in the middle of a police chase in Dallas.

This day in 1975, Hank Williams, Jr. fell 500-feet while mountain climbing in Montana. He suffered terrible injuries and nearly died, but after two years of surgery to rebuild his body, he returned to touring…

This day in 1954: Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto in San Antonio, Texas. The couple, who share their daughter, Rosanne, moved to Memphis, where he formed a trio that was signed to Sun Records. The…

This day in 2004: Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan launch their first joint concert tour, playing minor league baseball parks, beginning with at stop at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York.

This day in 1967, Bobbie Gentry released her only hit: "Ode to Billy Joe." The single was a number-one hit in the US within three weeks of release and a big international seller. Billboard ranked…

This day in 2000: The felony charges filed against Tim McGraw in connection with the infamous "horse incident" in Buffalo were dropped. Since he and Kenny Chesney still faced a variety of misdemeanor charges, the…

Today in 1981: Kix Brooks married his wife, Barbara. As the story goes, Kix overslept and barely arrived to his Nashville wedding on time. Barbara met her husband in Maine in 1979, before he was pursuing…

This day in 1964: Country Music Hall of Fame member, Jim Reeves, died when his single-engine Beechcraft plane crashed near Nashville, Tennessee. Reeves and his business partner and manager Dean Manuel was flying on their…

This day in 1955, Johnny Cash records his first version of "Folsom Prison Blues," "Luther Played The Boogie" and "So Doggone Lonesome" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis. Folsom Prison Blues, made the country…