COUNTRY HISTORY

On this day in 2004, Kenny Chesney's When the Sun Goes Down debuted at the top of both the Billboard Top 200 and the Billboard Country Albums charts. The album has been Certified Quadruple Platinum by…

On this day in 2006, the RIAA awarded a gold single to Little Big Town for their song "Boondocks". The single would eventually go Platinum.

On this day in 2005, Loretta Lynn won the Grammy for "Best Country Album" for Van Lear Rose. The album title refers to Lynn's origins as the daughter of a miner working in the Van…

On this day back in 1986, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson were presented a Gold Album for The Highwaymen.  Though they would end up being called The Highwaymen, the group did…

On this day back in 1975, Willie Nelson recorded the classic "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain". The song was a cover of  Roy Acuff and helped jump start Nelson's success as a singer and recording…

On this day in 2011, Chris Young's "Voices" was at #1 on the Country Charts. This was Young's third consecutive #1, though the song had been released before his first two #1's. Young made history…

On this day in 1962, Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brooks began his professional career in 1985, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie's Saloon in Stillwater.…

On this day in 1998, Martina McBride picked up her second Platinum Album for Wild Angels. The album was her third and produced the singles "Safe in the Arms of Love", "Wild Angels", "Swingin' Doors",…

On this day in 2009, Darius Rucker received a gold single for "Don't Think I Don't Think About It". The song was Rucker's first single from his album Learn to Live. The song made Rucker the…

On this day in 1974, Dolly Parton's "Jolene" hit #1 on the Billboard Country chart. The was released as the first single and title track from her album of the same name song. It became Parton's second…