COUNTRY HISTORY

In 1991, Garth Brooks was at #1 on the US country chart with his third studio album, Ropin' the Wind. The album replaced his previous album No Fences at the #1 postion, where it enjoyed a combined 18 weeks…

In 2001, Lonestar released their fourth album I'm Already There. Serving as singles from this album were the title track (which spent six weeks at #1 on the Hot Country Songs charts), "Not a Day Goes By"…

Glen Campbell was at #1 on the Billboard country album chart with Galveston. The singers thirteenth studio album spent 11 weeks at #1 and 26 weeks on the chart. The album features session drummer Hal Blaine who has played…

Jason Aldean was at #1 on the Country charts with his second album Relentless. The set produced three chart singles for Aldean on the Hot Country Songs charts. The lead-off single "Johnny Cash" (originally recorded by Tracy…

Patsy Cline was seriously injured in a car accident outside the Madison High School in Nashville. During her two month hospital stay, her song "I Fall to Pieces" gave the singer her first Country #1…

Today in 1960, Loretta Lynn debuted on the charts with "Honky Tonk Girl."

"Ring Of Fire" by Johnny Cash made its debut at #28 on the singles charts. It went on to become his first #1 hit since the 1959 "Don't Take Your Guns To Town."

On this day in 2012, Brad Paisley appears on the South Park episode Cartman Finds Love, in which he voiced himself singing the National Anthem.

Country Music History – On This Day 2008 – Toby Keith's live performance in Kandahar, Afghanistan is interrupted by mortar fire as he was performs for over 2,500 troops on a military base.

Country Music History – On This Day 1939 – Johnny Tillotson is born in Jacksonville, Florida. 1959 – Dolly Parton’s “Puppy Love” is released when she is 13-years-old. She was 11 when she recorded it.…