COUNTRY HISTORY

On this day in 2002, Merle Haggard won a court order to stop an Ebay auction of a tape of unreleased music allegedly stolen off Merle's tour bus.

On this day in 2015, Mercury released Chris Stapleton's debut solo album, Traveller. The project has now won Album of the Year at the CMA's, ACMS and the Grammys.  

On this day in 2004, Kenny Chesney learned that he had sold four million copies of his album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem. The album produced five chart singles on the Billboard Country Music…

On this day in 2011, Shania Twain's autobiography, From This Moment On, hit stores. The book tells her story from her childhood growing up in Canada to the sudden death of her parents and her…

On this day in 1985, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson's album The Highway Man was released. The album was released after their collective single "Highway Man" went number one. "Highway Man" was…

On this day in 1989, George Strait received a Gold Album for Beyond The Blue Neon. The album was released by MCA Records in February earlier in the year. Beyond The Blue Neon produced three…

On this day in 2015, Big Machine released the Zac Brown Band album Jekyll + Hyde. The project is nominated for Top Country Album at next month's (5/22) Billboard Music Awards.

On this day in 1997, "One Night At A Time" by George Strait was the #1 song on the country charts. The song was released as the first single from his album Carrying Your Love…

On this day in 1959, Dolly Parton released her first single called 'Puppy Love" she was just 13-years old. Dolly's song "Girl Left Alone" was the B-side of the single.

On this day in 2015, Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalists of the Year, Album of the Year, for "Platinum"; and Song of the Year, for "Automatic" at the 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards…