- Today in 1973, Charlie Rich rose to number one on the Billboard country chart with “Behind Closed Doors.”
- Today in 1978, the “Here You Come Again” album by Dolly Parton was certified platinum.
- Today in 1984, the Judds’ first #1 hit, “Mama He’s Crazy,” debuted on the charts.
- Today in 1989, George Strait’s “Beyond The Blue Neon” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1993, John Michael Montgomery earned his first gold album with his debut, “Life’s a Dance.”
- Today in 1994, John Berry’s son, Sean Thomas Berry, was born. Hours later the nurses found John sitting on a hallway floor with a massive headache, only to find a cyst on his brain through a CAT scan.
- Today in 1995, Lorrie Morgan’s “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” hit the charts.
- Today in 1998, Clint Black made his dramatic TV acting debut when he co-starred in the CBS TV movie “Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack,” with his wife Lisa Hartman Black.
- Today in 1998, Trisha Yearwood made her dramatic TV acting debut on CBS TV’s “Jag”, playing Lt. Cmdr. Theresa Coulter – a forensic pathologist.
- Today in 2000, Rascal Flatts made their Grand Ole Opry debut.
- Today in 2000, Faith Hill and Shania Twain were tapped as two of “People” magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful.”
- Today in 2001, Brooks & Dunn began a six-week stay at #1 on the Billboard country chart with “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You.”
- Today in 2003, Reba McEntire began a one-week stint as the center square on “Hollywood Squares.” Also occupying squares on the syndicated gameshow: Henry Winkler, John Ritter and Kermit The Frog.
- Today in 2005, Eddie Montgomery lost his footing when he stepped on a speaker cabinet during the third song in a Montgomery Gentry show in Asheville, North Carolina. After the band’s 90-minute set, he had X-rays and discovered he’d broken his left wrist.
- Today in 2005, CMT premiered videos for Sugarland’s “”Something More,” Jamie O’Neal’s “Somebody’s Hero” and Jason Aldean’s “Hicktown.”
- Today in 2006, Carrie Underwood debuted album “Some Hearts” went triple-platinum.
- Today in 2009, Jason Aldean earned a gold single for “She’s Country.”
- Today in 2012, Sheryl Crow ran her first half-marathon, finishing the 13.1-mile course in less than two hours during the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. Joanna Smith sang the national anthem and ran the half. Diamond Rio’s Gene Johnson runs his first half, Jimmy Olander his first full marathon.
- Today in 2013, proceeds from Willie Nelson’s show at the Backyard in Austin were donated to the fire department in West, Texas, following an April 17th explosion at a fertilizer plant. The total came to $125-thousand.
- Today in 2014, Dan + Shay single, “Show You Off,” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2014, Eric Paslay earned his first RIAA-certified gold single, for “Friday Night.” The same day, Dierks Bentley’s “I Hold On” was certified gold – and so was Thomas Rhett’s “Get Me Some Of That.”
- Today in 2014, Willie Nelson was awarded a fifth-degree black belt in gong kwan yu sul, a Korean martial arts practice, at the Master Martial Arts studio in Austin.
- Today in 2015, The Zac Brown Band album, “Jekyll + Hyde,” was released.
- Today in 2016, Craig Wayne Boyd married Taylor Borland…soon after they and just a few days ago – on April 25th – the couple added daughter Blakely Kay Boyd to their brood!
- Today in 2016, Brad Paisley headlined a benefit in Nashville for Sean Penn’s Haitian relief fund. The guest list includes Sheryl Crow, Big Kenny, Jewel, Scott Hamilton, Tracie Hamilton and Ty Herndon.
- Today in 2017, Luke Combs nabs a gold single from the RIAA for “Hurricane.”
- Today in 2018, Jason Aldean’s single, “Rearview Town,” cruised to #1 on the “Billboard” Country Singles chart.
- Today in 2018, Ty Herndon performed “America, The Beautiful” for the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. The high-profile audience included politicians Nancy Pelosi and Chris Christie, comedian Kathy Griffin and actor Rob Reiner.
- Today in 2019, Chris Stapleton made a cameo appearance as a warrior in the final season of the HBO drama, “Game Of Thrones.”
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