- Today in 1966, at the first Academy of Country & Western Music awards, Roger Miller was named Man of the Year and Top Songwriter. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Bonnie Owens also won big.
- Today in 1984, at the GRAMMYs, Anne Murray won Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for “A Little Good News.”
- Today in 1993, Travis Tritt got his first acting role in the TV movie “Rio Diablo.” He starred alongside Kenny Rogers and Naomi Judd.
- Today in 1996, at the GRAMMYs, Vince Gill won two awards – Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance – for “Go Rest High On That Mountain.”
- Today in 1998, Garth Brooks was the host and musical guest for “Saturday Night Live.”
- Today in 1998, Stevie Wariner and Anita Cochran’s “What If I Said” topped the singles chart.
- Today in 2012, “If I Die Young” by the Band Perry became a quadruple-platinum single.
- Today in 2015, Florida Georgia Line played in Europe for the first time during the Country 2 Country Festival at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The night’s lineup also features Luke Bryan, Brandy Clark and Lee Ann Womack.
- Today in 2017, Jimmie Allen playeda showcase at The Country in Nashville and receives a call on the way home with an offer to sign a recording contract with Stoney Creek. The set list included his first hit, “Best Shot.”
- Today in 2019, Lindsay Ell has surgery to remove pre-cancerous cells.
- Today in 2019, Ryan Hurd’s concert at The Exit/In in Nashville includes a surprise appearance by Maren Morris on “To A T.” Hurd also did two country hits that he wrote for other artists: “You Look Good” and “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset.”
- Today in 2019, Brett Young shot a “CMT Crossroads” installment with Boyz II Men at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The set list included “On Bended Knee,” “Mercy” and a cover of the Lonestar hit “Amazed.”
- Today in 2020, Rhonda Vincent was (FINALLY!) invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Jeannie Seely during an appearance on the show. Vincent, of course, said yes.
- Today in 2020, Marie Osmond revealed on the CBS show “The Talk” that she’s leaving her inheritance to a charity rather than her children: “I think you do a great disservice to just hand them a fortune because you take away the one most important gift you can give your children, and that’s the ability to work.”
- Today in 2021, Fox News reported Miranda Lambert’s husband, Brendan McLoughlin, had officially retired from the New York City police force.
THIS DAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
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