- Today in 1970, Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon asked Cash to perform “Okie From Muskogee,” but Johnny refused since it wasn’t his song. Instead, he sang his hit, “A Boy Named Sue.”
- Today in 1992, Aaron Tippin scored his first #1 hit single, “There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with the Radio.”
- Today in 1996, Alan Jackson’s “Greatest Hits Collection” CD was certified triple platinum.
- Today in 1997, Toby Keith and his wife Tricia became parents to their third child, a son named Stelen Keith Covel (He joined big sisters Shelley & Krystal).
- Today in 1998, Clint Black and Skip Ewing’s song, “Something That We Do,” was selected as Song of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
- Today in 1998, Tim McGraw began a six-week residency at #1 on the Billboard country chart with “Just To See You Smile”
- Today in 1998, “People” magazine announced that Alabama was chosen by readers as America’s favorite band. In “People’s” poll of 1000 readers, Alabama came in first with 4.1% of the vote. Alabama, who first walked away with the category in 1985, barely edged out another band you might have heard of — the Beatles. In the male vocalist category, Garth came out on top in the category with 8% of the vote. George Strait nearly placed second with 3.9%, but he was one-tenth of a percent behind Elton John. And even though the rumors abound that Elvis Presley has been dead since 1977, he placed fourth — just ahead of Wynonna’s old touring and duet partner, Michael Bolton.
- Today in 2000, ABC-TV began using Lonestar’s smash-hit single, “Amazed,” in promotional spots for their primetime-hit sitcom, “2 Guys and a Girl.”
- Today in 2000, Garth Brooks was named Artist of the Decade for the ’90s during the American Music Awards. He also won trophies for Favorite Male Country Artist and Favorite Country Album, for “Sevens.” Shania Twain took home two.
- Today in 2001,Brooks & Dunn’s album “Steers & Stripes” was released.
- Today in 2004, The Judds make their Grand Ole Opry debut, performing “Flies On The Butter (You Can’t Go Home Again)” and “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days).”
- Today in 2006, Sugarland announced Kristen Hall was leaving the trio to concentrate on songwriting. While it had been suggested that leaving was her choice, the fact that she’s an open lesbian was rumored as the reason she was pushed out. In July 2008, Hall filed a lawsuit for $14-million against Nettles and Bush in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta says she bankrolled much of the group’s debut album on her credit cards. The remaining band members countered that it was in $100,000 debt at her exit. We’ll never know who would’ve won, as the case was settled in November 2010.
- Today in 2009, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley welcomed their second son, Jasper Warren Paisley, at a Nashville hospital.
- Today in 2011, a “colossal collapse of time management”: John Rich evaluated project leader Gary Busey’s leadership on the night’s episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” hosted by Donald Trump on NBC.
- Today in 2015, Chris Young snagged a gold single from the RIAA for “Lonely Eyes.”
- Today in 2017, Cassidy Bentley ran the Boston Marathon in three-hours, 26-minutes, with hubby Dierks Bentley and their three kids cheering her on. She raised more than $23-thousand in the process, including donations from Kix Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Kidman and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
- Today in 2017, Jon Pardi’s single, “Heartache On The Dance Floor,” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2017, Keith Urban scored a platinum album from the RIAA for “Get Closer.”
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