A Country Female First For Crystal Gayle This Day In Country Music – February 15th (Video)
February 15, 2012 10:00 AM 2008 – Arista releases Brad Paisley’s “I’m Still A Guy” to radio.
2007 – Bucky Covington’s first video, for “A Different World,” has its world premiere on CMT.
2007 – The Rascal Flatts album “Me And My Gang” goes quadruple-platinum.
2006 – Billy Currington nets a gold single with “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right”.
1992 – “What She’s Doing Now” leads Garth Brooks to a four-week stay at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
1987 – Columbia releases Ricky Van Shelton’s debut album, “Wild-Eyed Dream”.
1979 – Willie Nelson wins two trophies during the 21st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles: Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for “Georgia On My Mind”; and Best Country Vocal Duo or Group–shared with Waylon Jennings–for “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”.
1978 – Crystal Gayle becomes the first country-based female artist to receive a platinum album, for “We Must Believe In Magic”.
1975 – T.G. Sheppard collects his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine with “Devil In The Bottle”.
1918 – Hank Locklin born in McLellan, Florida. A 1960 addition to the Grand Ole Opry, he earns 10 Top 10 hits from 1949-1967, led by “Please Help Me, I’m Falling”.
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