“Greatest Song of The Decade” Announced on This Day in Country Music – November 13th (Video)
2010 - Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" ranks #1 as CMT debuts "40 Greatest Songs Of The Decade".
2010 - Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" ranks #1 as CMT debuts "40 Greatest Songs Of The Decade".
Cody Johnson is an artist that I have had the pleasure of interviewing several times. The earliest were during Cody's teens. I recognized his potential early, but not like this.
2010 - The movie "Country Strong," starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, premieres at Nashville's Green Hills 16 theaters, drawing Luke Bryan, Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley, Mark Collie, Jerrod Niemann and Little Big Town.
1941 - Singer-songwriter Guy Clark born in Monahans, Texas.
2010 - Filming on "Footloose," starring Julianne Hough, wraps in Georgia.
2003 - Rodney Crowell ("Please Remember Me"), John Prine ("Love Is On A Roll"), Paul Overstreet ("On The Other Hand") and Hal Blair ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling") are added to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in a Loews Vanderbilt Plaza ceremony.
1974 - Emmylou Harris records "If I Could Only Win Your Love" and her first single, "Too Far Gone".
2011 - MCA releases George Strait's single "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" to radio.
2008 - Trace Adkins collects a gold single for "You're Gonna Miss This".
1956 - Charley Pride pitches four innings of shutout ball, as the Negro League All-Stars beat the Major League All-Stars--including Hank Aaron and Willie Mays--4-2.
2009 - Taylor Swift's single "You Belong With Me" is certified gold, platinum and double-platinum
Diamond Rio, the Christian country music group, celebrate 20 years since 'Close to the Edge' was released. The album came out on October 27, 1992, via Arista. It was the six-piece group's second album, and it followed the sonic style of their debut.
November is not quite here yet, so there's still time to celebrate Oktoberfest! In fact, a 15-piece traditional Bavarian band from Germany - Wuelfershaeuser - is in town this weekend.
Rising Texas country artist Kyle Park is supporting breast cancer awareness month by wearing a pink shirt onstage at every show for the entire month of October. Starting today, fans can pick up their t-shirts at any Kyle Park show or they can be purchased from his website for $20. All proceeds ra
2010 - Don Williams and Jimmy Dean are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.