1988 - Crystal Gayle and Loretta Lynn play a concert together for the first time.
2011 - Vince Gill and Sting shoot an edition of "CMT Crossroads" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Included in the set list: "Liza Jane," "Whenever You Come Around" and "Let It Be Me"
2008 - Alison Krauss & Robert Plant win two trophies--Duo/Group of the Year and Album of the Year, for "Raising Sand"--during the seventh annual Americana Honors & Awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
2005 - The Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton single "Islands In The Stream" tops the list with the debut of "CMT 100 Greatest Duets".
1996 - Mindy McCready makes the #1 position in Billboard with "Guys Do It All The Time".
1986 - Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" checks in at #1 on the Billboard country singles list.
2003 - Johnny Cash dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, of complications from diabetes, four months after the death of his wife, June Carter.
1982 - Jerry Reed hits the mother lode on Billboard's country chart, going to #1 with "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)".
1986 - Singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe born in Knoxville. She writes Jason Aldean's 2009 single "The Truth" and Miranda Lambert's "Heart Like Mine." She also joins Lambert and Angaleena Presley in the band Pistol Annies.
1991 - Brooks & Dunn reach #1 in Billboard for the first time with "Brand New Man".
2011 - Jason Aldean earns a double-platinum single for "Dirt Road Anthem" and a double-platinum album for "My Kinda Party".
1980 - Johnny Lee earns his first #1 country single in Billboard with "Lookin' For Love".
1955 - Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "Sixteen Tons" on his daytime variety show. Fan mail pours in, and Ford records it two weeks later.
1982 - Kenny Rogers goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Love Will Turn You Around".
