This Day In Country Music History

1975 - Willie Nelson picks up his first #1 single as an artist...

1992 - Collin Raye's "In This Life" rises to #1 on the Billboard country chart. 2011 - ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr.'s "Monday Night Football" theme the same day the singer makes a statement on FOX News widely interpreted as comparing president Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler...

1948 - Chris LeDoux born inBiloxi,Mississippi. A rodeo champion, he develops a music career with a gift for showmanship.

1974 - Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" resides at #1 on the Billboard country chart. 2010 - The Grand Ole Opry House re-opens following May floods with a mass of artists--including Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Little Jimmy Dickens--singing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"...

1941 - David Frizzell born in El Dorado, Arkansas.

2005 - Jake Owen signs with RCA Records.

1967 - Faith Hill born in Jackson, Mississippi.

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.