Garth’s Last Curtain Call And Alabama Feels So Right This Day In Country Music – July 18th
July 18, 2011 7:52 AM 2008 – Garth Brooks, clad in a Mets jersey, is a surprise guest at the final concert at New York’s Shea Stadium, singing “Shameless” with the night’s attraction, Billy Joel. Also making appearances: Steven Tyler, Roger Daltrey and Paul McCartney.
2006 – Capitol releases Eric Church’s debut album, “Sinners Like Me”.
2006 – Curb releases the Rodney Atkins album “If You’re Going Through Hell”.
2000 – DreamWorks releases Darryl Worley’s debut album, “Hard Rain Don’t Last”.
1987 – The Judds’ “I Know Where I’m Going” hits the top spot on the Billboard country chart.
1986 – Columbia Records drops Johnny Cash after 28 years on the label. Cash finds out by reading the newspaper.
1981 – Alabama rolls into #1 on the Billboard country chart with “Feels So Right”.
1964 – Connie Smith makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
1964 – Roger Miller makes his first appearance at #1 on the Billboard country chart with “Dang Me”.
1954 – Ricky Skaggs born in Cordell, Kentucky. Influenced by The Stanley Brothers, he leads a swing toward traditional country in the early-1980s, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982 and taking the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year in 1985.
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