2011 - Luke Bryan earns a platinum single with... "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)".

 

2007 - Billy Currington travels to Hawaii to begin therapy for anger issues related to the abuse he suffered from a stepfather in childhood. The abuser was actually the subject of Currington's first hit, "Walk A Little Straighter".

 

2004 - Lonestar's animated "Mr. Mom" video debuts on CMT.

 

2003 - Toby Keith collects seven nominations for the 37th annual Country Music Association Awards, making him the frontrunner. Brooks & Dunn, Johnny Cash and Brad Paisley each nab four.

 

2000 - Pam Tillis joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing "All The Good Ones Are Gone" and "Maybe It Was Memphis." Darryl Worley makes his Opry debut the same night.

 

1997 - LeAnn Rimes' version of "How Do I Live" earns a gold single.

 

1992 - Alan Jackson goes double-platinum for the first time, with his "Don't Rock The Jukebox" album.

 

1985 - Brian Kelley is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. While attending Belmont University in Nashville, he co-founds the duo Florida Georgia Line, earning a multi-platinum single with its 2012 release "Cruise".

 

1974 - John Denver records "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles during the first night of a concert run that will become the album "An Evening With John Denver".

 

1961 - Guitarist Jimmy Olander is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a member of Diamond Rio, whose crisp harmonies and instrumental prowess net such melodic hits as "Meet In The Middle," "One More Day" and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel".

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