Brooks & Dunn

Buckle polishing, belly rubbin', boot scootin', 2-steppin'... Whatever you call it, I know from experience that when you play "Neon Moon" by Brooks & Dunn it will fill the dance floor.  This day In 1992 it hit #1 and has been a club hit ever since.

2011 - USA Weekend reveals the CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year nominees: Lee Brice's "Love Like Crazy"; Aaron Lewis' "Country Boy"; Jerrod Niemann's "Lover, Lover"; The Band Perry's "If I Die Young"; and Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"...

2010 - Trace Adkins sings the national anthem and Ashton Shepherd performs "God Bless America" at the Music City Bowl at Nashville's LP Field. The North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Tennessee Volunteers, 30-27, in double overtime.

2006 - Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe" video debuts on CMT.

2010 - Brooks & Dunn play their final concert at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena with proceeds earmarked for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Reba McEntire guests on "Cowgirls Don't Cry." Their last song: "Brand New Man".

2009 - "It's time to call it a day": Brooks & Dunn announce in a five-sentence note to their fans that they're ending their run as a duo after one last tour.

2010 - Songwriter Hank Cochran dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among his compositions: "I Fall To Pieces," "Make The World Go Away" and "Set 'Em Up Joe".

Country singer Ronnie Dunn – one half of superduo Brooks & Dunn – talked with Taste of Country a bit last week about musicians that influenced him. Among Dunn’s more interesting recent influences: “I love Harrison’s slide guitar on ‘Something,’” the singer told Taste of Country. Dunn has of course been impactful in his own wide-ranging way, and the wild diversity of Brooks & Dunn covers o

2009 - Brad Paisley wins three trophies during the CMT Music Awards at Nashville's Sommet Center. Taylor Swift claims two.

The legendary country duo that was Brooks & Dunn "retired" back in 2009, but the famed band's ex-members Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are still keeping busy. Brooks is working on a new album and filming a western called 'To Kill a Memory' with "Boots On" singer Randy Houser. Dunn has a new album out and a hit single with 'Bleed Red,' and he'll be touring the nation solo for t

2009 - Dwight Yoakam performs on "The Tonight Show" becoming the final country artist to appear on the NBC program during Jay Leno's first tenure as host.

2008 - Sugarland's "Stay" is a double-winner, claiming Single Record and Song of the Year during the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.