#1 Is On Willie’s Mind This Day In Country Music – May 8th (Video)
1982 - Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" reaches #1 on the Billboard country chart.
1982 - Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" reaches #1 on the Billboard country chart.
1980 - Dottie West's "A Lesson In Leavin'" goes to #1 on the Billboard country chart.
1936 - Roy Orbison is born in Vernon, Texas.
2010 - Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler team up for a Super Bowl-themed live edition of "CMT Crossroads" from Indianapolis.
2011 - Martina McBride delivers the national anthem at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field...
2011 - Republic Nashville releases The Eli Young Band's "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" to radio.
The father of country superstar Clint Black has died. G.A. Black left his family shocked and saddened when he chose to "end his own suffering" on Sunday (Dec. 2). He was 78 years old.
He has sold over 20 million albums and has over a dozen number one songs to his credit. He's a great singer and songwriter, and most of all a great husband to his wife of 20 years and a wonderful father to his 6th grade daughter.
It was a pretty big deal for stars like Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black and George Strait to all do a song together but throw Jimmy Buffett in there too and that's a spicy gumbo!
2011 - Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" video debuts on CMT.
2005 - Ralph Stanley undergoes a triple bypass operation in Virginia.
2001 - Jamie O'Neal has surgery in Nashville for a ruptured disc in her back, an injury aggravated during Fan Fair a week earlier.
The Kicks 105 Goldmine show on Saturdays features great classics like the 2 songs that hit #1 for Willie Nelson on this day in country music history. Technically they are Willie songs but the first of the two was performed by Faron Young! "Hello Walls"