November 16, 2012 Diamond Rio has always been one of my favorites. Ever since they burst onto the scene in 1991 with a debut #1 song ('Meet in the Middle'), the six-piece band has been going strong with over 20 top ten songs.
Diamond Rio, the Christian country music group, celebrate 20 years since 'Close to the Edge' was released. The album came out on October 27, 1992, via Arista. It was the six-piece group's second album, and it followed the sonic style of their debut.
September 28, 2012 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"
June 27, 2012 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.
April 25, 2012 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"
February 6, 2012 2011 - Keith Urban performs "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before the Super Bowl, a 31-25 Green Bay Packers win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Paul Overstreet is in the stands.
September 27, 2011 2008 - A "CMT Crossroads" episode featuring Trace Adkins and 38 Special debuts on TV.
June 1, 2011 2009 - Joe Nichols begins his first tour of U.S. military bases in Iraq.
May 24, 2011 2010 - Josh Turner scoops up a gold single for "Why Don't We Just Dance".
May 17, 2011 2010 - Republic Nashville releases The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" to radio.
April 25, 2011 On this day in 2010, Gary Allan won the title of "Country's Hottest Bachelor" after almost 40 thousand votes tallied by C-M-T… Gary was then featured on the cover of the May issue of Country Weekly magazine.
March 30, 2011 On this day in 2010, Alan Jackson released his long awaited 18th album, Freight Train, which he says he named after a track on the project… Jackson just returned from his first performances in Australia.
