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Detroit Shuts Down This Day in Country Music – January 28th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:23:58 +0000

2009 – Warner Bros. releases John Rich’s “Shuttin’ Detroit Down” to radio. 2003 – Virgin releases the soundtrack to “How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.” Included: Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You”. 1996 – Pepsi debuts a new commercial featuring Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” during Super Bowl XXX, while Ford debuts a [...]

Johnny Paycheck's Job Pays Off This Day in Country Music – January 7th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:28:05 +0000

1978 – Johnny Paycheck’s “Take This Job And Shove It” works its way to #1 on the Billboard country chart. 2012 – Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott marries drummer Chris Tyrell in upstate New York. Music is provided at the ceremony by Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman and Scott’s sister, Kylee Scott. 2009 – Carrie [...]

A "Beautiful" This Day In Country Music – April 24th

Sean Ericson — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:57:13 +0000

2011 – John Rich wins $20,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the winning manager for a four-page Trump Collection advertising presentation on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice”. 2008 – Toby Keith has a performance at a base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, interrupted by mortar fire as he plays for 2,500 troops in his sixth USO [...]

Hank Heads Down The Lonesome Highway This Day In Country Music – January 10th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:58:25 +0000

2010 – John Rich and his wife, Joan, have a son, Cash Rich, in Nashville. 2009 – Taylor Swift sings “Love Story” and “Forever & Always” as the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”. 2005 – The city council in Rincon, Georgia, approves a sign at the city limits proclaiming the community as [...]

John Rich Reaching Out to Young Oklahoma Mother Who Shot and Killed Intruder

Brittany Joy Cooper — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:50:59 +0000

On New Year’s Eve, an 18-year-old Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby, after she had just lost her husband to cancer on Christmas day. Now, John Rich of Big and Rich is on a mission to find this young mother and give her some much-needed help.

John Rich Finds Irony in Scoring Six Drink Tickets on Southwest Flight

Amanda Hensel — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:28:47 +0000

Just a few weeks ago, John Rich was kicked off of a Southwest flight home to Nashville for being too drunk. So you can imagine why he found it especially ironic that while boarding yet another Southwest flight early Tuesday morning, he received not one, but six free drink tickets.

John Rich Kicked Off Flight for Being Drunk

Billy Dukes — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:10:49 +0000

John Rich boarded a 10:50AM flight home to Nashville on Sunday but was reportedly declared too drunk to fly. Southwest Airlines personnel removed him from the plane and offered a later flight, but Rich chose to make his own travel arrangements. TMZ reports that Rich was cooperative and acted calmly toward the crew, although he [...]

Who Are You Gonna Vote For? This Day In Country Music – October 7th

Sean Ericson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:03:47 +0000

2008 – Josh Turner and John Rich are in the audience when presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debate on national TV from Nashville’s Belmont University. 2006 – Big & Rich and Lynyrd Skynyrd perform a benefit concert at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta to raise funds for a memorial to the 173rd Airborne, [...]

John Rich Wins 'The Celebrity Apprentice' [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:41:30 +0000

John Rich has gone where Bret Michaels, Piers Morgan and Joan Rivers have gone before him. The country singer joined that trio by winning the 'The Celebrity Apprentice' Sunday night, beating out fellow finalist Marlee Matlin.

For his victory, Rich took home $250,000 for his charity, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.