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No Birthday Boy Bigger! This Day In Country Music – May 18th (Video)
On this day in 1952 in Poteet, Texas a baby boy was born that would help define Country music.
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
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Gentle On My Mind Recorded This Day in Country Music – May 17th (Video)
2010 - Republic Nashville releases The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" to radio.
2009 - Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and session musician Charlie McCoy are officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
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Gary Stewart Scores His Only #1 This Day In Country Music – May 10th (Video)
The great Gary Stewart has a catalog of great songs but he was only able to achieve one #1. It happened this day in 1975, do you know what it was?
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Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration Brings Out Friends, Family + Fans in Texas
Johnny Cash would have turned 80-years-old this year, and though he isn’t alive to celebrate his birthday, the celebrations continue. On Friday night (April 20), Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theatre in Austin, Texas was packed nearly to capacity with eager fans, friends and family members who came together for a party in the late Man in Black’s honor.
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Country Goes Big City This Day In country Music – April 10th (Video)
2010 - Jerrod Niemann sings "Lover, Lover" in his Grand Ole Opry debut.
2009 - "Hannah Montana: The Movie" appears in theaters, featuring Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Bucky Covington and Rascal Flatts.
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Lucille Becomes Kenny’s #1 Girl This Day In Country Music – April 2nd (Video)
2006 - Brad Paisley performs "When I Get Where I'm Going" during the funeral for Buck Owens at the Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield. Also on hand are Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Lulu Roman, John Berry and Trace Adkins
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Local Country Music Fans Celebrate Hank Jr. This Day In Country Music History – March 28th (Video)
2009 - Love And Theft performs "Runaway" in its Grand Ole Opry debut.
2005 - Reba McEntire is toasted with a surprise 50th birthday party at a club inside Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. She
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Angel Flies To The Top This Day In Country Music – March 21st (Video)
2008 - Carrie Underwood plays Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. Backstage she meets NHL player Mike Fisher, her future husband.
2004 - Rascal Flatts singer Gary LeVox and his wife, Tara, have their second daughter, Brooklyn Leigh LeVox, in Nashville.
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A Pocket Full Of Gold This Day In Country Music – March 5th (Video)
2009 - Taylor Swift makes her TV acting debut, stabbed in the heart with scissors on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
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Number One Teenage Queen This Day In Country Music – February 3rd (Video)
2009 - Darius Rucker nets a gold single for "Don't Think I Don't Think About It".
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The Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde This Day In Country Music – January 31st (Video)
2010 - Taylor Swift wins four times during the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, telecast by CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center. "Fearless" takes Album of the Year and Best Country Album; "White Horse" earns Best Country Female Vocal and Best Country Song.
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Jason ‘Wolf’ Hamlin Impresses ‘American Idol’ Judges With Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’
The final contestant to earn a golden ticket during ‘American Idol‘ on Sunday night was 24-year-old Jason Hamlin. His friends call him ‘Wolf,’ and it’s easy to see why. The golf course mechanic is a larger, much hairier Johnny Cash lookalike.