Award Winning Automotive Destruction This Day in Country Music – April 16th (video)
2007 - Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" video swipes three trophies at the CMT Music Awards,
2007 - Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" video swipes three trophies at the CMT Music Awards,
One could see the look of pure jubilation on the faces of the four Little Big Town members as they accepted their Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance on Sunday night (Feb. 10). “This is such a long time coming for us, we’re so thrilled,” Phillip Sweet -- the admittedly emotional one in the group -- said, gushing into the microphone. 'Pontoon' is the band's biggest hit to date. It may also be their biggest risk, which is saying something for group that has never met vanilla.
2006 - Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads marries Stephen Schlapman on a Caribbean island. Witnessing the moment are her bandmates: Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook--who married each other six months earlier--and Phillip Sweet
Little Big Town announced on Monday (Nov. 26) that they have been forced to reschedule two upcoming concerts in Riverside, Calif. and Los Angeles after a sudden death in their immediate family. The group broke the news to fans via their official Facebook page.
1963 - David Allan Coe begins serving a four-year prison sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary, for car theft, possession of obscene materials and possession of burglary tools.
Little Big Town's 'Pontoon' may have just come off the top of the country singles chart, but the group wasted no time diving into celebration mode. Last Friday evening (Sept. 21) -- the last official day of summer -- Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook gathered with friends, family and industry peers atop BMI's rooftop for a big blowout celebrating their very first trip to the top of the charts.
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"
'Tornado' by Little Big Town wins again and now goes for win number five as they take on Steel Magnolia and their remake of the Paul McCartney classic, 'Maybe I'm Amazed.
'Tornado' by Little Big Town continues as our Country Clash champion after edging Taylor Swift.
Today's challenger is Brad Paisley with his latest, 'Southern Comfort Zone'.
Our latest Country Clash was extremely close. In fact, we didn't know who the winner would be until the last few seconds of voting. Luckily, there were no replacement referees involved, so we know that we have the correct outcome.
The Zac Brown Band and their new song 'Goodbye in Her Eyes' loses by one vote to 'Tornado' by Little Big Town. The challenger today will the song that was released today by Taylor Swift, 'Begin Again'.
The Zac Brown Band is going for win number 3 with their new song 'Goodbye in Her Eyes'. On today's Country Clash they will take on the band that produced the huge Summer anthem, 'Pontoon'. Little Big Town is back with their new song, 'Tornado'.
While artists like Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood left fans at the 2012 CMA Music Festival sore from dancing, Little Big Town created a slow and sexy groove with their summertime hit 'Pontoon.' The chart-topping song was still new to radio in June when the ABC special was taped, but the crowd left no doubt that the foursome had a hit on their hands.