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O Brother, Quintuple Platinum! This Day in Country Music – March 12th (Video)
2002 - The "O Brother, Where Art You?" soundtrack goes quintuple-platinum.
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George Picks Up A Dusty #1 This Day in Country Music – December 5th (Video)
1992 - George Strait tops the Billboard chart as "Dusty".
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Greatest Road Song of All Time This Day in Country Music – November 7th (Video)
2004 - Roger Miller's "King Of The Road" is recognized at #1 in the CMT special "40 Greatest Road Songs".
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Posthumous is Better Than Never This Day in Country Music – July 25th (Video)
Keith Whitley's brief mainstream country music career lasted only about 5 years and his first certified Gold record didn't come until 1989 after his passing.
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Bluegrass Is Cool Again! This Day In Country Music – December 5th
2010 - Merle Haggard, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney are recognized during the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama is on hand for the ceremony.