The Stream Flows Platinum This Day in Country Music – December 7th (Video)
1983 - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton earn a platinum single for "Islands In The Stream".
1983 - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton earn a platinum single for "Islands In The Stream".
1963 - Buck Owens attains the #1 spot on the Billboard country chart.
2008 - Alison Krauss & Robert Plant win two trophies--Duo/Group of the Year and Album of the Year, for "Raising Sand"--during the seventh annual Americana Honors & Awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
2005 - The Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton single "Islands In The Stream" tops the list with the debut of "CMT 100 Greatest Duets".
1986 - Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" checks in at #1 on the Billboard country singles list.
1975 - Hank Williams Jr. has a near-fatal fall while mountain climbing in Montana.
2011 - The Lady Antebellum single "Just A Kiss" is certified gold, platinum and quintuple-platinum.
2006 - Former Negro League baseball player Charley Pride sings the American and Canadian national anthems in Cooperstown, New York, when 17 former Negro Leaguers join the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 2004 there weren't many Country songs that were a better party anthem!
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?
2011 - Miranda Lambert wins four trophies during the 46th annaul Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. She nabs Top Female Vocalist, while "The House That Built Me" leads to Single Record, Song and Video of the Year
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
The first commercials for the 47th annual ACM Awards have begun to air during the NCAA college basketball tournament. The spots revolve around Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire and their road trip to Las Vegas. The 2012 ACMs are on April 1.