The Top of the Charts Gets Hot This Day in Country Music – June 19th (Video)
June 19, 2012 10:00 AM From Country radio to the big screen Jerry Reed was definitely HOT!
2008 – Loretta Lynn joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. Also added: Desmond Child, John Sebastian, Alan Menken and Albert Hammond. Anne Murray receives the Hitmaker Award.
2006 – Big Machine releases Taylor Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw”.
2006 – Gretchen Wilson and Josh Gracin perform for president George W. Bush among 6,000 guests at the President’s Dinner at the Washington Convention Center.
2005 – Big & Rich are made honorary marshals of Deadwood, South Dakota.
2004 – Keith Urban’s “Raining On Sunday” ranks at #1 when CMT presents “40 Sexiest Videos”.
1999 – George Strait posts a #1 single in Billboard with “Write This Down”.
1993 – Patty Loveless tops the Billboard country chart with “Blame It On Your Heart”.
1986 – Ricky Van Shelton showcases for CBS executives Rick Blackburn and Steve Buckingham at The Stockyard, singing Ernest Tubb’s “Thanks A Lot” and Merle Haggard’s “Hungry Eyes”.
1971 – Jerry Reed lights up the #1 position on the Billboard country chart with “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot”.
1956 – Doug Brooks born in Atlanta, Georgia. After changing his name to Doug Stone–to avoid confusion with Garth Brooks–he reels off more than a dozen consecutive hits in the 1990s, including “I’d Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)” and “Warning Labels”.
1914 – Lester Flatt born in Duncan’s Chapel, Tennessee. Along with partner Earl Scruggs, he rises out of Bill Monroe’s band to become a leading figure in the development of bluegrass, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985.
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