2010 - Mercury releases the two-disc Jamey Johnson album."The Guitar Song".

 

2005 - Actress Renee Zellweger files for an annulment of her marriage to Kenny Chesney in Los Angeles, barely four months after the couple exchanged vows.

 

2004 - Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson and Martina McBride each receive double nominations for the American Music Awards.

 

1996 - Mindy McCready makes the #1 position in Billboard with "Guys Do It All The Time".

 

1992 - Atlantic releases John Michael Montgomery's first single, "Life's A Dance".

 

1979 - Kenny Rogers receives a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 

1978 - Danielle Peck born at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Raised in Ohio, she comes to prominence in 2006 with her self-titled debut album and her first Top 15 hit, "Findin' A Good Man".

 

1976 - Waylon Jennings garners six nominations and Willie Nelson picks up five as the Country Music Association announces the finalists for its annual awards in Nashville.

 

1959 - John Berry born in Aiken, South Carolina. The strong-voiced singer rises to prominence in 1994 with his Grammy-nominated "Your Love Amazes Me," developing a short string of mostly cheery hits.

 

1956 - Singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman is born in Harlingen, Texas. Primarily a pop recording artist, she writes many country hits, including Faith Hill's "This Kiss," Alabama's "Here We Are," Lorrie Morgan's "Five Minutes" and Trisha Yearwood's "You Say You Will".

 Information provided by: RolandNote.com

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