Country Has Never Been This Far Before, This Day in Country Music – April 4th (Video)

1973 - Conway Twitty records "You've Never Been This Far Before"... and "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

2006 - Lyric Street releases Rascal Flatts' album "Me And My Gang".

2004 - Martina McBride's "Independence Day" tops the list as CMT pesents "100 Greatest Music Videos".

2001 - Sara Evans collects her second gold album, for "Born To Fly".

1998 - Trisha Yearwood makes her way to #1 in Billboard with "A Perfect Love".

1988 - Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens record "Streets Of Bakersfield" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood.

1987 - George Strait plants a stake at #1 on the Billboard country chart with "Ocean Front Property".

1985 - The Judds realize their first gold album, for "Why Not Me".

1959 - Bill Anderson makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

1951 - Steve Gatlin, second of The Gatlin Brothers, is born in Olney, Texas. Along with brothers Larry and Rudy, their tight harmonies propel them to a Grammy award for "Broken Lady" and three trophies from the Academy of Country Music.

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