2012 - MCA releases Gary Allan's "Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)" to radio.

 

2008 - Trace Adkins performs the national anthem at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, where John McCain accepts the presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention.

 

2001 - Trace and Rhonda Adkins have a daughter, Brianna Rhea Adkins, in Nashville.

 

1998 - Jo Dee Messina is certified for the first time, gaining a gold album for "I'm Alright" and a gold single for the double-sided hit "I'm Alright" and "Bye Bye".

 

1991 - Dottie West dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center five days after a car wreck. Her career featured sporadic hits from 1963 through the early-1980s, including "Country Sunshine," "A Lesson In Leavin'" and several duets with Kenny Rogers.

 

1982 - Kenny Rogers goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Love Will Turn You Around".

 

1981 - Guitarist Tom Gossin is born in Utica, New York. He helps form the harmony-based Gloriana in 2007. The act earns million-selling singles with its 2009 debut, "Wild At Heart," and the 2011 single "(Kissed You) Good Night".

 

1981 - MCA releases George Strait's debut album, "Strait Country".

 

1973 - Charlie Rich grabs his first gold single, "Behind Closed Doors".

 

1946 - Guitarist Don Potter is born in Glens Falls, New York. After arranging Dan Hill's 1978 pop hit "Sometimes When We Touch," he becomes a significant contributor to The Judds, playing the guitar hook on "Why Not Me" and writing "One Hundred And Two".

 Information provided by: RolandNote.com

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