Little Big Town Gets A Little Bigger And Rodney Atkins Goes Through Hell This Day In Country Music – November 18th

2006 - Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads marries Stephen Schlapman on a Caribbean island. Witnessing the moment are her bandmates: Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook--who married each other six months earlier--and Phillip Sweet.

2006 - Rodney Atkins scores his first gold album, for "If You're Going Through Hell".

2005 - Lee Ann Womack collects a gold album for "There's More Where That Came From".

2003 - The latest episode of "CMT Crossroads" debuts, pairing Dolly Parton with Melissa Etheridge. Radney Foster hosts.

1992 - Marty Stuart joins the Grand Ole Opry, the first new member added after the death of Roy Acuff.

1972 - Charlie Rich records "Behind Closed Doors" in Nashville.

1964 - Connie Smith's debut single, "Once A Day," goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

1964 - Willie Nelson makes his Grand Ole Opry debut.

1955 - Kristine Oliver born in Manhattan Beach, California. Along with older sister Janis Gill, Oliver--later Arnold--forms Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, who hit in the 1980s with a rockabilly-tinged sound, although they opt for a bluegrass stance in later years.

1925 - "The WSM Barn Dance" begins broadcasting in Nashville, with a one-hour performance by Uncle Jimmy Thompson. It's later renamed the Grand Ole Opry. Thompson's first-night songs include "When You And I Were Young Maggie".