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Country icon Clay Walker attended the ACM Awards Sunday night (April 7) with his wife Jessica -- who was noticeably pregnant and beaming as the couple posed together on the red carpet.

2010 - Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood's Grand Ole Opry performance of "Temporary Home" are featured in ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," centered on the restoration of Nashville's Lighthouse Christian School.

1982 - Jerry Reed hits the mother lode on Billboard's country chart, going to #1 with "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)".

We have a new Country Clash Hall of Fame member. Alan Jackson and his new song, 'You Go Your Way' won for the 7th straight time in yesterday's clash taking over 75% of the vote against the latest from Gloriana. That means we have two new challengers on today's Clash.  Today, it's Lufkin native Flint Thompson taking on Beaumont native Clay Walker.

1968 - Merle Haggard's prison-themed "Mama Tried" does time at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

2009 - Clay and Jessica Walker have a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Walker.

2010 - Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood's Grand Ole Opry performance of "Temporary Home" are featured in ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," centered on the restoration of Nashville's Lighthouse Christian School.

2008 - Trace Adkins teams with 38 Special to tape an installment of "CMT Crossroads" at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. The set list includes "Hold On Loosely," "Ladies Love Country Boys" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"

2010 - Taylor Swift's "Fifteen" receives an MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Female Video pitting her against Beyonce, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.

On this day in 2010, Lady Antebellum marked their 13th week at #1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart with Need You Now… Zac Brown Band's The Foundation held at #2, while Miranda Lambert's Revolution moved into the #3 spot.

On this day in 2010, Alan Jackson released his long awaited 18th album, Freight Train, which he says he named after a track on the project… Jackson just returned from his first performances in  Australia.