Diamond Rio has always been one of my favorites. Ever since they burst onto the scene in 1991 with a debut #1 song ('Meet in the Middle'), the six-piece band has been going strong with over 20 top ten songs.
Diamond Rio, the Christian country music group, celebrate 20 years since 'Close to the Edge' was released. The album came out on October 27, 1992, via Arista. It was the six-piece group's second album, and it followed the sonic style of their debut.
1974 - Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" resides at #1 on the Billboard country chart.
2010 - The Grand Ole Opry House re-opens following May floods with a mass of artists--including Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Little Jimmy Dickens--singing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"...
2011 - Jake Owen's "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" video debuts on CMT.
2005 - Ralph Stanley undergoes a triple bypass operation in Virginia.
2001 - Jamie O'Neal has surgery in Nashville for a ruptured disc in her back, an injury aggravated during Fan Fair a week earlier.
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2011 - USA Weekend reveals the CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year nominees: Lee Brice's "Love Like Crazy"; Aaron Lewis' "Country Boy"; Jerrod Niemann's "Lover, Lover"; The Band Perry's "If I Die Young"; and Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"...
2011 - Keith Urban performs "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before the Super Bowl, a 31-25 Green Bay Packers win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Paul Overstreet is in the stands.