In 1974 Dolly Parton performed on "The Porter Wagoner Show". She sang the song that she wrote after the breakup of her and Porter. The now legendary song went to #1 that same year.
2008 - Brad Paisley's "5th Gear" album is certified platinum.
2007 - Rascal Flatts and Loretta Lynn are celebrated at the Recording Academy Honors at Nashville's Loews Vanderbilt Plaza, along with Jars Of Clay and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
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2011 - Tammy Wynette's classic "Stand By Your Man" and The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" are added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry.
2009 - George Strait is hailed as the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade during a taping for a CBS-TV special at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Str...
Kellie Pickler recently performed a cozy concert at the Sound Kitchen in Nashville for RAM Country Live on Yahoo! Music, a series which is committed to creating intimate and exclusive concert experiences with the biggest artists in country music.
2010 - Miranda Lambert's "White Liar" earns a gold single.
2008 - Taylor Swift collects a platinum single for "Our Song".
2002 - The soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art You?" goes quintuple-platinum. Producer T Bone Burnett's track list includes The Soggy Bottom Boys, Harry McClintock, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Norman Blake, The Whites and John
2010 - Miranda Lambert earns a gold album for "Revolution".
2007 - Big & Rich and John Anderson perform jointly in Franklin, Tennessee, in a taping of "CMT Cross Country." Among their collaborations: "Swingin'" and "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)".
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