The World Loses The Great Waylon Jennings This Day In Country Music – February 13th (Video)

2011 - Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" wins five honors during the 53rd annual Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Staples Center: Record and Song of the Year, Best Country Duo or Group, Best Country Song and Best Country Album.

2008 - Carrie Underwood collects digital gold awards for her singles "Wasted" and "So Small".

2005 - "Live Like You Were Dying" is a double-winner during the 47th annual Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Authors Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman earn Best Country Song, and Tim McGraw claims Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

2003 - Banjo great Earl Scruggs receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2002 - Waylon Jennings dies at his home in Arizona, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. Branded a musical outlaw for his renegade spirit, his raw-edged style brought him into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, just three months before his passing.

1998 - Rosanne Cash earns a #1 single in Billboard with a remake of the Johnny Cash song "Tennessee Flat Top Box".

1976 - Bass player Jeremy Plato born in Oklahoma City. As a member of Cross Canadian Ragweed, he contributes to a quartet of Top 10 country albums from 2004-2009.

1971 - Sammi Smith goes to #1 in Billboard with the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night".

1927 - Guitarist Jim McReynolds born in Carfax, Virginia. With his brother, he forms Jim & Jesse, a bluegrass duo that begins recording in 1951, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. They gain a Congressional Medal of the Arts in the 1990s.

1919 - Bless his little pea-pickin' heart: Tennessee Ernie Ford born in Bristol, Tennessee. His 1955 single "Sixteen Tons" is the musical high point of a career that includes recording, radio, his own network TV show, and a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame.