Trace Adkins Joins Super-group 38 Special This Day In Country Music – September 27th

2008 - A "CMT Crossroads" episode featuring Trace Adkins and 38 Special debuts on TV.

2007 - Sugarland kicks off its first headlining tour at the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina. Sponsored by CMT, the tour lineup also features Little Big Town and Jake Owen.

2005 - Epic releases Gretchen Wilson's "All Jacked Up" album.

2004 - The "Party For Two" video, featuring Shania Twain and Billy Currington swinging from the chandeliers, debuts on CMT.

2003 - Dierks Bentley registers his first #1 single in Billboard with "What Was I Thinkin'".

2002 - Brad Paisley's CMT-sponsored show at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre concludes with a huge jam. "According To Jim" star Jim Belushi sings "The House Is Rockin'" with Paisley and his band, plus Steve Azar, Shannon Lawson and guitarist Albert Lee.

1998 - Steve Wariner receives a traffic ticket for driving in an HOV lane without a passenger. At the time, Wariner is talking on his cell phone with Bill Anderson.

1997 - Diamond Rio's "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

1993 - The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Don Schlitz, who authored "The Gambler" and "On The Other Hand"; Red Lane, known for "My Own Kind Of Hat" and "'Til I Get It Right"; and Conway Twitty.

1977 - Patrick Bourque born in Terrebonne, Quebec. He replaces Jeff Loberg in Emerson Drive in August 2002, just months after the group picked up its first American hit.