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Today In Country Music History: Billy Currington

Brett Alan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:51:24 +0000

Happy 38th birthday goes out to Billy Currington today. Born William Matthew “Billy” Currington in Savannah, Georgia in 1973. Billy has released four albums since his signing to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003. On those four albums he’s got six number one hits! Must Be Doin’ Something Right Good Directions People Are Crazy That’s How Country Boys [...]

Today In Country Music History: The Foundation

Brett Alan — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:05:12 +0000

According to CMT.com, it was today back in 2008 that the Zac Brown Band released their first major label studio album. I say major label album because there were 2 others (Far From Einstyne and Homegrown) that were released before 'The Foundation'. But there's no doubt that this is the one that put the Georgia band on the map.

Today In Country Music History: Come On Over

Brett Alan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:22:23 +0000

Shania Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario. Today in country music history, she had a CD certified 20 times platinum. Her album “Come On Over” became the best selling album by a female of all time. I don’t mean it was the best selling country album by a female. It was the [...]

Today In Country Music History: Check Yes Or No [Video]

Brett Alan — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:21:31 +0000

George Strait has more number one hits than any other singer in any genre. That’s right….any genre. According to CMT.com, it was today in country music history that he began a 4 week stay at the top of the charts with “Check Yes Or No”. George Strait has been making country music for nearly 30 [...]

Today In Country Music History: Miranda Lambert

Brett Alan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:10:25 +0000

Happy Birthday goes out today to Miranda Lambert! Last night she won Female Vocalist Of The Year at the CMAs but it was 28 years ago that she was brought into this world. You may remember that she was in the top 3 on the first season of Nashville Star. A class that also included [...]

Today In Country Music History: Give It Away

Brett Alan — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:10:00 +0000

According to CMT.com it was today back in 2005 that Jamey Johnson, Bill Anderson, and Buddy Cannon sat down to write George Strait’s 41st number one hit, “Give It Away”. It brought home the “Song Of The Year” and “Single Of The Year” awards at the ACMAs in 2007. If you look closely to the [...]

Today In Country Music History: Bucky Covington

Brett Alan — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:10:28 +0000

Happy birthday goes out today to William Joel Covington III. He’s also known as Bucky Covington and according to CMT.com it was today back in 1977 that he was born. You may remember Bucky Covington first from American Idol. He was on the 5th season of that show. A class that also included Chris Daughtry, Katharine McPhee, [...]

Today In Country Music History: Music City Walk Of Fame

Brett Alan — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:45:24 +0000

Hollywood has a walk of fame for their stars so why wouldn’t Nashville want to celebrate the incredible number of stars that have come from their city and walked their streets. On November 5th, 2006, they started up their very own Music City Walk Of Fame. I’ve never been to Nashville. I’ve always wanted to [...]

Today In Country Music History: How Do You Like Me Now?!

Brett Alan — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:34:40 +0000

Toby Keith’s first album for Dreamworks Records was a huge one. It was his first CD since parting ways with Mercury records and it went platinum. With the singles, “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This”, “Country Comes To Town”, and the title track, “How Do You Like Me Now?!” Toby Keith began to really make [...]

Today In Country Music History: Happy Birthday Big Kenny

Brett Alan — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:37:12 +0000

Happy birthday today to Kenny Alphin. He’s known better as Big Kenny from the duo Big & Rich. In 2004, Big & Rich burst onto the scene with their hit CD ‘Horse Of A Different Color’. It was one of three albums that they released under that name. It had the hits, “Save A Horse, [...]

Today In Country Music History: Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning

Brett Alan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:45:12 +0000

Alan Jackson like much of the United States had a heavy heart after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. It must have really weighed on him so much that he said the song, “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” seemed to just flow from his pen. He woke up early on [...]

Today In Country Music History: Only In America [Video]

Brett Alan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:24:09 +0000

It was today back in 2001 that ’Only In America’ shot to the top of the charts. It was the second of three number one hits from the CD ‘Steers And Stripes’. Although many people think that the song was a response to the attacks on September 11th, this song was actually released a couple months [...]

Today In Country Music History: Happy Birthday Josh Gracin!

Brett Alan — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:05:40 +0000

Today is the 31st birthday of the guy who won many hearts on the second season of American Idol. Josh Gracin came in fourth that season. He signed a deal with Lyric Street records after he completed his service with the United States Marine Corps. Since then, he's been able to chart 9 singles on the Billboard Country Singles chart. One of those nine went all the way to #1.

Today In Country Music History: Killin' Time

Brett Alan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:10:41 +0000

Clint Black came on the country scene in 1989 with his debut album, “Killin’ Time.” He released 5 singles from that CD. Four of them climbed to the top of the Billboard Country Singles Chart. The other one topped out at #3. It really says something about you as an artist when your first four [...]

Today In Country Music History: Alabama Goes For Three

Brett Alan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:10:05 +0000

With the CMA’s quickly approaching, it’s kind of weird to think that it’s been almost 30 years since Alabama won their very first Entertainer Of The Year Award from the CMA. They also won 2 other awards that year… It was October 10th, 1982 and Alabama had just released their “Mountain Music” CD which had the [...]

Today In Country Music History: Keith Urban's Big Day

Brett Alan — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:15:50 +0000

October 8th is a big day in history for Keith Urban for a couple reasons. The first happened in 2002. The other happened 2 years later in 2004. Can you guess what happened? On October 8th, 2002, Capitol records released Keith Urban’s “Golden Road” album. It was a huge CD for Keith that saw 3 [...]

Today In Country Music History: Songwriter Gary Baker Is Born

Brett Alan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:15:39 +0000

Happy 59th birthday goes out today to Gary Baker. You may be scratching your head trying to figure out who he is. But I'm sure you know his music. He's a guy who was born right here in Niagara Falls, NY. Gary is most well known for a song that he wrote for John Michael Montgomery called, "I Swear." It was also recorded by pop group All-4-One.

Today In Country Music History: Jerry Reed Dies

Brett Alan — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:15:38 +0000

It was today back in 2008 when Jerry Reed, also known as The Guitar Man, died from complications due to emphasema. For those of you who are new to country music, Jerry Reed was a singer, guitar player, song writer, and an actor. You may have seen him in movies like 'Smokey And The Bandit I, II and III' 'Stroker Ace' and for something a little newer, the Adam Sandler comedy 'The Waterboy'.