2007 Emmylou Harris, Wynonna Judd, The Crickets, John Hiatt, ex-BMI executive
Frances Preston and Christian artist Michael W. Smith make up the second batch
of people inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville
2005 Toby Keith and Vince Gill headline a show marking the 10th anniversary of
the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Held at the Ford Center,
the show also features Joe Diffie, Jimmy Webb, Ty England, Katrina Elam and
fiddler Byron Berline
2000 George Strait's "The Best Day" takes the best position--the #1 slot--on the
Billboard country chart
1998 "It's Your Love" propels Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to four wins in CBS'
telecast of the 33rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Los Angeles'
Universal Amphitheatre: Single Record, Song, Video and Vocal Event of the Year
1995 John Michael Montgomery tops the Billboard country chart with "I Can Love
You Like That"
1989 Clint Black makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
1978 Kenny Rogers & Dottie West share the top spot on the Billboard country
chart with "Every Time Two Fools Collide"
1976 George Jones & Tammy Wynette record "Golden Ring"
1971 Kellie Coffey born in Moore, Oklahoma. She debuts in 2002 with the
"Breathe"-like ballad "When You Lie Next To Me," earning a nomination at the
American Music Awards for favorite new country artist
1967 Heath Wright born in Vian, Oklahoma. He becomes the lead singer for
Ricochet, a major part of "Daddy's Money," "What Do I Know" and "He Left A Lot
To Be Desired"
1945 Guitarist Pat Enright born in Huntington, Indiana. He becomes a founding
member of The Nashville Bluegrass Band and is also a part of the fictitious
Soggy Bottom Boys, providing harmonies on the award-winning "I Am A Man Of
Constant Sorrow"
1936 Glen Campbell born in Delight, Arkansas. A session guitarist in the
mid-1960s, he gains his own network television show and a string of crossover
hits, ultimately landing in the Country Music Hall of Fame