TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY – 03/08/2021
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: MARCH 5, 2021 • 1963: PATSY CLINE, HAWK SHAW HAWKINS and COWBOY COPUS were killed in a plane crash in Tennessee on their way home to Nashville from a benefit concert in Kansas City, Kansas. • 1973: ALABAMA appeared for the first time, at the Bowery Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. •…
Today in Country Music History – 5/21/2020
• 1994: TRISHA YEARWOOD and MAVERICKS bassist Robert Reynolds were married on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Trisha is now married to GARTH BROOKS. • 1998: GARTH BROOKS’ album No Fences was certified multi-platinum for sales of 14 million copies. Hits included Friends In Low Places, Unanswered Prayers and The Thunder…
TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY – 05/20/2020
COUNTRY DATEBOOK: MAY 20, 2020 • 1980: ALABAMA’s album My Home’s In Alabama was released. • 1994: TOBY KEITH topped the charts with Wish I Didn’t Know Now. • 1999: An autopsy on the late TAMMY WYNETTE, at the request of her husband George Richey, revealed she died from heart failure caused by repeated blood…