December 27th, 1977

Dolly Parton earns the first gold album of her career, with her album Here You Come Again. The album, Parton's 19th studio album, featured the first cross-over success of her career, the title track, which not only reached #1 on the country chart, but went to #3 on the pop chart and won a Grammy Award for Country Song Of The Year.

The album also featured the singles "Two Doors Down" (#1 Country and #19 Pop charts), "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" (#1 country) and "Sweet Music Man" (#9 country), which was written by Kenny Rogers.

The album resided at #1 on the Country Albums chart for 9 weeks. It has since been certified platinum by the RIAA.

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    2009

    Clay Walker and wife Jessica have a daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

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    2007

    Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet and his wife, Rebecca, have a daughter, Penelopi Jane Sweet, at Nashville's Baptist Hospital

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    #1 On This Date

    SINGLES

    2008 – Montgomery Gentry – “Roll With Me

    2003 – Kenny Chesney – “There Goes My Life

    1997 – Garth Brooks – “Longneck Bottle

    1986 – Hank Williams, Jr. – “Mind Your Own Business

    1980 – Johnny Lee – “One In A Million

    1975 – C.W. McCall – “Convoy

    1969 – Charley Pride – “(I’m So) Afraid Of Losing You Again

    1952 – Hank Williams – “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

    1947 – Eddy Arnold – “I’ll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)

     

     

    ALBUMS

    2008 – Taylor Swift – Fearless

    2003 – Toby Keith – Shock’n Y’all

    1997 – Garth Brooks – Sevens

    1986 – Alabama – The Touch

    1980 – Kenny Rogers – Greatest Hits

    1975 – C.W. McCall – Black Bear Road

    1969 – Charley Pride – The Best Of

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    Birthdays

    Singer/guitarist Les Taylor (Exile) is 66

    Drummer Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) is 52

    Songwriter Jim Beavers ("Felt Good On My Lips," "Red Solo Cup," "Drink A Beer") is 47

    Singer Shay Mooney (Dan + Shay) is 23

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