Today In Country Music History

January 6th, 1997 LeAnn Rimes debut album, Blue was certified gold, platinum, double and triple platinum.

January 5th 1999 Shania Twain's "You're Still The One" receives Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year, while Come On Over is up for Album of the Year.

January 4th, 1953 Hank Williams' funeral draws close to 25,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama.

January 3rd, 1950 Sam Phillips opens the Sun Recording Studio, originally known as the Memphis Recording Service, at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis.

January 2nd, 1975 Austin City Limits premieres on PBS with Willie Nelson as the first featured guest.

January 1st, 2003 Big Kenny Alpin, already $140,000 in debt, loses most of his last $200 playing black jack in a Las Vegas casino.

December 31st, 1952 Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio.

December 30th, 1944 Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys appear on the Grand Ole Opry, causing a stir when Monte Mountjoy's drum set is moved onto the stage at the last minute.

December 29th, 2000 John Michael Montgomery suffers a compound fracture above the ankle when he slips on ice while hunting near his Kentucky home.

December 28th, 1993 Shania Twain marries songwriter/record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange in Northern Ontario, Canada.

December 27th, 1977 Dolly Parton earns the first gold album of her career, with her album Here You Come Again.

December 26th, 1972 Ronnie Milsap moves from Georgia to Nashville to take a job at the King Of The Road Motor Inn.