A First For Brooks & Dunn – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]
November 29, 1994
Brooks & Dunn's Brand New Man becomes the first album by a country duo certified quadruple-platinum, while their Hard Workin' Man album goes triple-platinum.
Brand New Man featured four consecutive #1 singles: "Brand New Man", "Boot Scootin' Boogie", "My Next Broken Heart", and "Neon Moon"; in addition, a fifth single, "Lost and Found", peaked at #6. The album has since been certified 6 times platinum by the RIAA.
Hard Workin' Man featured 5 singles: "Hard Workin' Man" (#4), "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" (#2), "She Used To Be Mine" (#1), "We'll Burn That Bridge" (#2), and "That Ain't No Way To Go" (#1). The album also featured a remixed dance version of the Number One hit "Boot Scootin' Boogie", which originally appeared on Brand New Man.
2007
Gary Allan earns a gold album for his Greatest Hits album. The album featured hits from Allan's first 5 albums and two new songs, "A Feelin' Like That" and "As the Crow Flies." Feelin was released as a single and peaked at #12.
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photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images Entertainment 2006
Trick Pony performs at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. The show marks Heidi Newfield's final tour stop as a member of the trio.
- Brad Paisley & Little Jimmy Dickens
Brad Paisley & Little Jimmy Dickens 1997
Little Jimmy Dickens retires from touring, performing on the road for what he says will be the last time in Lexington, South Carolina.
1959
"The Battle Of New Orleans" wins Song of the Year for composer Jimmy Driftwood and Best Country & Western Performance for Johnny Horton during the second annual Grammy Awards
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2008 – Taylor Swift – “Love Story”
2003 – Toby Keith – “I Love This Bar”
1997 – Shania Twain – “Love Gets Me Everytime”
1986 – Alabama – “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”
1980 – Crystal Gayle – “If You Ever Change Your Mind”
1975 – Merle Haggard – “It’s All In The Movies”
1969 – Merle Haggard – “Okie From Muskogee”
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 – Shania Twain – Come On Over
1986 – Alabama – The Touch
1980 – Kenny Rogers – Greatest Hits
1975 – Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
1969 – Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
Birthdays
Singer/guitarist Merle Travis is born on this date in 1917 in Rosewood, Kentucky. He becomes an influential guitarist, records several late-1940s hits, and writes "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," earning membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Travis dies of a heart attack in his Tehlequah, OK home in 1983.