Anne Murray Makes History - Today In Country Music History

1984 A Historic Night In Nashville

Alabama won the 18^th annual Country Music Award’s Entertainer of the Year award for the third consecutive year, while Anne Murray is the only double-winner on the night. Murray becomes the first woman to win Album of the Year, for A Little Good News, while the title track wins Single of the Year.

The Judds took home the Horizon Award, given to the best new artist, while the Ricky Skaggs Band was named the Instrumental Group of the Year and Chet Atkins won for Instrumentalist of the Year. Lee Greenwood won for Male Vocalist of the Year, Reba McEntire won Female Vocalist of the Year, The Statler Brothers for Vocal Group and Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson were the Vocal Duo of the Year.

The Song of the Year Award, which goes to the song writers went, to Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar for "Wind Beneath My Wings."

2011
Rascal Flatts joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing three songs in the process: "Why Wait," "I Won't Let Go" and "Life Is A Highway."
Ronnie Dunn also makes his solo Opry debut. The Opry was celeebrating its 86th birthday.
2009
Lady Antebellum’s self-titled debut album was certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in Canada. The album featured the singles "Love Don't Live Here" (#5), "Lookin' For A Good Time" (#11) and "I Run To You" (#1).
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, the first country group to achieve this.
photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
2002
Trace Adkins suffers a hairline sternum fracture and bruises when he's pinned under a tractor in a freak accident while building a gravel road on his property in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
He's immediately hospitalized and cancels two Texas concerts.
1990
Tennessee Ernie Ford was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1979
With multiple trophies each, Kenny Rogers and Charlie Daniels were the big winners at the Country Music Association Awards, while Willie Nelson took home Entertainer of the Year honors.
Rogers won for Male Vocalist, Album (The Gambler) and Vocal Duo of the Year (with Dottie West), while Daniels won for Instrumental Group, Instrumentalist and Single of the Year ("The Devil Went Down To Georgia").
The Female Vocalist of the Year went to Barbara Mandrell, while the Statler Brothers took home the Vocal Group of the Year. Song of the Year went to writer Don Schlits for "The Gambler."
1957
Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls Of Fire" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2011 – Rodney Atkins – “Take A Back Road”
2005 – Montgomery Gentry – “Something To Be Proud Of”
1994 – Toby Keith – “Who’s That Man"
1988 – Randy Travis – “Honky Tonk Moon”
1983 – Ronnie Milsap – “Don’t You Know How Much I Love You”
1977 – The Kendalls –”Heaven’s Just A Sin Away”
1966 – David Houston – “Almost Persuaded”
1955 – Eddy Arnold – “Cattle Call”
1949 – Ernest Tubb – “Slippin’ Around”

ALBUMS
2011 – Lady Antebellum – Own The Night
2005 – Trisha Yearwood – Jasper County
1994 – Tim McGraw – Not A Moment Too Soon
1988 – Randy Travis - Old 8 x 10
1983 – Alabama – The Closer You Get…
1977 – Elvis Presley – Moody Blue
1966 – David Houston – Almost Persuaded
Birthdays
Singer/Harmonica player Ricky Lee Phelps (Kentucky Headhunters) is 60

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