History

December 2,1949 Gene Autry’s “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” debuted on the charts. The recording of the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. Autry's recording sold 2.5 million copies the first year, eventually selling a total of 25 million, and it remained the second best-selling record of all time until the 1980s...

December 1, 2006 Rascal Flatts became only the third country act to have the number one song on both the Adult Contemporary chart and the Country Singles chart in the same week with two different songs.

November 30, 2011 A Nashville judge rules Tim McGraw is free to record for a label other than Curb Records.

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.

November 28, 1925 George D. Hay begins a weekly broadcast called "The WSM Barn Dance" broadcasting in Nashville, with a one-hour performance by Uncle Jimmy Thompson.

November 27, 2006 Montgomery Gentry’s Troy Gentry plead guilty in Duluth, Minnesota, to a misdemeanor charge involving his killing of a captive black bear in 2004.

November 26, 1934 Decca Records releases The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."

November 25, 1998 Garth Brooks’ album Double Live became the first album by any artist ever to sell 1 million copies in its first week of release.

November 24, 1999 The profile of Chris Gaines, Garth Brook’s fictional Australian rock-star, alter-ego, aired on VH1′s Behind The Music.

November 23, 1992 Roy Acuff dies from congestive heart failure in Nashville and is buried within eight hours.

November 22, 1946 Gene Autry rides in the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, as do Roy Rogers, Jack Benny and Red Skelton.

November 21, 1986 Lynn Anderson collects the only platinum album of her career, for Rose Garden.