Charley Pride

December 13th, 2001 Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins join the list of thirteen performers to be inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as they are announced as inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Le...

December 11th, 1946 Hank Williams has his first recording session, for Sterling Records, at the WSM Studios in Nashville, backed by The Willis Brothers and bass player Chuck Wright.

Charley Pride has 7 number ones before he reached the top of the charts with today's KLAW Classic.

December 4th, 1956 During a Carl Perkins recording session also involving Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley visited the studio and jammed with Perkins and Lewis extensively with the tape recorders rolling.

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...

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

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 18, 1988 Tulsa, Oklahoma, singer Ronnie Dunn won the Marlboro Country Music National Talent Contest, which led to a publishing deal in Nashville, which led to a meeting with songwriter Kix Brooks, which led to the formation of Brooks & Dunn.

November 14, 2005 Jason Aldean’s self-titled debut album was certified gold for shipments of 500,000 copies.

November 12, 2008 George Strait takes home Album of the Year, for Troubadour and Single of the Year, for "I Saw God Today"; during the 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards at Nashville's Sommet Center.

November 11, 2009 Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year at the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards.

November 7, 2001 The T Bone Burnett-produced O Brother, Where Are Thou? wins Album of the Year and one of its tracks, The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow," gets Single of the Year during the 35th Country Music Association awards in Nashville.