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.
October 17, 1990
Naomi Judd tells reporters she has hepatitis and will have to give up performing. She and Wynonna hold the press conference in the same room in which they auditioned for RCA in 1983.
October 16, 1972
Loretta Lynn becomes the first woman to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in the sixth annual awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
October 15, 1969
Johnny Cash wins a record-setting five times during the third annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
1988 - Hank Williams Jr. wins his second Entertainer of the Year trophy and claims Album of the Year, for Born To Boogie during the 22nd annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.
1961 Welcome To The Hall - The First Class of Inductees
Jimmy Rodgers, Hank Williams and songwriter Fred Rose became the first inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.