Red Foley

January 4th, 1953 Hank Williams' funeral draws close to 25,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama.

December 16th, 2010 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood deliver the first two of nine concerts at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, joined by unannounced guest Steve Wariner.

December 9th, 1989 Rodney Crowell became the first country artist to score five number one singles from the same album, Diamonds & Dirt

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 19, 1997 George Strait’s collection Strait Out of the Box was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies.

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

November 3, 2010 Taylor Swift’s Speak Now album sells 1,047,000 copies in its first week of release, second in country all-time to Garth Brooks’ Double Live, which sold 1,085,373 copies in 1998

October 28, 2001 Alan Jackson wakes up at 4:00 a.m., inspired to write "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)," a song about healing from terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon the previous month.

October 27, 1936 Ernest Tubb conducted his first recording session.