2012
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Eli Young Band vocalist Mike Eli and his wife, Kacey, welcome their first daughter, Kline Olivia
Diaz, in Dallas
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2011
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Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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2008
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Alan Jackson nabs a gold album for "Good Time"
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2005
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Kenny Chesney plays Pittsburgh's Heinz Field with opening acts Gretchen Wilson, Pat Green, Keith
Urban and Uncle Kracker. The concert--including performances of "Young," "Anything But Mine" and "I
Go Back"--is shot for inclusion in an ABC Thanksgiving special, "Kenny Chesney: Somewhere In The Sun"
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1999
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The Julia Roberts/Richard Gere movie, "Runaway Bride," opens in theaters, featuring music from The
Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, U2, Shawn Colvin, Billy Joel and Eric Clapton, among others
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1985
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Alabama becomes the first country act to go quadruple-platinum, as the albums "Mountain Music"
and "Feels So Right" are certified for shipments of 4 million copies. "The Closer You Get" goes triple-platinum
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1968
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Johnny Cash records the Carl Perkins-penned "Daddy Sang Bass" at the Columbia Recording
Studios on Music Row in Nashville, with The Statler Brothers and Jan Howard providing additional voices
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1964
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Banjo player Ron Block is born in California. He joins Alison Krauss + Union Station in 1991, performing
on "When You Say Nothing At All," plus The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" and Vince Gill's "High Lonesome
Sound"
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1958
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Neal McCoy is born in Jacksonville, Texas. Known for such mid-1990s recordings as "No Doubt
About It" and "Wink," he garners more acclaim for his energetic stage show, earning Entertainer of the Year
twice in the TNN/Music City News awards
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1955
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Johnny Cash records the first version of "Folsom Prison Blues," plus "Luther Played
The Boogie" and "So Doggone Lonesome" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
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