2013
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Capitol releases Dierks Bentley's "I Hold On" to radio
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2011
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Hunter Hayes performs "Storm Warning" in his Grand Ole Opry debut
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2006
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Rodney Atkins earns his first #1 single in Billboard: "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil
Even Knows)"
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2001
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Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange have a son, Eja (pronounced
"Asia"), in Switzerland
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2000
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Lonestar lifts "What About Now" to the top of the Billboard country chart
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1993
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Vince Gill racks up eight nominations and Alan Jackson gets seven, as the Country Music Association
unveils finalists for its 1993 awards. Gill and Jackson face Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire for Entertainer
of the Year
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1989
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Patty Loveless notches her first #1 country single with "Timber, I'm Falling In Love"
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1956
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Danny Shirley is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He fronts Confederate Railroad, whose mix of country
and Southern rock gives them a biker image and a handful of 1990s hits, including "Trashy Women," "Daddy Never
Was The Cadillac Kind" and "Queen Of Memphis"
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1929
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Buck Owens is born in Sherman, Texas. Raised in California, he adds a rock 'n' roll spirit to country
music, becoming a major part of the Bakersfield Sound. He co-hosts "Hee Haw" for more than 15 years on his way into
the Country Music Hall of Fame
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1927
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Porter Wagoner is born in Howell County, Missouri. Known for his rhinestone suits, he develops a
long-running syndicated TV show in which he introduces Dolly Parton as a duet partner. A member of the Grand Ole Opry beginning
in 1957, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002
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