2016
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Glen Campbell tributes bookend the CBS special "The ACM Honors." Hosts Lady Antebellum open with
"Galveston." The close has Blake Shelton singing "Southern Nights," Dierks Bentley's "Gentle On My Mind," Keith Urban's "Wichita
Lineman," Toby Keith's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and all four on "Rhinestone Cowboy"
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2015
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Eric Church and Little Big Town score five nominations apiece to top the list of finalists in the
49th annual Country Music Association awards
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2013
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Capitol releases the Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert duet "We Were Us" to radio
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2011
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Lady Antebellum's "We Owned The Night" video debuts on CMT
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2007
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Joe Nichols marries Heather Singleton at Whitfield Chapel in Savannah, Georgia
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2004
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Willie Nelson performs a concert in Plains, Georgia, for an upcoming TV special, "CMT Homecoming:
Jimmy Carter In Plains." Nelson threads the set with "Whiskey River," "Beer For My Horses," "Amazing
Grace" and "Georgia On My Mind"
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1991
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Hunter Hayes is born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. He plays every instrument, sings every part and
co-writes every song on his first major-label album, which debuts in country's Top 10 just weeks after he turns 20. His hit
list includes "Wanted," "Storm Warning" and "I Want Crazy"
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1975
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Joey Martin is born in Alexandria, Indiana. She joins husband Rory Lee Feek in Joey+Rory, named Top
New Vocal Duo by the Academy of Country Music in 2010. Her brave battle with cancer draws national attention, and the duo
earns a #1 country album shortly after her death in 2016
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1957
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Jerry Lee Lewis takes "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" to the top of the Billboard country
singles chart
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1956
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Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He sings four songs,
including "Love Me Tender" and "Don't Be Cruel," shot only from the waist up. Charles Laughton hosts in
place of Sullivan, recuperating from an auto accident
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