Country Music History – On This Day

1962 – Patsy Cline makes an appearance on Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry with renditions of “Strange” and “Imagine That.”

1969 – Country superstar Johnny Cash records the first of his ABC-TV weekly shows Hello…I’m Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium.

1974 – Charlie Rich tops the US Country chart with, “A Very Special Love Song.

1983 – Alabama dominates the Country Singles Chart with “Dixieland Delight”.

1999 – Shania Twain becomes the first woman to be named songwriter and artist of the year in the Nashville Songwriter Achievement Awards.

2010 – Alan Jackson gets his own star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.