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“Trio” Album is Released

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March 2 in Country Music History

2010: Steve Miller & Kenny Chesney film for an installment of “CMT Crossroads” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

2006: Former “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood returns to the FOX-TV show to perform “Jesus, Take The Wheel”.

1996: Martina McBride hovers at #1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart with “Wild Angels”.

1990: Born in Asheville, North Carolina, singer/songwriter Luke Combs is born.

1987: Warner Bros. releases the album “Trio” by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

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This Day in Country Music History

1939: American country music artist Razzy Bailey is born in La Fayette, Alabama.

1950: “Chattanoogie Shine Boy” by Red Foley is the first country hit cross over record to hit #1 on the best selling country record chart as well as pop best seller chart.

1955: George Jones’ first chart single, “Why Baby Why”, hits the country charts, peaking at #4.

1978: Dolly Parton sits at #1 on the US Country music album chart with Here You Come Again, her nineteenth solo studio album.

1998: Hal Ketchum marries Gina Pacconi at the Grace Methodist Church in Austin, Texas.

2016: Joey Floyd dies at age 47, after a long battle with cancer. Floyd was a longtime band member in Toby Keith’s Easy Money Band. Floyd played guitar, banjo and fiddle for Keith and it is reported that he also introduced Keith to Willie Nelson.

Patsy Cline Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

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On This Day in Country Music

1921: American bluegrass-based country music entertainer Wilma Lee Cooper is born in Valley Head, West Virginia. Wilma Lee partnered with Stoney Cooper in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s for tremendous success, scoring seven hit records between 1956-1961, and four top ten hits on the Billboard charts, including “Big Midnight Special” and “There’s a Big Wheel.” Wilma Lee Cooper died Sept 13, 2011 at the age of 90.

1962: Country superstar Garth Brooks is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brooks would later become the biggest selling artist of the 90’s with over 60 million sales. According to the RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time behind Elvis Presley (overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley) with 128 million units sold.

Also in 1962: Patsy Cline (pictured) makes her debut on Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry as she performs her 1961 Top 10 hit “Crazy” as well as her 1962 hit “She’s Got You”. Many people don’t know that “Crazy” was penned by singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, who would also go on to achieve major success in his own right.

1971: Dolly Parton rocks the country nation as “Joshua” rockets to #1 on the country chart. “Joshua” would be Parton’s first of many singles to reach #1 on the US country charts.

1989: Randy Travis sits at #1 on the US country album chart with his third album Old 8 x 10, which featured the three #1 country singles: “Honky Tonk Moon”, “Deeper Than the Holler”, “Is It Still Over” The album later earned Travis three American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Album, and Favorite Country Single (“Deeper Than the Holler”).

1995: Shania Twain releases her second studio album “The Woman in Me”, which went onto become her biggest-selling recording at the time of its release, selling 4 million copies by the end of the year.

Willie Nelson Agrees to Pay 9 Million to IRS

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1946: The Bellamy Brothers singer/songwriter Howard Bellamy is born in Darby, Florida.

1960: Loretta Lynn signs her first contract with Zero Records.

1974: “Jolene” scores Dolly Parton her second #1 country hit single. Parton says that the inspiration for the story was a tall, red-headed bank teller whom Parton believed was flirting with her husband, and her husband’s apparent vulnerability to the teller’s charm.

1986: Country music artist Blaine Larsen is born in Tacoma, Washington.

1992: “A Jukebox with a Country Song” by Doug Stone sits at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. This was Stone’s second chart-topper.

1993: Willie Nelson (pictured) agrees to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owes the IRS.

2007: Country musician Terry McMillan, who played harmonica and percussion, dies at the age of 53. He worked with powerhouse artists such as Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Kenny Chesney, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Trisha Yearwood, and the Dixie Chicks.

January 24 in Country Music History

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This Day in Country Music History: January 24

2015: Blake Shelton sings “Neon Light” and “Boys ‘Round Here” as the host and musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”

2010: Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffett and George W. Bush are all spotted at the Superdome in New Orleans for the NFC Championship Game, a 31-28 overtime win for the Saints against the Minnesota Vikings

2006: MCA releases Josh Turner’s album “Your Man”

2003: Joe Nichols sets a Grand Ole Opry precedent while performing “Brokenheartsville” at the Ryman Auditorium. A green bra is tossed from the seats as he sings, supposedly the first time an undergarment has ever been thrown on stage in show history

1995: Tucker Beathard is born in Nashville, the son of “Don’t Blink” songwriter Casey Beathard. Tucker earns a hit with his 2016 debut, “Rock On”

1984: Stephen Barker Liles is born in Palm Harbor, Florida. The inspiration for “Hey Stephen” on Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” album, he’s a founding member of Love And Theft, known for its 2009 debut, “Runaway,” and for its 2012 hit “Angel Eyes”

1981: The theme to “9 To 5” takes Dolly Parton to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart

1963: Drummer Keech Rainwater is born in Plano, Texas. He joins Lonestar, the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Vocal Group in 1996. The band scores such hits as “No News,” “Amazed” and “I’m Already There”

1954: Musician Glenn Worf is born in Dayton, Ohio. A multiple winner of the Academy of Country Music’s Top Bass award, he plays on several hundred hits by Alan Jackson, George Strait, Faith Hill, Toby Keith and Martina McBride, among others. In addition, he co-produces hits by Miranda Lambert and David Nail

1941: Ray Stevens is born in Clarksdale, Georgia. Though capable of serious recordings such as “Everything Is Beautiful” and “Misty,” he earns a reputation for his comedy efforts, including “The Streak,” “Ahab, The Arab” and “Shriner’s Convention”

 

Dolly Parton is Born

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This Day in Country Music History, January 19

2017: Toby Keith sings “American Soldier,” “Made In America,” “Beer For My Horses” and “Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during an inaugural concert for president-elect Donald Trump. Lee Greenwood does “God Bless The U.S.A.” with Tim Rushlow, Richie McDonald and Larry Stewart.

2016: Big Machine releases Tim McGraw’s “Humble And Kind” to radio.

2012: Eric Church kicks off his first arena headlining tour in Fort Smith, Arkansas, with opening acts Brantley Gilbert, Sonia Leigh and The Cadillac Black, a band that’s later renamed The Cadillac Three.

2011: Jason Aldean earns a gold single from the RIAA for “My Kinda Party”.

2010: Shania Twain is featured as a guest judge on FOX-TV’s “American Idol” during the season’s third episode.

1993: Kenny Rogers and Trisha Yearwood perform in “The Presidential Inaugural Gala” a day before Bill Clinton takes office. Others on the bill include Fleetwood Mac, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Chuck Berry and Elton John.

1990: Reba McEntire’s first movie, the sci-fi picture “Tremors,” debuts, with Kevin Bacon in the leading role.

1963: Black gold, Texas tea and Flatt & Scruggs: “The Ballad Of Jed Clampett” goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

1946: Dolly Parton is born in Sevier County, Tennessee. First gaining attention as a duet partner with Porter Wagoner, she melds a big personality with talents in performing, writing and acting on her way into in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1939: Phil Everly, of The Everly Brothers, is born in Chicago. Along with older brother Don, The Everlys’ harmonies become an influential sound, gaining them membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

 

‘Nine to Five’ Opens in America

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The film Nine to Five, with Dolly Parton in one of the leading roles, opened across America on December 19, 1980, grossing over $3.9 million in its opening weekend. The movie’s theme song, “9 to 5”, became one of Parton’s biggest hits of the decade and went to #1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

Haven’t heard ‘9 to 5’ in a minute? Check out the video below:

 

Country Stars Make Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities List

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Several country stars have made the cut on Forbes’ “100 Highest-Paid Celebrities” list for 2017. Garth Brooks is the highest ranked country singer on the list, coming in at 26th place with 60 million made. Kenny Chesney earned $42.5 million and Luke Bryan earned $42 million, putting them at No. 53 and 55, respectively. Dolly Parton notched the No. 71 spot with earnings of $37 million, while Toby Keith and Florida Georgia Line found themselves tied at No. 83 with $34.5 million of income. Jason Aldean rounded out the country stars with a 98th place finish and $32.5 million earned.

 

Topping this year’s list was rapper Sean Combs (A.K.A. Diddy), who pulled in $130 million over the last year.

The list’s findings were compiled from celebrities’ pretax income from June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017. The full list can be seen here.

June 12th: On This Day

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On this day in 1973, Dolly Parton recorded “Jolene” during the afternoon at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The song was released in October of the same year and hit #1 on the Billboard US Country Songs chart in 1974.

“Jolene” was Parton’s second #1 of her career on the country charts and was the first single, and title track from her album of the same name.

The single was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (first for the original release and the following year for a live version). Parton lost both of those awards, but “Jolene” won a Grammy award 44 years later, after the acapella group Pentatonix covered it, along with Parton.

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