THIS DAY IN 2000: LEE ANN WOMACK MAKES HER DEBUT TV APPEARANCE ON "THE TONIGHT SHOW"

This day in 2000: Lee Ann Womack makes her debut TV appearance on “The Tonight Show”

Today in 2000, Lee Ann Womack made her debut appearance on NBC-TV’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” She didn’t take the “Leno” stage alone, though — when she got the request to perform her breakthrough hit, “I Hope You Dance,” she called her collaborators on the tune, the Sons of the Desert. It was the Sons’ first national TV appearance.

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