Born on this day in Floydada, Texas, was Don Williams, country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 #1 hits including the 1974 #1 “I Wouldn’t Want to Live If You Didn’t Love Me”. Williams died at his home in Alabama on 8 September 2017 aged 78.
On this day May 27, 1939
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This Day in Country Music
On this day May 27, 1939
Born on this day in Floydada, Texas, was Don Williams, country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 #1 hits...
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On this day May 25, 1968
Bobby Goldsboro was at #1 on the Country chart with "Honey," also known as "Honey (I Miss You)." Written by Bobby Russell, who first produced it with former Kingston Trio member Bob Shane. Then he gave it to American singer Bobby Goldsboro who recorded...
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On this day May 25, 2011
Scotty McCreery won the tenth-season competition of becoming the second country music-focused artist (behind Carrie Underwood) to win. Runner-up Lauren Alaina is also rooted in country music. Days later, both signed lucrative contracts with Mercury Na...
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On this day May 23, 1958
Born on this day in Cleveland, Ohio, was Shelly West, country music singer. Her mother was the country music star Dottie West, whose career spanned three decades. Shelly is best known for having hit duets with David Frizzell, and for their #1 hit "You'...
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On this day May 23, 2012
the fourth studio album by Carrie Underwood was at #1 on the With reaching #1, Underwood became the third female to chart at #1 with three country albums, tying her with Linda Ronstadt and Faith Hill.
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On this day May 22, 2011
Reba McEntire was inducted into the at a Medallion Ceremony that took place at the in Nashville, Tennessee. She was inducted by one of her musical idols, Dolly Parton.
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On this day May 22, 2003
At the awards ceremony in Las Vegas, there were boos when the Dixie Chicks' nomination for Entertainer of the Year award was announced, (after Natalie Maines' comment about George Bush), however, the broadcast's host, Vince Gill, reminded the audience...
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On this day May 21, 1994
Trisha Yearwood married Robert "Bobby" Reynolds, the bass player for the country music group The Mavericks. The couple divorced in 1999, (she married her current husband Garth Brooks in 2005).
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