On this day June 17, 1995

Dixie Chick Martie Erwin married pharmaceutical representative Ted Seidel. The couple divorced in November 1999.

Kenny Rogers was at #1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lucille'. It was the American Country music singer's first of two UK #1's.

Born on this day in Littlefield, Texas, was Waylon Jennings, singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings, who once worked as a DJ, played bass with Buddy Holly, Jennings unintentionally missing flying with Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens on the...

magazine announced that it would cease publication, effective with the August - September 2003 issue. The final issue's cover artist was Martina McBride, as part of a salute to women in country music. The magazine's sister publication, which had larg...

Amid the fallout from the George Floyd protests Lady Antebellum announced their name would change to Lady A, the group's longstanding nickname. Later in the month the Dixie Chicks became known as The Chicks. Both moves were announced amid criticism tha...

Country singer Randy Howard was killed in a gunfight with a bounty hunter at the age of 65. According to Tennessee authorities, the bounty hunter arrived at Howard's home to take him into custody after a missed court appearance, when Howard opened fire...

The Grand Ole Opry's Jim Ed Brown died from lung cancer at the age of 81. Brown was a country music singer and TV and radio host who first found fame as a member of The Browns, a country music group he started with his two sisters in the 1950s. Later, ...

Ray Charles died due to acute liver disease at his home in Los Angeles, California. Charles helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960's. His 1962 album, and its sequel helped to bring country into the mainstream of music. His ve...