2002 Lyle Lovett was rushed to Houston's Memorial Hermann Hospital after his leg was broken in 20 places when a bull trampled him. The Country star was working on his uncle's Texas ranch at the time of the accident; Lovett was injured when trying to protect his uncle, who was flipped by the bull.

1974 Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US Country chart with Behind Closed Doors. The album received three Country Music Association awards: Best Male Vocalist, Album of the Year, and Single of the Year, for the title song written by Kenny O'Dell. The album also went gold. Rich won the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Pe...

1963 Johnny Cash recorded the June Carter/Merle Kilgore song "Ring Of Fire." The song was originally recorded by June's sister Anita Carter, on her 1963 album Folk Songs Old and New as "(Love's) Ring of Fire". Cash claimed he had a dream where he heard the song accompanied by "Mexican trumpets&...

2001 Toby Keith's father was killed in a car accident on Interstate 35. On December 25, 2007, the family was awarded $2.8 million for the wrongful death of H.K. Covel, (Keith's father). Elias and Pedro Rodriguez, operators of Rodriguez Transportes of Tulsa, and the Republic Western Insurance Co. were found liable as th...

2000 Fly the fifth studio album by the Dixie Chicks was at #1 on the US Country chart. Eight singles were released from Fly, including the Hot Country Songs #1 hits "Cowboy Take Me Away" and "Without You", along with their then-highest charting entry on the Billboard Hot 100, "Goodbye Earl"...