2008 The 42nd Country Music Association Awards, Ceremony was held at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Brad Paisley won Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Waitin' on a Woman". George Strait won Album of The Year for Troubadour and S...

2006 The Country Music Association awards aired for the first time on ABC. The awards show had been on CBS since 1972. Keith Urban, who won the Male Vocalist of the Year, was absent due to his rehab stint, and co-host Ronnie Dunn read Urban's acceptance letter. Hall of Fame inductee Kris Kristofferson presented the ind...

1911 Born on this day in Cincinnati, Ohio, was Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bul...

1997 Shania Twain released her third studio album Come On Over which became the best-selling country music album, by a female act. To date, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, shipped over 20 million copies in the United States, and in the UK it has sold over 3.3 million. The album debuted at #1 o...

1926 Born on this day was American guitarist Ray Edenton. Considered one of Nashville's most prolific studio musicians, Edenton played on more than 12,000 recording sessions as a member of The Nashville A-Team. His first appearance on a major hit was on Webb Pierce's 1953 single "There Stands the Glass and also pl...