1966 Born on this day in Charleston, South Carolina, was Darius Rucker, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish who had the 2008 US Country #1 hit "Don't Think I Don't Think About It." Rucker won the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year in 2009. Rucker scored ...

2023 Blake Shelton received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As of December 2020, Shelton had charted 40 singles, including 28 No.1's The 11th No. 1 ("Doin' What She Likes") broke "the record for the most consecutive No. 1 singles in the Country Airplay chart's. Throughout his career, he has receive...

1993 Winners at the 28th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards hosted by George Strait, Reba McEntire and Randy Owen included: Pioneer Award - George Jones, Top Female Vocalist of the Year - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Top Male Vocalist of the Year - Vince Gill, Top Vocal Group - Diamond Rio, Song of the Year went to Vince...

2008 American singer, songwriter Eddy Arnold died in a nursing home in Nashville, exactly one week before his 90th birthday. So-called 'Nashville sound' innovator of the late 1950s, Arnold scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones and has sold more than 85 million records. He c...

1973 Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US Country singles chart with "Behind Closed Doors". The single became Rich's first #1 hit on the country charts, and also became a crossover hit on the pop charts. "Behind Closed Doors" earned awards for Song of the Year and Single of the Year from both the Countr...