On this day August 29, 2002

Property from the estate of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash raised $1.24 million on the first day of a three-day auction at Sotheby's in New York City. Items sold included a custom-made abalone-inlaid acoustic guitar for $131,200 and an autographed ph...

Born on this day in Brownfield, Texas, was Don Walser, was known as a unique, award-winning yodeling "Texas country music legend." He was known for maintaining a catalog of older, obscure country music and cowboy songs and kept alive old 1940s and 1950...

documentary film produced and directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (daughter of actor Gregory Peck) had its world premier at the The film followed the Dixie Chicks over a three-year period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical thre...

Taylor Swift released "Love Story" as the lead single from Swift's second studio album The song was a commercial success, selling over 18 million copies worldwide, therefore establishing itself among the best-selling singles of all time. In the United...

Johnny Cash, US singer songwriter died of respiratory failure aged 71. Widely considered one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century, he was known as . Cash traditionally started all his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cas...

Born on this day, was Jimmie Davis, singer, songwriter, who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana (1944-1948 and 1960-1964). Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occas...

Taylor Swift released "Our Song" the third single from her self-titled debut studio album. It became Swift's first #1 single on the Hot Country Songs chart, maintaining the position for six consecutive weeks. The track made her the youngest person to s...

To aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris and Trisha Yearwood were among the artists participating in which aired live on cable and broadcast television stations in the United States and worldwide.