Garth Brooks was at #1 on the US country chart with his third studio album, The album repelaced his previous album at the #1 postion, where it enjoyed a combined 18 weeks at the top of the charts.

Henry Horton was re-elected to a third term as governor of Tennessee, USA. Immediately, Nashville residents began withdrawing money from Caldwell-affiliated banks en masse, because Horton and the Caldwell Bank had both been involved in a scandal involv...

"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" by The Davis Sisters was at #1 on the Country chart. Written by Cecil Null, it was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack (Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record was releas...

After being diagnosed with lung Cancer in May of 2008, Merle Haggard had surgery to remove part of the upper lobe of his right lung that had a lemon-size tumor growing on it.

Johnny Wright was at #1 on the Country chart with "Hello Vietnam." The single, with backing vocals from his wife, Kitty Wells, was later used as the opening theme in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film

Shania Twain's mother and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of Wawa, Ontario. As a result Twain moved back to Timmins to take care of her younger siblings and then took them all to Huntsville, Ontario. There, she suppo...

"Always Late (with Your Kisses)" co-written and recorded by Lefty Frizzell was at #1 on the Country charts. The song which spent 13 weeks at the top of the charts has also been recorded by Merle Haggard and Dwight Yoakam.

Buck Owens was at #1 on the Country singles chart with "Love's Gonna Live Here", which spent sixteen weeks at the top spot and a total of thirty weeks on the chart. After "Love's Gonna Live Here" finished its 16-week stay, no other song would spend mor...