This Day in Country Music History, January 29
2014
Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw receive seven nominations to lead the finalists for the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Keith Urban picks up six
2013
Lady Antebellum shoots an installment of “CMT Crossroads” with Stevie Nicks in Los Angeles. The night’s set list includes “Rhiannon,” “Landslide,” “Love Don’t Live Here” and “Need You Now”
2011
Kenny Chesney’s “Somewhere With You” begins a three-week ride at the top of the Billboard country singles chart
2008
Sara Evans and Maroon 5 join forces to shoot an installment of “CMT Crossroads” at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. Among their collaborations: “A Real Fine Place To Start” and “I Could Not Ask For More”
2004
Epic announces the signing of Gretchen Wilson
1999
The Dixie Chicks collect a quadruple-platinum award from the RIAA for the album “Wide Open Spaces”
1996
Garth Brooks refuses to accept the American Music Awards’ Favorite Artist of the Year honor, saying he “cannot agree with this.” Backstage, he says it should have gone to Hootie + The Blowfish. Brooks does take two other awards, while The Eagles get three. Other winners: Reba McEntire, Alabama and Shania Twain
1988
Randy Travis collects the first double-platinum album of his career from the RIAA, for “Always And Forever”
1969
“The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” debuts on CBS with theme song “Gentle On My Mind.” Campbell sings “Wichita Lineman” and teams with Bobbie Gentry on “Little Green Apples.” Other guests include John Hartford, The Smothers Brothers and comedian Pat Paulsen
1959
Ray Price records “Heartaches By The Number” in the evening at the Bradley Film & Recording Studios in Nashville