1950
George Jones married his first wife Dorothy Bonvillion, the couple divorced slightly more than a year later.
1968
Charley Pride was at #1 on the Country album charts with The Country Way. Pride went on to score thirty-nine #1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early-to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.
1974
Freddy Fender was at #1 on the Country music album chart with his first album Before The Next Teardrop Falls. The album includes the #1 hits “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights.”
1983
The Oak Ridge Boys were at #1 on the US country album chart with Deliver, their tenth studio release. The album included two hit singles: “Ozark Mountain Jubilee” and “I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes”, the latter of which reached #1 on Hot Country Songs.
1985
Born on this day, was Jon Pardi, American country music singer/songwriter who in April 2012 released his debut single, “Missin’ You Crazy.” His second single, released in April 2013 became his first Top 20 hit on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart.
1990
Clint Black was at #1 on the country chart with his debut album Killin’ Time. The album with the success of its first four singles, (“A Better Man”, “Walking Away”, “Nobody’s Home”, and “Killin’ Time”), was a huge hit upon release, and established Black as one of the biggest new stars in country music.
2000
Faith Hill’s “The Way You Love Me” started a four-week run at #1 on the Billboardcountry chart. It was her second #1 country single from her album Breathe and her 8th #1 country single overall.
2011
Sara Evans was at #1 on the Country chart with “A Little Bit Stronger” the lead-off single from her album Stronger. The song was also included on the soundtrack for the 2010 movie Country Strong and released as the second single from the film’s soundtrack album.
2013
Taylor Swift won eight awards at this year’s Billboard Music Awards held in Las Vegas. Swift won categories that included top female artist, top digital songs artist and top country artist.