January 22nd: On this day in Country Music 1949 Born on this day, was James Preston J.P. Pennington, American musician, known primarily as a co-founding member of the country pop band Exile who scored the 1984 US Country #1 hit Woke Up In Love. 1955 Ozark Jubilee aired for the first time on ABC-TV, which became the first popular country music show on network TV. Hosted by Red Foley many acts including Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Merle Travis, Slim Whitman, Cowboy Copas, George Jones, George Hamilton IV, Buck Owens, Jim Reeves and Faron Young all appeared on the show. Music executive Si Siman convinced Red Foley to host the show and the deal was set over a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. 1969 Glen Campbell was awared the first gold single of his career, for Wichita Lineman. 1976 Reba McEntire made her first recordings for Mercury Records. Upon its release that year, her single I Dont Want to Be a One Night Stand failed to become a major hit on the Billboard country music chart, peaking at #88 1983 Tammy Wynette was the special guest on this weeks syndicated US music television series The Glen Campbell Music Show, who performed Stand by Your Man, I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) and My Elusive Dreams. 1990 Winners at this years American Music Awards include; Randy Travis who won a trio of trophies, including favorite country single, Deeper Than The Holler as well as Reba McEntire, Alabama and Clint Black who also awards. 2001 Tim McGraw was at #1 on the US Country chart with Greatest Hits. All of the songs, with the exception of Lets Make Love (a duet with his wife, Faith Hill), were released on various albums by the singer. Up to 2008, the album had sold over six million copies in the US. 2002 The soundtrack album O Brother, Where Art Thou? was at #1 on the US Country music album chart. The soundtrack of music from the 2000 American film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. - See more at: thisdayincountrymusic/on_this_day#sthash.aBlWZHzW.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:30:00 +0000
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