This Day in Country Music History: 2012 - Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum each win during ABCs American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles 2011 - Taylor Swift meets Bruce Springsteen when he attends her show at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also in attendance: Scotty McCreery 2008 - Atlantic releases The Zac Brown Bands album The Foundation 2006 - CMT Giants debuts with a salute to Reba McEntire. Among those featured: Trisha Yearwood, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Wynonna, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Nettles, Brooks & Dunn, Kelly Clarkson and Martina McBride 2005 - The Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line opens, with Joaquin Phoenix in the starring role. Reese Witherspoon portrays June Carter, Shelby Lynne takes the role of Cashs mother, and Shooter Jennings plays his late father, Waylon Jennings 2001 - Brad Paisley and Jamie ONeal tape a weeks worth of appearances on TVs Hollywood Squares in Hollywood. Later that evening, Paisley has his first date with actress Kimberly Williams 1980 - Barbara Mandrell And The Mandrell Sisters debuts on NBC-TV, with guests Dolly Parton and John Schneider. Parton sings 9 To 5 and duets with Mandrell on The Beatles Cant Buy Me Love 1980 - Johnny Lee receives a gold single for Lookin For Love, his best-known contribution to Urban Cowboy 1969 - Conway Twitty records Hello Darlin during an afternoon session at Bradleys Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 1949 - MGM releases Hank Williams My Buckets Got A Hole In It. Lurking on the B side: the classic Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
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