+----- TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY -----+ 1981 Barbara Mandrell is named the CMA's Entertainer of the Year. She was the first performer to repeat the honor 1946 Eddy Arnold's Top Five single, "That's How Much I Love You," charted
1946 Eddy Arnold's Top Five single, "Chained To A Memory," charted 1946 Merle Travis's "Divorce Me C.O.D." goes to #1 1981 "He Stopped Loving Her Again" wins the CMA Song of the Year Award for the second straight year 1981 The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira" is named the CMA's Single of the Year 1981 Terri Gibbs wins the first CMA Horizon Award 1971 Rockabilly singer Gene Vincent died of a bleeding ulcer at age 36 1997 John Denver was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed off the Monterey, California, coast 2002 Cyndi Thomson announced her early retirement from her career as a country artist; she had released just one album, "My World," which went gold 1981 Vernon Dalhart inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame 1981 Grant Turner inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame 1987 Rod Brasfield inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame 1932 The Carter Family recorded "My Little Home in Tennessee" 1951 Johnnie & Jack recorded the Top Ten single, "Three Ways of Knowing," 1951 Johnnie & Jack recorded "Ashes of Love" 1955 Ernest Tubb recorded "The Honeymoon Is Over" 1955 Ernest Tubb recorded "Answer the Phone" 1993 Common Thread, a collection of Eagles songs performed by various country artists, was released; a year later it won the CMA's Album of the Year award 1993 Faith Hill's debut album, "Take Me As I Am," released 1991 "The Statler Brothers Show" debuted on TNN lr smiles --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
