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Now, we want to bring you a look back at the biggest moments in country music history that happened this week.
Let’s take a look:
April 27
1964
Johnny Cash was at #1 on the US country chart with Ring of Fire: The Best of. This album collects tracks from singles and an EP released between 1959 and 1963, Cash’s first years on the Columbia label. Ring of Fire was the first #1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart on January 11, 1964.
April 28
2008
George Strait was at #1 on the country chart wiith Troubadour, his 25th studio album. The lead-off single, “I Saw God Today”, was the highest-debuting single of Strait’s career, and his forty-third #1 on the Billboard country charts. The album earned the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, the first Grammy win of Strait’s career.
April 29
1933
Born on this day in Abbott, Texas, was Willie Nelson, country music singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. (He was born on April 29, 1933, but his birth was recorded by doctor F. D. Sims on April 30). Nelson was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Along with Neil Young and John Mellencamp, he set up Farm Aid in 1985 to assist and increase awareness of the importance of family farms.
April 30
1990
Capitol Nashville released “The Dance” by Garth Brooks. The song, written by Brooks’ friend, Tony Arata, was a key track on his self-titled debut album Garth Brooks and became #1 chart hit. It is considered by many to be Brooks’ signature song. “The Dance” won both Song of the Year and Video of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.
May 1
1967
Born on this day in Delhi, Louisiana, was Tim McGraw country singer and actor. Many of McGraw’s albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US. McGraw had 11 consecutive albums debut at #1 on the Billboard albums charts, as well as twenty-one singles hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw.
May 2
1948
Born on this day in Seminole, Texas, was Larry Gatlin, singer, songwriter best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music’s most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin scored a total of 33 Top 40 singles. Their biggest hits together include, “Broken Lady”, “All the Gold in California”, “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer to You).”
May 3
1977
Born on this day in Granite Falls, North Carolina, was Eric Church, Country singer, songwriter. His debut album Sinners Like Me produced four singles on the Billboard country chart, including the Top 20 hits “How ‘Bout You”, “Two Pink Lines”, and “Guys Like Me”.
Info from This Day in Country Music