Blake Shelton Plays The Opry, Loretta Lynn Gets Her Picture On The Cover – Today In Country Music History

Dolly Parton was nominated for a Tony award on this date in 2009, Blake Shelton played the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in 2001 and Loretta Lynn made the cover of a very big magazine back in 1977. Can you guess what it was?

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 05 May, 2012.

• Dolly Parton received a Tony nomination in New York for Best Original Score for 9 To 5: The Musical in 2009.

• Blake Shelton made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry in 2001.

• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill had their first baby, Gracie Katherine McGraw, in 1997.

• Ronnie Milsap's Greatest Hits Volume 2 was certified platinum in 1989.

• Vince and Janis Gill had a daughter, Jenny, in Los Angeles in 1982.

• Loretta Lynn made the cover of Rolling Stone in 1977.

• Claude King's Number One single "Wolverton Mountain" charted in 1962.

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Dave D.