Darius Rucker was Thinking - and don't think he wasn't - on this date in 2008, Faith Hill sang the National Anthem at a movie opening in 2001, John Berry was Amazed in 1994 and more.

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 21 May, 2012.

  • Darius Rucker's first country single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," was released to radio in 2008.
  • Emerson Drive's self-titled debut album was released in 2002.
  • The movie Pearl Harbor premiered in Hawaii in 2001. Faith Hill opened the event by singing the national anthem. Lee Greenwood closed it with "God Bless The U.S.A."
  • Garth Brooks' No Fences became the first country album certified for shipments of 14 million copies in 1998.
  • John Berry scored his first Number One hit with "Your Love Amazes Me" in 1994.
  • Trisha Yearwood and the Mavericks' Robert Reynolds were married at the Ryman Auditorium in 1994. They have since divorced, and Trisha is now married to Garth Brooks.
  • Eddy Arnold's "Bouquet Of Roses" logged its 54th week on the Billboard country chart in 1949.

Here's Darius Rucker from four years ago.

 

 

Dave D.

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