Dierks Bentley Gets Married In Mexico, Jimmy Dean Strikes Gold – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]
Dierks Bentley ran off to get married in Mexico on this date in 2005, Jimmy Dean had the first RIAA Country song to be a certified gold record … EVER … on this date in 1961 and Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2002.
Here’s the list for Today In Country Music History for 14 December, 2011.
- Dierks Bentley married his high school sweetheart, Cassidy Black, in Mexico in 2005.
- Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2002.
- Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry married Angie McClure in Maui in 1999.
- LeAnn Rimes made her acting debut in the ABC-TV movie Holiday In Your Heart in 1997.
- Lorrie Morgan debuted on the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 13 in 1973.
- Jimmy Dean’s Columbia recording of “Big Bad John” was the first country single to be certified gold by the RIAA in 1961.
- Flatt & Scruggs released “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms” and “I’ll Just Pretend” in 1951.
Here’s the Christmas version of Toby Keith’s Red Solo Cup.
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Dave D.
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