Keith Urban Gets Closer, Patsy Cline Falls To Pieces – Today In Country Music History [VIDEO]

Keith Urban got a little Closer on this date in 2010, Garth Brooks was Shamelessly at the top of the charts in 1991 and Patsy Cline was Falling To Pieces in 1960.

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 16 November, 2011.

• Keith Urban's album, Get Closer, was released in 2010.

• CBS' I Walk The Line: A Night For Johnny Cash aired in 2005 featuring Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Lee Lewis, Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix and Alison Krauss.

• Alabama claimed the 23rd American Music Awards win of their career at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium in 2003.

• Garth Brooks' Ropin' The Wind album was certified for shipments of 10 million copies in 1994, making him the first country artist to reach that plateau with two different releases.

• Garth Brooks's "Shameless" became his seventh Number One hit in 1991.

• Anne Murray earned a gold single with "Snowbird" in 1970, making her the first Canadian artist to reach gold with a country hit.

• The Osborne Brothers recorded the first hit version of "Rocky Top" in 1967.

• Patsy Cline recorded "I Fall To Pieces" in 1960.

• Johnny Cash made his chart debut, with "Cry, Cry, Cry" in 1955.

Here's the "Extended" mix of Cry Cry Cry. All three minutes and six seconds of it!

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Dave D.