Rascal Flatts, Keith Whitley and Kenny Rogers – Today In Country Music History
Can you believe it was 31 years ago that Kenny Rogers was in the TV Special, The Gambler? Keith Whitley sang about the rain in 1989, and Rascal Flatts began a four week run at number one in 2006.
That and more in today's Today In Country Music History for April 8th, 2011.
- Rascal Flatts began a four-week stay at Number One in Billboard with "What Hurts The Most" in 2006.
- Van Stephenson of BlackHawk died at home in Nashville at age 47 after a long battle with skin cancer in 2001.
- Shooting Straight In The Dark became the first Mary Chapin Carpenter album certified gold in 1992.
- Keith Whitley earned a Number One single in Billboard with "I'm No Stranger To The Rain" in 1989.
- Rodney Crowell's Diamonds & Dirt album was released in 1988.
- Randy Travis went double-platinum for the second time with his Storms Of Life album in 1988.
- Kenny Rogers portrayed "The Gambler" in a CBS-TV special in 1980.
- Johnny Cash recorded the Number One single, "Guess Things Happen That Way," in 1958.
Dave D.