Vince Gill asked for one more last chance and made it to the top of the Country Music charts on this date in 1993, Alan Jackson knew a lot ... and a little ... in 1992, Dolly Parton had a wardrobe malfunction in 1978 and more.
It was on this date in 2011 that Tim McGraw ejected a fan from one of his shows for mistreating a woman, Neal McCoy started Winking for four weeks in 1994, Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone were on the big screen together in 1984 and more.
Blake Shelton got a double in 2011, Taylor Swift rapped in 2009, Dolly Parton loved in 1974 and more.
Steve Martin had his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry on this date in 2009, Billy Ray Cyrus had a broken ... make that Achy Breaky ... heart in 1992, a very young Dolly Parton moved to Nashville in 1964 and more.
Sara Evans was on the season finale of Dancing With The Stars on this date in 2011, Buddy Jewel was on the Opry stage for the first time in 2003, Dolly Parton had the number one Country song in the nation in 1980 and more.
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?
Carrie Underwood sang at the intermission and her husband's team lost in 2011, Dolly Parton had a good case of Puppy Love in 1959 and Elvis Presley was All Shook Up in 1957.
Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery sang a Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis duet on American Idol on this date in 2011, Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits collection went quadruple platinum in 1998 and Dolly Parton was working 9 to 5 at the Academy Awards in 1981.
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Dolly Parton and the late Whitney Houston are forever connected through one very specific hit ballad. Houston’s version of ‘I Will Always Love You’ — which Parton wrote and first released in 1974 — was a massive hit for Houston in 1992 as part of ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack.
Faith Hill sang at the Super Bowl on this date in 2009, the Judds started their first tour of the U.K. in 1987 and Dolly Parton got her very first gold record in 1978.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 01 February, 2012.
Appearing on the ‘Today’ show this morning because of their new film ‘Joyful Noise,’ Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah took the descriptor “cross-genre” just one step further. When host Ann Curry pointed out that hip-hop and country had an intersection in the two artists, Parton innocently said, “We never thought about that. We just thought it’d be rap stuff,” and then she jumped right into a rap with Latifah beat-boxing at her side.
Dolly Parton has the perfect topic for her next try at a Broadway musical: herself. The singer, songwriter and star of the upcoming ‘Joyful Noise’ movie says she’d love to make her personal story of determination and success into a musical, and has even begun to work on it.
