The world was introduced to Taylor Swift on this date in 2006, Roy Clark was a big deal in Oklahoma in 2000, Garth Brooks set a new record for albums shipped in 1991 and more.

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History.

  • Don Williams and Jimmy Dean were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

 

  • Taylor Swift's self-titled debut album was released in 2006.

 

  • SHeDAISY earned their second gold album for Sweet Right Here in 2005.

 

  • Neal McCoy and his wife, Melinda, renewed their wedding vows on their 20th anniversary at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas with an Elvis Presley impersonator officiating in 2000.

 

  • Roy Clark was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame in 2000.

 

  • Chris Cagle's debut album, Play It Loud, was released in 2000.

 

  • Wynonna's "No One Else On Earth" kicked off a four-week ride at Number One in Billboard in 1992.

 

  • Garth Brooks' No Fences was the first country album certified for shipments of more than five million copies in 1991.

 

  • Eddie Rabbitt earned the first two gold albums of his career, for Horizon and The Best Of Eddie Rabbitt in 1980.

 

 

Dave D.

 

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