Your daily look at this day in country history, from classic Opry nights to the newest No. 1 hits.
On April 10, 2014, Linda Ronstadt joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. In 1989, George Strait, K.T. Oslin and Patrick Duffy hosted the ACM Awards. Weldon Myrick and Sheb Wooley share this birthday.
Linda Ronstadt joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. She could not attend, so Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow sang in her honor.
Sheb Wooley was born in Erick, Oklahoma. He scored a 1958 smash with "The Purple People Eater" and played Pete Nolan on TV's "Rawhide." Movie fans know him from "High Noon" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales."
Weldon Myrick was born in Jayton, Texas. The steel guitar player was part of Nashville's famed A-Team of studio pickers and played on records for Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves and many more. He died in 2014.
Laura Bell Bundy was born in Euclid, Ohio. The actress and singer signed with Mercury Nashville and released her first country single, "Giddy On Up," in 2010.
Maren Morris was born in Arlington, Texas. Her major-label debut "Hero" went to No. 1 on the country albums chart, and she later joined Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby in The Highwomen.
Reba McEntire's "The Heart Won't Lie," with Vince Gill, reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart. It was the second single from her album "It's Your Call" and stayed on top for two weeks.
George Strait, K.T. Oslin and Patrick Duffy hosted the ACM Awards. Strait and Oslin won the top male and female vocalist awards, Highway 101 took top vocal group, and Buck Owens got the Pioneer Award. Song of the Year went to writers Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson for "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses."
Hank Williams Jr. was handed the Johnny Cash Visionary Award during the 2006 CMT Music Awards.
Source: bmi.comKenny Rogers was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2013. Cowboy Jack Clement and Bobby Bare were announced alongside him.
Ella Langley released "Dandelion," her second studio album. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, her first album to top that chart, with a record streaming start for new country music by a female artist.
Tanya Tucker marked 50 years of "Delta Dawn" with a star-filled show at the Ryman Auditorium. Brenda Lee, LeAnn Rimes, Jessi Colter and T. Graham Brown were among the guests.
Source: musicrow.com"The Judds," a reality series on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, made its debut. Cameras followed Naomi and Wynonna Judd as they got ready for their first tour in 10 years.
Johnny Cash's old lakeside home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground. Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb had bought the house in 2006 and was having it fixed up when the fire broke out.
Noel Fox, who sang bass with the Oak Ridge Boys until 1972, died at 63 in Nashville. Richard Sterban took his spot in the group.
Earl Thomas Conley died at 77. The singer and songwriter took 18 songs to No. 1 on the Billboard country chart and placed more than 30 there in all.
Sheb Wooley (1921), Weldon Myrick (1938), Laura Bell Bundy (1981) and Maren Morris (1990) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1993, Reba McEntire's "The Heart Won't Lie," with Vince Gill, reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart.
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