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On April 24, 1991, Garth Brooks took home six trophies at the 26th Academy of Country Music Awards on NBC. In 1979, Georgia made "Georgia on My Mind" its official state song. Danny Gokey and Carly Pearce share this birthday.
Garth Brooks took home six trophies at the 26th Academy of Country Music Awards on NBC. His haul included Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Album of the Year for No Fences, and Single Record for "Friends in Low Places."
Richard Sterban, the deep bass voice of The Oak Ridge Boys, was born in Camden, New Jersey. He joined the Country Music Hall of Fame with the group in 2015.
Songwriter Richard Fagan was born in Philadelphia. He wrote John Michael Montgomery's No. 1 hits "Be My Baby Tonight" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)." He died in 2016 at 69.
Rebecca Lynn Howard was born on this day and grew up in Salyersville, Kentucky. Her song "Forgive" reached No. 12 on the country chart in 2002.
Danny Gokey was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He finished third on Season 8 of American Idol, then turned to country music. His first album, My Best Days, opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Carly Pearce was born in Taylor Mill, Kentucky. Her very first single, "Every Little Thing," climbed all the way to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart in 2017.
Georgia made "Georgia on My Mind" its official state song. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the music in 1930, but most folks know the 1960 recording by Albany-born Ray Charles.
Source: about.galileo.usg.eduAlan Jackson sent out "It Must Be Love," his take on a Don Williams favorite. It was the last single from Under the Influence, and it went on to top the Billboard country chart.
Source: americansongwriter.comTim McGraw released Set This Circus Down, his sixth studio album, on Curb Records. Four singles came from it, including "Grown Men Don't Cry" and "The Cowboy in Me," and every one hit No. 1 on the country chart.
Farm Aid VI filled Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, to raise money for family farmers. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp back in 1985.
Toby Keith was playing for about 2,500 troops at a base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when mortar fire stopped the show. He was there on a USO tour to thank the men and women serving overseas.
Source: foxnews.comRebecca Lynn Howard (1979), Danny Gokey (1980) and Carly Pearce (1990) were all born on this date.
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