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On April 25, 1990, Clint Black won four awards at the 25th ACM Awards at the Pantages Theatre, including Top Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for Killin' Time. In 1960, Jim Reeves held the top spot on the country chart with "He'll Have to Go." It’s also Rob Crosby’s birthday.
Clint Black won four awards at the 25th ACM Awards at the Pantages Theatre, including Top Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for Killin' Time. Hank Williams Jr. and his late father won Video of the Year for "There's a Tear in My Beer."
Fiddler Vassar Clements was born in Kinard, Florida. He played on Flatt and Scruggs' theme for The Beverly Hillbillies and later won a Grammy. He died in 2005 at 77.
Rob Crosby was born in Sumter, South Carolina. He put eight singles on the country chart in the 1990s and later wrote songs for many stars, including Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel."
Mandolin player Jeff Austin was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He helped start Yonder Mountain String Band in 1998. He died in 2019 at 45.
Jim Reeves held the top spot on the country chart with "He'll Have to Go." The smooth ballad stayed at No. 1 for 14 weeks in a row and also rose to No. 2 on the pop chart.
Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden was the No. 1 country album, part of a 14-week run. The title song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the country chart and won her a Grammy.
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West sat at No. 1 on the country chart with "Every Time Two Fools Collide." The duet came about when West's session ran long and Rogers waited in the studio.
Dolly Parton recorded her first live album, A Real Live Dolly, at Sevier County High School in Sevierville, Tennessee, her old school. The benefit show raised money for scholarships and band instruments.
The Eagles taped the first of two shows for their Hell Freezes Over album. The band had first gathered again for Travis Tritt's "Take It Easy" video. The title came from Don Henley's old answer about a reunion.
Brad Paisley showed up as himself on the South Park episode "Cartman Finds Love." He joined Cartman on the John Michael Montgomery hit "I Swear."
Canadian country singer Shane Yellowbird died at 42. In 2007 he was named Rising Star at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and his song "Pickup Truck" was one of Canada's most played country songs that year.
Rob Crosby (1954) was born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1960, Jim Reeves held the top spot on the country chart with "He'll Have to Go." In 1978, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West sat at No. 1 on the country chart with "Every Time Two Fools Collide."
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