Your daily look at this day in country history, from classic Opry nights to the newest No. 1 hits.
On February 21, 2001, Faith Hill won three Grammys at the 43rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. In 1990, Country winners at the 32nd Grammy Awards included k.d. lang for Absolute Torch and Twang and Lyle Lovett for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. Mary Chapin Carpenter and Eric Heatherly share this birthday.
Faith Hill won three Grammys at the 43rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. She took Best Country Album for Breathe, a vocal award for the title song, and a duet award with husband Tim McGraw for "Let's Make Love."
Mary Chapin Carpenter was born in Princeton, New Jersey. She has won five Grammys, including four straight for Best Female Country Vocal Performance from 1992 to 1995.
Eric Heatherly was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is best remembered for "Swimming in Champagne," which climbed to No. 17 on the country chart in 2000.
C.W. McCall's Black Bear Road held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart. The record included "Convoy," his trucker tune that had topped the country singles chart that January.
Country winners at the 32nd Grammy Awards included k.d. lang for Absolute Torch and Twang and Lyle Lovett for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. Hank Williams Jr. also won with his late father, Hank Williams Sr., for "There's a Tear in My Beer."
Chad Brock released "Yes!," the title song and second single from his album Yes! It went on to spend three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard country singles chart that summer.
A young Merle Haggard was moved to San Quentin State Prison after trying to escape from the Bakersfield jail. His time there later shaped some of his most honest songs.
Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958) and Eric Heatherly (1970) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1976, C.W. McCall's Black Bear Road held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country albums chart.
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