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On February 27, 1980, Country had a big night at the Grammys in Los Angeles. In 2002, At the Grammys in Los Angeles, Dolly Parton won for "Shine" and bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley won for "O Death."
Country had a big night at the Grammys in Los Angeles. Kenny Rogers won for "The Gambler," Emmylou Harris won for Blue Kentucky Girl and the Charlie Daniels Band won for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." "You Decorated My Life" took Best Country Song.
Steel guitar man Norm Hamlet was born in Woodville, California. A longtime member of Merle Haggard's band The Strangers, he helped shape the Bakersfield sound and earned a spot in the Western Swing Society Hall of Fame.
Songwriter Gene Price was born in Shamrock, Texas. He was best known for writing songs with Buck Owens and later played bass in Merle Haggard's band The Strangers. He passed away in 2013.
Al Dexter's "Guitar Polka" sat at No. 1 on Billboard's juke box folk chart. The tune ruled that chart for 16 weeks in all during 1946.
Sammi Smith was No. 1 on the country chart with "Help Me Make It Through the Night," written by Kris Kristofferson. Her tender take on the song spent three weeks on top.
Dwight Yoakam topped the country chart with "I Sang Dixie," the second single from his album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room.
Alan Jackson's Drive was the No. 1 country album. His tenth studio album held "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" and "Drive (For Daddy Gene)," which both went to No. 1.
At the Grammys in Los Angeles, Dolly Parton won for "Shine" and bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley won for "O Death." Alison Krauss & Union Station's "The Lucky One" earned two awards, including Best Country Song.
Billy Grammer became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. That same year his million-selling "Gotta Travel On" hit both the country and pop charts. He later helped start a company that built the Grammer guitar.
Chuck Goff, Toby Keith's bass player for 25 years, died at 54 in a two-car crash near Slaughterville, Oklahoma. Keith remembered him as a close friend.
Source: tasteofcountry.comIt depends on the year. In 1989, Dwight Yoakam topped the country chart with "I Sang Dixie," the second single from his album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room. In 2002, Alan Jackson's Drive was the No. 1 country album.
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