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On May 10, 1995, Clint Black, Tanya Tucker and Jeff Foxworthy hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2008, Carrie Underwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, with Garth Brooks doing the honors. Maybelle Carter and Jeff Wood share this birthday.
Clint Black, Tanya Tucker and Jeff Foxworthy hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards. Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson won the top vocalist awards, Tim McGraw was named Top New Male Vocalist, and Loretta Lynn got the Pioneer Award.
Maybelle Carter was born in Nickelsville, Virginia. As part of the original Carter Family, she entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970, and her face appeared on a 1993 U.S. postage stamp.
Songwriter Barry Dean was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He helped write Little Big Town's No. 1 hits "Pontoon" and "Day Drinking," and earned a Grammy nomination for Tim McGraw's "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools."
Jeff Wood was born in Oklahoma City. The singer and songwriter wrote "Cowboy Love," which John Michael Montgomery took into the country Top 5 in 1996.
Carrie Underwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, with Garth Brooks doing the honors. Randy Travis had invited her to join two months earlier.
The Peach Pickers, hit songwriters Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip, hosted their Georgia On My Mind benefit at the Ryman Auditorium. Luke Bryan, Lee Brice and Randy Houser helped raise money for the Georgia Music Foundation.
Source: toddstarphotography.comTrisha Yearwood said she was leaving MCA Nashville, her label of 16 years, to sign with Big Machine Records. Label head Scott Borchetta had known her since the late 1980s at MTM Records, where she worked the front desk.
Source: countrystandardtime.comShel Silverstein died at his home in Key West, Florida, at 68. Known for his children's books, he also wrote "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash and "One's on the Way" for Loretta Lynn.
Maybelle Carter (1909) and Jeff Wood (1968) were all born on this date.
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