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On November 13, 2019, the 53rd CMA Awards were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. In 2001, Garth Brooks released Scarecrow, his eighth studio album. It’s also Jack Guthrie’s birthday.
The 53rd CMA Awards were held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Carrie Underwood hosted alongside Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Garth Brooks won Entertainer of the Year, Luke Combs won Male Vocalist and Blake Shelton's "God's Country" won Single of the Year.
Jack Guthrie was born in Olive, Oklahoma. A cousin of Woody Guthrie, he took Woody's "Oklahoma Hills" to No. 1 on the country chart in 1945.
Music publisher and producer Buddy Killen was born in Florence, Alabama. He became sole owner of Nashville's Tree International Publishing and sold it to CBS Records in 1989.
Record producer Frank Liddell was born in Houston, Texas. He won three ACM Album of the Year awards for producing Miranda Lambert records, and he is married to singer Lee Ann Womack.
Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" sat at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart. The song stayed on top for 21 weeks and was the first of his seven country No. 1 hits.
Dolly Parton's "Love Is Like a Butterfly" was the No. 1 country single in America. It was her fourth solo No. 1, and she later used it to open her TV variety show Dolly!
Garth Brooks released Scarecrow, his eighth studio album. It opened at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart and featured duets with George Jones and Trisha Yearwood.
A Billboard survey of disc jockeys showed country music made up 11 percent of what they spun on the radio. Pop filled 42 percent of airtime, and rhythm and blues got 5 percent.
Trisha Yearwood gave a Starlight Fun Center to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville. The rolling unit held a TV, a VCR and a Nintendo 64 that could be wheeled right up to a young patient's bed.
Source: news.vumc.orgDoug Supernaw died at 60 at his home in Livingston, Texas, after a fight with cancer. Fans remember him best for his 1993 No. 1 hit "I Don't Call Him Daddy."
Jack Guthrie (1915) was born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1950, Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On" sat at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart. In 1974, Dolly Parton's "Love Is Like a Butterfly" was the No. 1 country single in America.
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