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On November 15, 2005, the 39th CMA Awards were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 1994, Alan Jackson put out "Gone Country" as a single. Dann Huff and Steve Kolander share this birthday.
The 39th CMA Awards were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Keith Urban took Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, Gretchen Wilson won Female Vocalist, and Lee Ann Womack won Album and Single of the Year. Garth Brooks sang "Good Ride Cowboy" for his late friend Chris LeDoux.
C.W. McCall was born in Audubon, Iowa. His 1975 trucker song "Convoy" went all the way to No. 1 on both the country and pop charts.
Dann Huff was born in Nashville. The longtime session player turned producer has worked with Faith Hill and Rascal Flatts. He won CMA Musician of the Year three times and ACM Producer of the Year twice.
Steve Kolander was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The singer charted twice on Billboard's country singles chart in the mid-1990s with "Listen to Your Woman" and "Black Dresses."
Jack Ingram was born in Houston, Texas. The Texas singer reached No. 1 with "Wherever You Are" and also scored hits with "Barefoot and Crazy" and "Love You."
Alan Jackson put out "Gone Country" as a single. The third single from his album Who I Am, it climbed all the way to No. 1 on Billboard's country singles chart.
Carrie Underwood released Some Hearts, her first studio album. It gave us No. 1 country hits like "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats," and Billboard later named it the top-selling country album of the 2000s.
The movie Steel Magnolias opened in theaters with Dolly Parton playing Truvy, who runs the town beauty shop. Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts also starred.
Roy Clark died at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 85. The picker and longtime Hee Haw host also played Cousin Roy on The Beverly Hillbillies. He joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
C.W. McCall (1928), Dann Huff (1960), Steve Kolander (1961) and Jack Ingram (1970) were all born on this date.
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