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On November 18, 2012, the American Music Awards in Los Angeles handed country honors to Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift as top male and female artists. In 2005, Shania Twain was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of her home country's highest honors. Laura Lynch and TJ Osborne share this birthday.
The American Music Awards in Los Angeles handed country honors to Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift as top male and female artists. Lady Antebellum took the group prize, and Carrie Underwood won for her album Blown Away.
Country singer Jacky Ward was born in Groveton, Texas. His best-known hit, "A Lover's Question," reached No. 3 on the country chart in 1978.
Laura Lynch was born. She was a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, playing upright bass and singing before leaving the band in 1995.
Source: legacy.comSongwriter and singer Jessi Alexander was born in Jackson, Tennessee. Her songs have been cut by Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire, and she co-wrote Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck."
TJ Osborne was born. He is the lead singer of Brothers Osborne, whose 2015 song "Stay a Little Longer" made the country Top 5.
Shania Twain was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of her home country's highest honors.
Miranda Lambert put out The Weight of These Wings, her sixth studio album. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart. A year later it gave her a fifth straight ACM Album of the Year, a record no other act has matched.
"Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" first aired on NBC. Barbara hosted the variety show with her sisters Louise and Irlene, and it ran until 1982.
Walk the Line, the movie about Johnny Cash, opened in theaters across the country. Joaquin Phoenix played Cash and Reese Witherspoon played June Carter. It was a big hit at the box office.
Steel guitar great John Hughey died in Nashville at 73. Fans heard his weeping "crying steel" sound on records by Conway Twitty, Vince Gill, Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson. He joined the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1996.
Laura Lynch (1958) and TJ Osborne (1984) were all born on this date.
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