Your daily look at this day in country history, from classic Opry nights to the newest No. 1 hits.
On November 28, 1992, Marty Stuart became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1925, the show we now call the Grand Ole Opry first hit the air as the WSM Barn Dance.
Marty Stuart became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was riding high on MCA Records at the time, and his duet with Travis Tritt, "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," went to No. 2, his best chart showing.
Western swing fiddler Cecil Brower was born in Bellevue, Texas. He helped shape the sound in the 1930s, later played viola on Patsy Cline records and was in Jimmy Dean's band when he died in 1965 at 50.
Songwriter A.L. "Doodle" Owens was born in Waco, Texas. Writing with Dallas Frazier, he gave Charley Pride four No. 1 hits, including "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)." He later wrote songs for George Jones and died in 1999.
Connie Smith's first single, "Once a Day," reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart and stayed there eight weeks. She was the first woman to top the chart with a debut single, and her run stood as the record for a solo woman for nearly 50 years.
Chris Stapleton's Starting Over opened at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. It was his fourth studio album and his fourth to top that chart.
Source: udiscovermusic.comThe show we now call the Grand Ole Opry first hit the air as the WSM Barn Dance. George D. Hay opened it from a fifth-floor studio in downtown Nashville with fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson, then 77.
Charlie Rich cut "Behind Closed Doors" with producer Billy Sherrill. Kenny O'Dell wrote it for him. Some stations first thought it too racy to play, but it became Rich's first No. 1 country hit.
Source: savingcountrymusic.comCarrie Underwood closed out her Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. Billboard reported the 92-show run sold about 800,000 tickets and brought in about $54.6 million.
Kimberly Roads of Little Big Town married Stephen Schlapman. She took his last name and has gone by Kimberly Schlapman ever since.
It depends on the year. In 1964, Connie Smith's first single, "Once a Day," reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart and stayed there eight weeks. In 2020, Chris Stapleton's Starting Over opened at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.
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