Your daily look at this day in country history, from classic Opry nights to the newest No. 1 hits.
On November 30, 1990, Randy Travis' Heroes & Friends was No. 1 on the country albums chart. In 1995, Martina McBride became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Producer Jimmy Bowen and Mindy McCready share this birthday.
Randy Travis' Heroes & Friends was No. 1 on the country albums chart. Nearly every song is a duet, with partners like Dolly Parton, George Jones, Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette.
Teddy Wilburn of The Wilburn Brothers was born in Hardy, Arkansas. Besides their hits, he and brother Doyle ran the Wil-Helm Talent Agency and helped launch Loretta Lynn. He died in 2003.
Source: nucountry.com.auBass player Bob Moore was born in Nashville. A key member of the Nashville A-Team, he was touring with an Opry group by 15 and later played bass on nearly all of Patsy Cline's Decca sessions, including "Crazy."
Songwriter and producer George Richey was born in Promise Land, Arkansas. He co-wrote "The Grand Tour" for George Jones and "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" for Tammy Wynette, whom he later married. He died in 2010 at 74.
Producer Jimmy Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. After working with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, he moved to Nashville and worked with stars like George Strait, Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks.
Mindy McCready was born in Fort Myers, Florida. She scored a No. 1 country hit with "Guys Do It All the Time" and reached the Top 10 with "Ten Thousand Angels." She died in 2013.
Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman reached No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart and stayed there the last five weeks of the year. It was his sixth No. 1 country album of 1968.
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits sat at No. 1 on the country albums chart. It included the new song "Lady" by Lionel Richie and was his third No. 1 country album of 1980, after Kenny and Gideon.
Martina McBride became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Carrie Underwood's "Heartbeat" officially went to country radio as the second single from Storyteller. It later went to No. 1 on Country Airplay, her 14th, the most of any woman on that chart.
Glen Campbell played the last show of his Goodbye Tour at the Uptown Theater in Napa, California. Three of his children played in his band, and filmmaker James Keach followed the tour for the film I'll Be Me.
Producer Jimmy Bowen (1937) and Mindy McCready (1975) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1968, Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman reached No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart and stayed there the last five weeks of the year. In 1990, Randy Travis' Heroes & Friends was No. 1 on the country albums chart.
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