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Today In Country Music History

Today in Country Music History is one of the most popular features on the programme and we’ve been delivering back into the history books and give you not only a day but a week of country music trivia. On this page, you can discover important events from country music history for each day of the year. Be sure to check back regularly to update your country trivia!

Each week on the show we feature the biggest events of that week in years gone by, so tune in live or catch up right here on our website to find out more about the history of country music and the biggest events that shaped the music you love!

Tuesday 19th March 2024

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Mar 19, 2021
Legacy releases Loretta Lynn's album "Still Woman Enough." It includes guest appearances by Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Margo Smith and Tanya Tucker
Mar 19, 2021
Coors Light launches a March Madness-themed commercial with Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" providing the support music
Mar 19, 2021
Lauren Alaina tests positive for COVID-19, forcing her to cancel a limited-capacity concert the next day in Lexington, Kentucky
Mar 19, 2020
"Without A Fight" singer Demi Lovato makes the last of four appearances, portraying a surrogate mother on the NBC sitcom "Will And Grace"
Mar 19, 2014
Jana Kramer and The Swon Brothers play a USO show for troops at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware
Mar 19, 2014
The lifeless body of Courtney Cash, the granddaughter of Tommy Cash, is found stuffed in a box in a Baxter, Tennessee, home
Mar 19, 2014
Two competitors perform country songs on FOX-TV's "American Idol": Dexter Roberts sings "Cruise," and C.J. Harris covers "Invisible." Keith Urban is one of three judges, sharing the role with Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr.
Mar 19, 2013
Surprise! Rapper Nelly shows up during Taylor Swift's show at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis to collaborate on his song "Hey Porsche." Brett Eldredge opens
Mar 19, 2009
Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You" video premieres on CMT.com
Mar 19, 2009
Carrie Underwood collects gold awards from the RIAA for two singles, "Just A Dream" and "Last Name"
Mar 19, 2009
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me" songwriter Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy mentor "American Idol" contestants at the Hitsville USA Studios in Detroit
Mar 19, 2009
Sheryl Crow has dinner at the White House after speaking to students at Dunbar High School about the importance of goal setting
Mar 19, 2001
As Sammy Kershaw's divorce trial unfolds, he charges his wife, Kim, with excessive spending, saying she logged $182,000 in personal expenses during 1999
Mar 19, 2000
"The Color Of Love: Jacey's Story" debuts on CBS-TV. Stella Parton has a supporting role in the movie, which stars Gena Rowlands and Louis Gossett Jr.
Mar 19, 2000
Comedian Gilbert "Speck" Rhodes dies at his home in Nashville. He was a cast member on Porter Wagoner's syndicated television show and played bass in Wagoner's band, The Wagonmasters
Mar 19, 2000
Clancy Clan, a racehorse owned by Toby Keith, wins the sixth race at the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Mar 19, 1974
Mel Tillis records "Stomp Them Grapes" in Nashville
Mar 19, 1971
Brenda Lee's longtime manager, Dub Albritton, dies of lung cancer, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Albritton was a co-writer of her signature hit, "I'm Sorry"
Mar 19, 1970
Roy Clark performs "Funny How Time Slips Away" and "Yesterday, When I Was Young" with Tom Jones and Lou Rawls on ABC's "This Is Tom Jones"
Mar 19, 1970
Bill Anderson records "Always Remember" during an evening session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Mar 19, 1946
Ruth Pointer is born in Oakland, California. With her siblings, The Pointer Sisters become a significant pop/R&B vocal group in the 1970s and '80s, but win a country Grammy in 1975 for their recording of "Fairytale"
Mar 19, 1944
Keyboard player Tom Constanten is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He plays with The Grateful Dead from 1968-1970; some 25 years later, the band is namechecked in Lonestar's "No News"
Mar 19, 1942
Elton Britt records "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" in New York. With references to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Nathan Hale, George Custer and Colin Kelly, it becomes the first country single to receive a gold record
Mar 19, 1940
Songwriter Lionel Delmore is born to Alton Delmore, of The Delmore Brothers. As an adult, Lionel will co-write the John Anderson hits "Swingin'," "I Wish I Could Write You A Song" and "Honky Tonk Crowd"

This ‘Today in Country Music History’ feature is presented with thanks to Roland Note.