Remember When Reba McEntire Was in ‘The Little Rascals’?
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Remember George Strait’s First No. 1 Single? [Listen]
It’s the song that started it all for the King of Country. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/george-strait-first-single/
Remember What Event Overshadowed Garth Brooks’ Proposal to Trisha Yearwood?
May 25 has been a huge day in country music, historically. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/remember-what-event-overshadowed-garth-brooks-trisha-yearwood-proposal/
Remember Which Country Legend Inducted Carrie Underwood Into the Grand Ole Opry?
What an unforgettable night! Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/carrie-underwood-grand-ole-opry-induction/
Remember How Keith Whitley Died?
His death was tragic, but his legacy lives on. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/remember-how-keith-whitley-died/
Remember When Blake Shelton Made His Grand Ole Opry Debut?
In those days, he was just another aspiring country singer looking for his big break. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/blake-shelton-grand-ole-opry-debut/
Remember the Dixie Chicks’ Controversial Entertainment Weekly Cover?
The Dixie Chicks provided the most famous magazine cover in country music history in 2003. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/remember-the-dixie-chicks-controversial-entertainment-weekly-cover/
Remember When George Jones Saved His Career With a No. 1 Song?
George Jones was down and out in country music as 1980 dawned, but by the end of the year he would be bigger than ever thanks to one very special song. Continue reading… This Article Read More
Remember When John Denver Walked Away Unhurt From a Plane Crash?
He died in a plane crash in 1997, but the singer survived a previous crash uninjured. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/john-denver-survived-plane-crash-1989/
Remember When Avicii Went Country?
Avicii died on Friday (April 20) at the age of 28. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/avicii-country-music-collaborations/
Remember When Bon Jovi Went Country?
The band is set to enter the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. Most fans think of them as rockers, but they have Nashville on their resume as well. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Read More
Remember How Toby Keith Saved One of Merle Haggard’s Last Shows?
He got the chance to really help his hero and friend out at the end. Continue reading… This Article Was Originally Posted at www.TasteofCountry.com http://tasteofcountry.com/toby-keith-saved-merle-haggard-last-shows/
Remember When Dolly Parton Appeared on ‘Reba’? [Watch]
Dolly and Reba are two of the all-time queens of country music, and they have both pursued successful acting careers. Do you remember when they joined forces for a joint TV appearance? The year was Read More
Remember When George Jones Was Scared Straight by a Life-Changing Accident?
George Jones was one of country music’s most legendary hell-raisers, but he finally straightened out toward the end of his life after a car accident that hospitalized him and could have taken his life. Jones Read More
Remember When Jason Aldean Scored His First No. 1 Hit?
Jason Aldean has built one of the biggest careers in contemporary country music, but it all started with his first No. 1 hit more than a decade ago. Do you remember the first song that Read More
Remember When Johnny Cash Proposed to June Carter Onstage?
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were one of country music’s most legendary couples, and the Man in Black’s proposal to his future wife was something straight out of a movie — literally. Cash and June Read More
Remember When Brad Paisley Was Inducted Into the Grand Ole Opry?
Most country singers have to wait years and years before they’re invited to join the Grand Ole Opry, if they ever get the nod at all. But when Brad Paisley was inducted into the Opry Read More
Remember When Miranda Lambert Made Her Acting Debut on ‘Law & Order: SVU’?
Miranda Lambert is ultra-confident, but she had to put that on the back burner for her acting debut. Lambert played an actress named Lacey Ford who is sexually assaulted by a reality TV producer in Read More
Remember When Justin Timberlake Was Country?
Justin Timberlake raised some eyebrows when he said he’d like to give country music a try, and his new album does dabble in some country influences. But it’s actually nothing new for Timberlake. The native Tennessean Read More
Remember When Shania Twain Rocked the Super Bowl Halftime Show? [Watch]
It’s been more than a decade since a country singer took the stage during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. Shania Twain was the last to do it, playing two songs during Super Bowl XXXVII in San Read More
Remember When Willie Nelson Settled His Tax Bill?
On Feb. 2, 1993, Willie Nelson settled a $16.7 million tax bill with the IRS — one of the most high-profile tax cases in music history. The trouble began when the IRS decided that tax shelters Read More
Remember When Keith Urban and Peter Frampton Jammed on a Beatles Classic? [Watch]
Keith Urban loves to jam with other guitarists, but his epic Beatles jam with guitar hero Peter Frampton will surely go down as one of the coolest ever. Frampton joined Urban onstage during his gig Read More
Remember When Garth Brooks Almost Didn’t Perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl?
Post by Marlee Matlin Official. Garth Brooks reportedly nearly walked out on performing the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 1993 — and re-defined the rules for Super Bowl performers in the process. Brooks is Read More
Remember When Lari White Appeared in a Tom Hanks Movie?
Lari White was best known as a country singer-songwriter who scored a string of hits in the ’90s, but did you know she also had an acting career? White even appeared in one of Tom Read More
Remember Which Country Album Was the First to Be Certified Platinum?
Platinum certification for one million albums sold didn’t begin until 1976, so while other recordings may have soared past this sales mark, Wanted: The Outlaws became the first official platinum album in country music history that Read More
Remember When Keith Urban Played With John Fogerty?
Keith Urban has always admired the music of John Fogerty, and he got to live out a musical dream when he teamed up with Fogerty in 2005 for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The episode Read More
Remember When Toby Keith Had a Mullet?
Toby Keith has mostly gotten a pass when it comes to mullets. Billy Ray Cyrus and Michael Bolton tend to dominate famous mullet conversations, but the head of hair Keith sported on the cover of his 1993 Read More
Remember When Reba McEntire Made Her Film Debut?
Reba McEntire is a veteran of both television and movies, but do you remember her very first film? McEntire has had an unusually multifaceted career, taking part in records, concerts and stage acting as well Read More
Remember When Sugarland Was a Trio?
One of the bigger mysteries of the last decade of country music is why Kristen Hall left Sugarland when the then-trio seemed to be on the brink of superstardom. The group showed up for a Read More
Remember Reba McEntire’s First No. 1 Hit?
Reba McEntire has been a household name for so long that it’s easy to forget how much she struggled before she made it big. The country icon didn’t score her first No. 1 hit until Read More
Remember Country Music’s Awkward Moment at the 1998 Grammy Awards?
It’s a credit to both LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood, who both handled an uncomfortable situation with so much class, never (as far as we know) making their competition for the song “How Do I Read More
Remember Which Country Star Murdered His Wife?
The career of one of country music’s most successful early stars was derailed after he was convicted of murdering his wife. Spade Cooley was known as the self-proclaimed King of Western Swing in the ’50s. Read More
Remember When Willie Nelson’s House Burned Down?
When Willie Nelson came home to find his house on fire in 1969, he made a mad dash into the burning home to save two things … and that’s where the story becomes the stuff Read More
Remember Which Country Stars Were Born on Christmas Day?
Despite having a song called “Born on Christmas Day,” Brad Paisley was not in fact born on Christmas Day. He was born Oct. 28, 1970, but three other country stars do share a birthday with Jesus, Read More
Remember the Tragic Way Faron Young Died?
Faron Young was one of the brightest country music stars of his generation, but he died tragically at the age of 64 from a self-inflicted gunshot. Young scored a long string of hits beginning in Read More
Remember Garth Brooks’ First No. 1 Hit?
Garth Brooks went from small-town Oklahoma boy to Nashville country superstar in the drop of a single — okay, maybe not the first single, but definitely the second. Brooks debuted his self-titled album in 1989. Read More
Remember When Merle Haggard Received the Kennedy Center Honors?
On Dec. 5, 2010, Merle Haggard was recognized during the 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors. It was a career highlight — Haggard was honored alongside Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, composer and lyricist Jerry Herman and dancer, Read More
Remember When Brooks & Dunn Made Country Music History?
Brooks & Dunn were fairly early into their career when they began shattering records. The duo released their debut album, Brand New Man, in 1991, and by 1994 they entered the history books as the Read More
Remember When Hillary Scott’s Mom Sang With Reba McEntire?
Linda Davis had a successful solo career before teaming up with Reba McEntire for the Grammy and CMA Award-winning hit, “Does He Love You.” Lady Antebellum‘s Hillary Scott was just 7 years old when her Read More
Remember Which Country Star Performed for the Pope?
LeAnn Rimes has marked many career milestones over the years, but the time she performed for a Pope surely stands out in her mind. Rimes was just 17 years old when she hit the stage Read More
Remember When Hank Williams Jr. ‘Settled Down’ at No. 1?
Hank Williams, Jr., scored one of his most career-defining hits with “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down),” which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart on Nov. 21, 1981. Williams wrote the song, which Read More
Remember When Montgomery Gentry Played With Lynyrd Skynyrd?
Montgomery Gentry didn’t just list Lynyrd Skynyrd as an influence, they actually got to play a whole set with them — and they captured it for posterity. The country duo were just a few years into Read More
Remember That Other Television Series Called ‘Nashville’?
Nashville made stars out of its cast and brought new exposure to its namesake city, but it’s not the first network television show to use Music City’s name as a show title. In 2007, a Fox Read More
Remember When Shania Twain Made History With ‘The Woman in Me’?
Shania Twain was a little-known country artist before she released her second album, The Woman in Me, but not for long. The Canadian singer-songwriter released her self-titled first album in 1993, but it was not Read More
Remember When Garth Brooks Hit No. 1 With a Billy Joel Song?
Garth Brooks has had a huge string of top country hits, but did you know that one of his biggest songs was written by Billy Joel? Joel wrote and recorded “Shameless” for his Storm Front album in Read More
Remember Who Signed a Letter to Congress for Gun Control?
The gun control debate will dominate social media once again in the wake of shootings at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, as well as the recent church shooting in Texas on Nov. Read More
Remember When Miranda Lambert Stole the Show at the 2005 CMA Awards?
In November 2005, Miranda Lambert was a little known 22-year-old singer from East Texas, struggling to turn her time on Nashville Star into a country music career. As a nominee for the Horizon Award, she Read More
Remember When Rascal Flatts Joined the Grand Ole Opry?
[embedded content]Subscribe to Taste of Country on Rascal Flatts were already well into a career as one of contemporary country music’s biggest hitmakers when the trio joined the Grand Ole Opry on Oct. 8, 2011. Read More
Remember When Johnny Cash Covered a Tom Petty Classic?
[embedded content]Subscribe to Taste of Country on When Tom Petty died on Monday (Oct. 2) at the age of 66, the legendary rocker left a huge legacy and influence on the music world. Even the Read More