Today in country music history:

2006 - Brooks & Dunn's video for "Hillbilly Deluxe" premiered.

2005 - Dierks Bentley married his high school sweetheart Cassidy in Mexico.

2005 - Lyle Lovett and Bonnie Raitt taped an installment of CMT Crossroads in Nashville.

2002 - Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut.

2001 - Kid Rock and Hank Williams Jr. teamed up to tape an installment of CMT Crossroads.

1999 - Montgomery Gentry's Troy Gentry married his wife Angie in Maui.

1997 - LeAnn Rimes made her acting debut in the ABC TV movie Holiday in Your Heart with Bernadette Peters.

1974 - Billy Swan scored his only number one hit with "I Can Help."

1973 - Lorrie Morgan gave her first performance at the Grand Ole Opry singing "Paper Roses."

Birthday:

Charlie Rich (1932-1995) - singer, "Behind Closed Doors," "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"

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