Today in country music history:

2008 - Carrie Underwood won the Best Female Country Vocal performance Grammy for "Before He Cheats." The tune also won the Best Country Song Grammy.

2005 - Montgomery Gentry's video "Gone" and Toby Keith's "Honkytonk U" clip premiered.

2003 - Jimmy Wayne's first single, "Stay Gone," was released to radio.

1998 - Trisha Yearwood's song from the movie Con Air, "How Do I Live," received an Oscar nomination for Best Original song.

1986 - The Highwaymen album featured Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson was certified gold.

1978 - Ronnie Milsap picked up his first gold album for It Was Almost Like a Song.

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