This Day in Country Music History: 2011 - The Band Perry, Darius Rucker, Kris Kristofferson and Dierks Bentley play for president Barack Obama at the White House. The bill also features Lauren Alaina, Lyle Lovett and Alison Krauss 2008 - The Lady Antebellum video for Lookin For A Good Time debuts on CMT 2006 - Rascal Flatts walks off with two trophies at the American Music Awards, broadcast by ABC from Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Other country victors include Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Toby Keith and Carrie Underwood 2002 - Mark Wills 19 Somethin video debuts on CMT 1992 - Alabama claims the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with Im In A Hurry (And Dont Know Why) 1986 - Lynn Anderson collects the only platinum album of her career, for Rose Garden 1981 - Hank Williams Jr.s All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) settles in at #1 on the Billboard country chart 1974 - Kelsi Osborn is born near Magna, Utah. With sisters Kristyn and Kassidy, she forms SHeDAISY, whose 1999 debut album, The Whole SHeBANG, nets them a trio of hits and a nomination from the Academy of Country Music for Top New Duet or Group 1955 - In a deal engineered by Colonel Tom Parker, RCA Records buys Elvis Presleys contract and master tapes from Sam Phillips Sun Records for $35,000. The papers are signed at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis 1933 - Jean Shepard is born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Hits such as Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar), A Satisfied Mind and a Ferlin Husky duet, A Dear John Letter, earn her membership in the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame
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