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April 4th was a busy day as Your Country Music Fact Of The Day is full of fun. April 4th in Country Music 1987             …

Country Music Fact Of The Day

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April 4th was a busy day as Your Country Music Fact Of The Day is full of fun.

April 4th in Country Music

1987                 "Ocean Front Property" By George Strait Is The Number One Song In Country Music

1987                  Los Angeles declares Charley Pride Day

In 1988            Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens record "Streets Of Bakersfield" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood

1998                  Comedian Jerry Clower makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

In 1994            Tracy Lawrence is arrested and charged with four counts after allegedly following three teenagers from Interstate 40 to an Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, home and firing two shots from a                                  Magnum .357 in the driveway

In 2000            The Dixie Chicks' album "Wide Open Spaces" is certified by the RIAA for shipments of 9 million units, while their single "Goodbye Earl" goes gold

2004                 Martina McBride's "Independence Day" ranks at the top of the list as CMT presents "100 Greatest Music Videos"

In 2005             Vince Gill sings The National Anthem prior to an NHL game at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.

In 2006            A day after she was kidnapped, Sandy Brooks, the ex-wife of Garth Brooks, secures an order of protection against her alleged captor, Quintine Harper, in Oklahoma

2010                  Terri Clark's mother, Linda Clark, dies after a lengthy battle with cancer

In 2013              Sammy Kershaw's home in Lafayette, Louisiana, suffers major smoke damage when his kitchen catches fire

2014                   Phil Vassar performs two benefit concerts for the Miller Home for Girls in his hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia.

In 2019              Cole Swindell's "You Should Be Here" is awarded for selling two million copies