Eddie Rabbitt on top this day in country music history

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1970
Johnny Cash played at the White House with June Carter and The Statler Brothers for President Nixon, who requested that he played “A Boy Named Sue.” Cash declined Nixon’s request to do Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” but did perform “Folsom Prison Blues”, “Peace In The Valley” and “What Is Truth.”

1973
Charlie Rich picks up his second gold single, for “The Most Beautiful Girl”

1976
Eddie Rabbitt scored his first #1 country single with “Drinkin’ My Baby (Off My Mind)”, the first of fifteen solo #1 country hits for the singer, songwriter.

1988
George Strait goes to #1 in Billboard with a remake of an old Faron Young hit, “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)”

2004
Lynyrd Skynyrd is paired with Montgomery Gentry in the debut of a new “CMT Crossroads” episode hosted by Radney Foster. The set list includes “Hillbilly Shoes,” “My Town,” “Sweet Home Alabama,” and “Free Bird.”

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2005-Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood marry at their home in Owasso, Ok.

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