1980
Country music winners at the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards included; Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – Emmylou Harris for Blue Kentucky Girl, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Kenny Rogers for “The Gambler”, Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group – The Charlie Daniels Band for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, Best Country Instrumental Performance – Doc Watson & Merle Watson for “Big Sandy/Leather Britches” and Best Country Song – Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison (songwriters) for “You Decorated My Life” performed by Kenny Rogers.

1989
Dwight Yoakam was at #1 on the Country charts with “I Sang Dixie” the second single from his album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room.

1990
Twenty-nine years ago today (Feb. 27, 1990) was a life-changing day for Alan Jackson: It was on that date that the singer’s debut album, Here in the Real World, was released on Arista Records.

2002
Country music winners at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards were held at Staples Center, Los Angeles included; Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Dolly Parton for “Shine”, Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Ralph Stanley for “O Death”, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – Alison Krauss & Union Station for “The Lucky One” and Best Country Song – Robert Lee Castleman (songwriter) for “The Lucky One” performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station.

2002
Alan Jackson was at #1 on the US Country music album chart with his tenth studio album Drive. The album produced Jackson’s highest-debuting single on the Hot Country Songs charts in the #1 “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”, a ballad written in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “Drive (For Daddy Gene)”, “Work in Progress”, and “That’d Be Alright” were also released as singles, peaking at #1, #3, and #2, respectively.