Luke Bryan Has A Long Night, Alan Jackson Breaks A Record – Today In Country Music History

Luke Bryan had a long night on this date in 2011, Alan Jackson broke a 32 year old Country Music Association record in 2002, Ronnie Milsap had the number one Country song in the nation in 1981 and more.

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 29 August, 2012.

• Luke Bryan's "I Don't Want This Night To End" was released to radio in 2011.

• Alabama, Glen Campbell and DeFord Bailey were announced by the Country Music Association as the latest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

• Alan Jackson collected 10 nominations for the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards in 2002, breaking a 32-year-old record held by Merle Haggard.

• Billy Ray Cyrus performed the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in 1996, as Bill Clinton was nominated for re-election.

• K.T. Oslin underwent quadruple-bypass heart surgery at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital in 1995.

• Faith Hill's album It Matters To Me was released in 1995.

• "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" took Ronnie Milsap to Number One on the Billboard country chart in 1981.

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Dave D.