Miranda Lambert got nine Country Music Awards nominations on this date in 2010, Linda Ronstadt released her Greatest Hits Volume 1 album in 1977 and Elvis bought his mom a new car in 1956.

Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 01 September, 2011.

  • Miranda Lambert got nine Country Music Awards nominations--the most ever for a female artist--in 2010.
  • Taylor Swift made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry in 2006.
  • Certification of Wide Open Spaces made the Dixie Chicks the first country group in history to have an album ship 10 million units in 2000.
  • Willie Nelson & Leon Russell shared the top spot on the Billboard country chart with their remake of "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1979.
  • Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 album was released in 1977.
  • Marty Robbins' "Devil Woman" began an eight-week run at Number One on the Billboard country singles chart in 1962.
  • Elvis Presley bought his mother a pink Cadillac in 1956.
  • Kitty Wells recorded the Top 10 hit, "Lonely Side of Town," in 1954.

Dave D.

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