A genre that blends together country, rock and R&B, rockabilly is one of the most uniquely American — and uniquely Southern — forms of music in existence.
Reba McEntire was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on this date in 2011, Alabama announced their retirement in 2002, Jerry Lee Lewis was booed off the stage in 1958 and more.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 22 May, 2012...
John Rich did very well as an Apprentice on this date in 2011, Toby Keith's show was interrupted by mortar fire in 2008 and Jerry Lee Lewis got married ... for the sixth time ... in 1984.
It was today in 2006 that The Wreckers' Leave The Pieces was at the top of the charts, Bryan White scored his first number one single in 1995 and there was a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On with Jerry Lee Lewis back in 1957.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 09 September, 2011.