On This Day - May 15th

Every day has its significance in Country music. Even if nothing huge happened today, something big, happened years ago. Let's look at some major events that took place in Country music on May 15th.

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• 1969 - Roger Miller recorded a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" and it reached its peak at #12 on the Country charts.

• 1971 - Rick Trevino was born on this day.

• 1980 - Alabama released what would become their first US Country #1 hit "Tennessee River."

• 1985 - Alabama's ninth studio album 40-Hour Week was #1 on the Country album chart.

• 1987 - "To Know Him Is To Love Him" off of the Trio album by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris was the #1 Country single.

• 1999 - "Please Remember Me" by Tim McGraw was #1 on the Country chart. The song was co-written by Rodney Crowell and Will Jennings.

• 2006 - Kenney Chesney performed "There Goes My Life" and "Back Where I Come From in the East Wing of the White House for President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

• 2012 - Banjo player or The Dillards, Doug Dillard passed away. He died due to lung infection. He was 75 years old.

• 2013 - For the season finale of American Idol, Keith Urban played his hit "Little Bit of Everything." Later that episode Urban and contestant Kree Harrison performed "Where the Blacktop Ends."