Today in 2002,В Keith UrbanвЂ™s album, вЂњGolden Road,вЂќ arrived in stores.Today in 1996,В Daryle SingletaryвЂ™s album, вЂњAll Because Of You,вЂќ and the album, вЂњOne Ride in VegasвЂќ by Deryl Dodd were released.Today in 1991,В the albums, вЂњDonвЂ™t Go Near the WaterвЂќ by Sammy Kershaw and вЂњGreatest Hits Volume IIвЂќ by Alabama were released.Today in 1990,В Tennessee Ernie Ford was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.George Strait was named Entertainer of the Year, Kathy Mattea and Clint Black were the Male and Female Vocalists of the Year, and the Horizon Award went toвЂ¦Garth Brooks! Today in 1990, the 24 thВ annual CMA Awards were held.Today in 1985,В the вЂњLive in LondonвЂќ album by Ricky Skaggs was released.

Reba McEntire also won for Female Vocalist of the Year (the first of four consecutive wins). Garth Brooks tied that record with his win in 1997, and then beat it by winning вЂњEntertainer of the YearвЂќ again in 1998. They were the first act ever to win the prestigious award that many times.

Today in 1984, Alabama was named the CMAвЂ™s Entertainer of the Year for the third year in a row.

Today in 1984,В Anne Murray became the first female country artist to win the CMAвЂ™s Album of the Year trophy, for вЂњA Little Good News.вЂќ.Today in 1983, Kathy Mattea first appeared on the country charts with a song called вЂњStreet Talk.вЂќ It made the top forty, but it took her another five years to score her first #1, вЂњGoinвЂ™ Gone.вЂќ.

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