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Jul 8, 1961
Toby Keith is born in Clinton, Oklahoma. The former semi-pro football player emerges in 1993 with "Should've Been A Cowboy," becoming a brash hitmaker, label owner and entrepreneur. He also joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024
Jul 8, 2020
The late Charlie Daniels is honored in a memorial concert outside the Sellars Funeral Home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Tracy Lawrence sings "Find Out Who Your Friends Are," Darryl Worley performs "I Miss My Friend" and Trace Adkins does "Arlington"
Jul 8, 2006
Keith Urban is a surprise guest when Kenny Chesney plays for 47,000 at Nashville's LP Field, where they duet on "Somebody Like You." Also performing: Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Uncle Kracker, Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich and Mac McAnally
Jul 8, 2016
Garth Brooks becomes the first country artist to headline at the new Yankee Stadium in New York. He sings two songs written by New Yorker Billy Joel, "Shameless" and "Piano Man." Brooks also joins Trisha Yearwood on "In Another's Eyes"
Jul 8, 2011
Little Jimmy Dickens dresses in a phony William Lee Golden-like beard on the Grand Ole Opry as he invites The Oak Ridge Boys to become members. The group, of course, says yes