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Apr 22, 1936
Glen Campbell is born in Delight, Arkansas. A session guitarist in the mid-1960s, he gains his own network television show and a string of crossover hits--including "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" and "Rhinestone Cowboy"--ultimately landing in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 22, 1991
Country stars rally with a benefit for the families of Reba McEntire's late band members, who died in a plane crash. Willie Nelson, Ricky Van Shelton, K.T. Oslin, The Oak Ridge Boys, Eddie Rabbitt, Kenny Rogers, T. Graham Brown, Exile, Patty Loveless and Gary Morris play at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium
Apr 22, 2016
George Strait and Kacey Musgraves play the first country concert at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Strait honors the recently deceased Merle Haggard with a medley of "Mama Tried," "The Fightin' Side Of Me" and "My Life's Been Grand"
Apr 22, 2025
Keyboard player David Briggs dies of cancer in Nashville. A member of the Musicians Hall of Fame, he moved to Tennessee from Muscle Shoals in 1964, playing on country hits by Elvis Presley, Charley Pride, Barbara Mandrell, Kenny Rogers and The Statler Brothers, among others
Apr 22, 2001
"I Hope You Dance," a 64-page book written by songwriters Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers based on their award-winning Lee Ann Womack country hit, enters the New York Times best-sellers list. Womack wrote the book's introduction