Sep 25, 2004

Jan Howard receives a key to the city in conjunction with a performance in her native West Plains, Missouri

Sep 25, 2004

Alan Jackson's "What I Do" debuts at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart

Sep 25, 2004

Kevin Costner marries Christine Baumgartner on his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Clay Walker performs for the guests, who include Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Willis

Sep 25, 2004

Rhett Akins cancels a scheduled appearance in Cedar City, Utah, citing a doctor's orders for vocal rest

Sep 25, 2003

Deana Carter faces off against legendary songwriter Smokey Robinson on the "Pyramid" game show, hosted by Donny Osmond

Sep 25, 2003

Fourteen years after Cash Box country chart manager Kevin Hughes was killed on Music Row in Nashville, a former fellow employee, Richard D'Antonio, is convicted of the murder. Hughes had declined to participate in a chart kickback scandal and threatened to take it public

Sep 25, 2002

Diamond Rio's Brian Prout and "Breathe" songwriter Stephanie Bentley-Prout have a daughter, Lily Arlina Kay Prout, in Nashville

Sep 25, 2001

LeAnn Rimes earns a gold single from the Recording Industry Association of America for her pop hit "Can't Fight The Moonlight"

Sep 25, 2001

Clay Walker sings the national anthem at Wortham Center in Houston, as the Houston Texans NFL expansion team unveils its new uniforms. The club presents Walker with his own jersey, bearing #16

Sep 25, 2001

Michael Martin Murphey's 1975 pop single "Wildfire" is certified platinum by the RIAA