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Dec 8, 1984
Singer/songwriter Sam Hunt is born in Cedartown, Georgia. After playing quarterback for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he launches his music career, earning a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2015. He also writes Kenny Chesney's "Come Over," Keith Urban's "Cop Car" and William Michael Morgan's "I Met A Girl"
Dec 8, 2012
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill perform at the Venetian in Las Vegas for an audience that includes Bruce Springsteen and Tom Hanks
Dec 8, 2022
Host Carly Pearce sings "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" to open ABC's "CMA Country Christmas." Also appearing: Old Dominion, Dan + Shay, Maren Morris and Scotty McCreery, who turns in "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Dec 8, 2005
Brad Paisley, Gretchen Wilson and Dobro ace Jerry Douglas each net four nominations, tops among country figures, as the finalists for the Grammy awards are announced at Gotham Hall in New York
Dec 8, 1945
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform together on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time as members of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. The moment at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium is regarded as the birth of bluegrass