Apr 19, 2015

Miranda Lambert is the big winner, swiping trophies in three categories as CBS airs the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. She nabs Female Vocalist of the Year; Album of the Year, for "Platinum"; and Song of the Year, for "Automatic"

Apr 19, 2014

Dan + Shay's first album, "Where It All Began," debuts at the top of the Billboard country albums chart

Apr 19, 2014

Kevin Sharp dies in Fair Oaks, California, of complications from previous stomach surgeries. He earned three Top 10 country hits during the 1990s, topped by a remake of "Nobody Knows," after enduring a two-year battle with cancer

Apr 19, 2014

Bela Fleck holds the world premiere for a documentary, "How To Write A Banjo Concerto," at the Green Hills 16 Cinema in Nashville

Apr 19, 2014

"Beautiful Jim," a documentary about "Fancy Free" songwriter Jimbeau Hinson, premieres during the Nashville Film Festival at the Green Hills 16

Apr 19, 2013

The documentary "Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm" opens at Cinema Village in New York City

Apr 19, 2013

Sheryl Crow plays the first of three charity shows to raise money for the New Hope Academy at the Franklin Theatre in Tennessee

Apr 19, 2012

Granger Smith concludes his second annual Boot Walk, travelling 100 miles on foot from Austin, Texas, to Fort Hood for charity

Apr 19, 2012

Scotty McCreery is hit in the throat by a batted ball while pitching for Garner High School in North Carolina. McCreery is uninjured and remains in the game, a 3-2 Trojans loss to the visiting East Wake High Warriors

Apr 19, 2012

Drummer Levon Helm dies after a battle with throat cancer at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a member of The Band, he sang lead on "Up On Cripple Creek," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"