1967
Glen Campbell was at #1 on the US Country music chart with his seventh album By the Time I Get to Phoenix. The title track which was written by Jimmy Webb was originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965. Campbell’s version reached #2 on the US Country charts in 1968, and won two Grammy Awards, for Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance.
1986Reba McEntire released her tenth studio album Whoever’s in New England her first #1 album on the Billboard country albums chart. The album produced two singles that were #1 country hits: “Whoever’s in New England”, and “Little Rock.” It was the singer’s first platinum record, and was later named the ‘Entertainer of the Year’ by the Country Music Association in autumn 1986.
1998
“How Do I Live,” written by Diane Warren and performed by Trisha Yearwood in the movie Con Air, received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
