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Twenty-seven years ago in my music history, The Chicks got their first #1 Billboard country single with "There's Your Trouble." #MusicIsLife

Eight years ago, Sam Hunt got a quadruple-platinum single from the RIAA for "Take Your Time." #MusicIsLife

Eight years ago, the Grammy, ACM, and CMA-winning Country Music Hall of Fame member Glen Campbell died in Nashville after battling Alzheimer's disease. He scored many hits, including "Wichita Lineman," "Rhinestone Cowboy," and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." #MusicIsLegend

Six years ago, Jason Aldean got his latest platinum single from the RIAA for "Drowns the Whiskey," featuring Miranda Lambert. #MusicIsLife

Five years ago, Taylor Swift became the first artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Albums chart when Folklore and its lead single, "Cardigan," hit the top. #MusicIsLife

Born today, 1963: the late Whitney Houston, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most-awarded female act of all time ("Saving All My Love for You," "I Will Always Love You"). #MusicIsLegend

Thirty years ago, Jerry Garcia, songwriter, guitarist, and singer from The Grateful Dead, died in a San Francisco rehab center. Garcia co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage and released several solo albums. #MusicIsLegend

Thirty-nine years ago, Randy Travis' Storms of Life hit number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the first of eight weeks. #MusicIsLife

Twenty-two years ago, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett topped the Billboard Country Singles chart with "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," spending a total of eight weeks at number one. The song went on to win the CMA Award for Vocal Event of the Year. #MusicIsLife

Seventeen years ago, Sugarland got the first of six weeks at number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart with Love on the Inside. #MusicIsLife

Eleven years ago, Jason Aldean started a 14-week run at number one on the Billboard country singles chart with "Burnin' It Down." #MusicIsLife

Five years ago in my music history, The Chicks topped the Billboard Country chart with their album Gaslighter, their first in 14 years and first to be released under their new name. #MusicIsLife

Thirty-three years ago, Vince Gill joined the Grand Ole Opry. Roy Acuff inducted him and cried as Vince sang "When I Call Your Name." #MusicIsLife

Twenty-three years ago in my music history, The Chicks performed on the Grand Ole Opry and announced the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame: Porter Wagoner and "Jumpin'" Bill Carlisle. #MusicIsLife

Twenty-one years ago - Buck Owens’ birthday was celebrated at his club, Bakersfield's Crystal Palace, by Brad Paisley, Dwight Yoakam, and Raul Malo. #MusicIsLegend

Eighteen years ago, Tony Wilson, the Factory Records mogul and TV host behind some of Manchester, England's (and the world’s!) most successful bands (Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays), died. #MusicIsLegend

Happy anniversary to Wynonna Judd and Cactus Moser! They tied the knot at her home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee thirteen years ago today. #MusicIsLove

Ten years ago, Emmylou Harris was praised by President Obama as she received the Polar Music Prize. He said, “music brings people together in an increasingly interconnected world." #MusicIsLife

Three years ago, Luke Combs was at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with "The Kind of Love We Make." #MusicIsLife