Country Music History December 17

Hey Gang - do you realize one week from today is Christmas Eve?  Are your stockings hung by the chimney with care?

December 17, 2010 Madeline Leigh DeMarcus is born to her parents, Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus and his wife Allison.

"Drinkin' Bone" singer, Tracy Byrd, was born in 1966 in Texas.

A fantastic album with great songs performed by great artists, "Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles" goes gold, platinum and double-platinum in 1993.

On the Billboard charts in the #1 position in 2005, we find "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" by Joe Nichols.  Holding that spot in 1994 is Joe Diffie and "Pickup Man", and way back in 1955, it was Tennessee Ernie Ford and "Sixteen Tons".