Country Music History July 8

Let's see what today's history books reveal.
Happy birthday to country giant, Toby Keith, born July 8, 1961 in Clinton, Oklahoma.  Keith joined the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.  Did you know he used to play semi-pro football before his singing career?
Kentucky Headhunters drummer, Fred Young, was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1958.
Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks was born in 1992 to Garth Brooks and his then wife, Sandy.
And Barbara Mandrell joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1972.